The American lgbtq+ Museum

The American lgbtq+ Museum A new collaboration dedicated to preserving, researching, and sharing LGBTQ+ history and culture.

05/28/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us earlier this month at The Huntington in San Marino, California for “Laura Aguilar in Focus” to honor and view Aguilar’s powerful, intimate photography documenting LA’s q***r Latine community.

The day kicked off with a panel discussion of Aguilar’s work. Moderated by Senior Curator of Photography at The Huntington Linde Lehtinen, the panel included q***r photographer Amina Cruz, Robert A. Day Professor at the USC Roski School of Art and Design Amelia Jones, historian, author, and activist Lydia Otero, photographer, professor, and Aguilar’s longtime studio manager Christopher Velasco, and independent curator and art historian Sybil Venegas.

Following that rich discussion, LA-based photographer Erica Hernandez captured these stunning portraits of attendees and eventgoers were able to partake in curator-led tours of The Huntington’s exhibit: “Laura Aguilar: Body and Landscape, on view until September 7.”

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Thank you to our West Coast community for joining us and to our partners at The Huntington for hosting us!

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05/27/2026

Thank you to all who joined for April’s edition of Lavender Literary Society at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center for Marc Zinaman’s “Q***r Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC’s Landmark LGBTQ+ Places.” Hosted by Jay W. Walker and joined by Zinaman, the conversation carried over to our wonderful afterparty at the historic Stonewall Inn.

The Lavender Literary Society is a book club that offers space for community and connection, bridging generations through the magic of storytelling, and illuminating our history and culture. Check out the link in our bio to find out when the next one is!

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We are incredibly sad to mark the passing of the brilliant scholar, community stalwart, and member of ALM’s History Advi...
05/26/2026

We are incredibly sad to mark the passing of the brilliant scholar, community stalwart, and member of ALM’s History Advisory Committee, Kevin Mumford. Mumford’s contributions over the last year to our interpretive plan brought the same nuance, empathy, and complex historical insight that he brought to all his work. Mumford’s commitment to history, and to nurturing the next generation of scholars, made him a generous and beloved community member.

He will be greatly missed here at the museum, by his students and colleagues at the University of Illinois, and by everyone who was lucky enough to know him.

This Pride Month, we highly recommend revisiting Mumford’s incredible contributions to q***r, Black, and urban history via his books: Interzones: Black/White S*x Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century; Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America; and Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis.

Rest in power.

Arden Eversmeyer wanted to reclaim the words “old” and “le***an” with pride rather than shame. In 1998, after losing her...
05/21/2026

Arden Eversmeyer wanted to reclaim the words “old” and “le***an” with pride rather than shame. In 1998, after losing her partner and realizing that many of her Houston peers would die before telling their truth, Arden purchased a small audio recorder and began taping.

This is the story of Arden’s cross-country endeavour, the Old Le***an Oral Herstory Project.

Join us on May 23 for our 3rd annual Old Le***ans x Young Le***ans program at ***anbar from 6:30–10:00. Come for the screening, stay for the conversation, and meet partnering LGBTQ organizations like

Registration is now live on our website and via the link in bio. See you there!

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05/19/2026

This could be you! ✨Head down to on May 22 for our cocktail hour. Have a drink on us while you meet new friends and colleagues, and learn more about the American LGBTQ+ Museum.

Want to learn a little bit of Philly q***r history? Join one of our tours of the historic Philly Gayborhood with throughout the evening!

Registration is now live on our website and via the link in bio. 🍸

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05/12/2026

🥀 Thank you to all who joined us for this edition of Reverb: Q***ring Tango! We had a fantastic time dancing and learning more about tango’s deep and timeless connection with q***r history through incredible performances and enlightening presentations.

Q***r mixed-US-Filipinx multi-media artist and performer Luna Beller-Tadiar (she/they) hosted the evening, guiding us with graciousness and ease.

