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Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI) Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Ohio's LGBTQ+ past!

The Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI) collects, preserves, and shares the history and culture of LGBTQ+ Ohioans. GOHI began in 2006, when Outlook Media donated a full run of Outlook periodicals to the Ohio History Connection. Today, GOHI’s work takes many forms, including building unique archival and museum collections, offering educational programs, recording oral histories and developing relationships with LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations across the state. GOHI is one critical way the Ohio History Connection fulfills its mission to Spark Discovery of Ohio's Stories by embracing the present, sharing the past and transforming the future. In 2023, we embarked on a three-year project to diversify Ohio’s historical markers to include ten new stories of LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

10/31/2024

October’s spotlight might be fading, but every month is LGBTQ+ history month for the Gay Ohio History Initiative! Head to our blog at https://ow.ly/iN2o50TTB2o to learn about three new collections open to researchers in the Ohio History Connection Archives & Library.

Image: Ohio Gay Rights Coalition meeting in Yellow Springs, 1978. Photograph by Bob Roehm, preserved in the George Painter Collection, MSS 8944 AV.

Have you celebrated LGBTQ+ History Month yet? Check out the Summit Station event, Every Night is Ladies Night (Again!), ...
10/25/2024

Have you celebrated LGBTQ+ History Month yet? Check out the Summit Station event, Every Night is Ladies Night (Again!), on Wednesday, October 30 at 6:30 p.m. at WOSU. GOHI will be there to talk about how we're working to preserve and share Ohio's Q***r stories!

Get your tickets today at the link below.

Every Night is Ladies Night (AGAIN): A Sneak Peek and More!   In 1980 there were over two hundred le***an bars in the United St...

It's National Coming Out Day! Check out our GOHI Blog post about the Ohio Origins of the holiday.
10/11/2024

It's National Coming Out Day! Check out our GOHI Blog post about the Ohio Origins of the holiday.

Did you know one of the founders of National Coming Out Day (October 11th) is an Ohioan? Read her story and about the origins of NCOD!

10/04/2024

Day 4 of LGBTQ History Month! During LGBTQ+ History Month, visit the Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI)'s website to learn more about the history and culture of LGBTQ+ Ohioans! Their work includes unique archival and museum collections, educational programs, and oral histories.

Check out our new GOHI Blog to see what we got up to in summer 2024!
09/10/2024

Check out our new GOHI Blog to see what we got up to in summer 2024!

Check out the Gay Ohio History Initiative's community engagement from summer 2024!

Pride made the cover of the Sunday Dispatch! GOHI helped provide some historical context for this amazing story about ho...
06/10/2024

Pride made the cover of the Sunday Dispatch! GOHI helped provide some historical context for this amazing story about how three individuals from three different generations celebrate Pride.

If you have a CML library card, you can access the story free from their local history resource page.

https://www.columbuslibrary.org/resources-by-subject/topics/local-history/

04/13/2024

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We're kicking off the weekend with a new episode of Speaking Q***rly! Learn about the Ohio History Connection's Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI) collection, GOHI’s initiative to designate more state historic sites honoring Ohio’s LGBTQIA+ history, how we can each contribute to the q***r and trans history of our state and more.

Listen now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yeRAAvJo40q2hhWEB25QS?si=c25797b2b4924c08
and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-q***rly/id1497017163

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