The evening also featured a roster of incredible artists:

Performance: Phi Lee Lam () and Luna Beller-Tadiar ()
Live Music: Barrio Tango Orchestra ()
History Presentation: Mercedes Liska
Intro class: Luna Beller-Tadiar
Community Performance, including: Arty and Noah Wharton of ; Leo () and Walter; Matilda; Mikael Schulz; Norma Leal; Julia; Fabiana (***rargentinefolklore_nyc); Eddie; Patricia Maria; Matías

Save the Date for our next REVERB on August 27th at

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Have you heard the news? We’re heading to Philadelphia at the end of May for a double-header of q***r history programs d...
05/08/2026

Have you heard the news? We’re heading to Philadelphia at the end of May for a double-header of q***r history programs during the 2026 American Alliance of Museum’s Annual Conference!

🍸 May 22 | American LGBTQ+ Museum Cocktail Hour (6–10 PM)
Come to to learn more about ALM! Meet someone new, have a drink on us, become a founding member, and join a tour of the historic Philly Gayborhood from

🎥 May 23 | Old Le***ans x Young Le***ans: Philly (6:30–10 PM)
We’re at ***anbar screening ***ansfilm — the story of a retired schoolteacher’s mission to collect and preserve the oral “herstories” of a mostly invisibilized population of Le***ans born before 1950. Come for the screening, stay for the conversation, and meet partnering LGBTQ organizations like

Registration is now live on our website and via the link in bio. See you there! 🔔

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Discover Trans history in a new way ✨📚✨Tues May 5 l ICA, Los Angeles🔗 RSVP at link in bio The next edition of Lavender L...
05/03/2026

Discover Trans history in a new way ✨📚✨

Tues May 5 l ICA, Los Angeles
🔗 RSVP at link in bio

The next edition of Lavender Literary Society takes us to ICA LA to cover “Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects,” a groundbreaking publication from the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art. The book editors will discuss a constellation of artifacts, artworks, and archival materials to illuminate the expansive, often underrecognized histories of Trans life across time and place. See you there?

Featuring:
Christina Linden
David Evans Frantz
Chris E. Vargas

Hosted by:
Zackary Drucker

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🎬Watch and take part in a q***r story coming to the big screen!May 4 | Los Angeles LGBT Center🔗 RSVP at link in bioPleas...
05/02/2026

🎬Watch and take part in a q***r story coming to the big screen!

May 4 | Los Angeles LGBT Center
🔗 RSVP at link in bio

Please join us for an exclusive work-in-progress screening of KICK, an upcoming documentary about trans nonbinary Olympic runner, Nikki Hiltz, America’s fastest 1500m runner. With intimate, present-day vérité, KICK follows Nikki and their partner Emma through a season defined by fierce competition, and struggles in identity and love. Nikki’s story offers a nuanced, humanized, sometimes surprising view of a trans athlete, standing in stark contrast to our sensationalized media echo chambers. After the screening, join us for a talkback and Q&A with director, Julia Schwalb, and producer, Zackary Drucker.

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📸 We’re honoring the legacy of Laura Aguilar, the groundbreaking artist widely recognized as an early pioneer of interse...
05/01/2026

📸 We’re honoring the legacy of Laura Aguilar, the groundbreaking artist widely recognized as an early pioneer of intersectional feminism. 

Sun May 3 | 1:00 - 4:00p | The Huntington
🔗 RSVP at the link in bio

Join us at The Huntington in San Marino for an event featuring a collection of Aguilar’s deeply personal photography. A panel discussion, led by Linde Lehtinen, Senior Curator of Photography at The Huntington, will feature Christopher Velasco, Sybil Venegas, Lydia Otero, Amina Cruz, and Amelia Jones. Guests can also take part in curator-led exhibition tours with Linde Lehtinen and Dennis Carr, along with live portraits by Erica Hernandez.

Photo credit: Laura Aguilar, Will Work For #4, 1993, [self-portrait]. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 × 5 1/2 in. (20.5 × 14 cm). Gift of the Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016, 2024.6.2. © The Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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