The GLBT Historical Society

10/20/2026

What a night! 💛Thanks to our sponsors, supporters, and friends, this year’s Reunion gala brought together more than 400 community members and allies and raised over $340,000 to preserve and share our history.

Huge thanks to our 2026 History Makers, Marvin K. White and San Francisco D***s on Bikes WMC ; to our legendary hosts, Honey Mahogany and Sister Roma; and to our staff and incredible volunteers for making it unforgettable.

Still want to give or need to fulfill your pledge? Visit glbthistory.org/reunion.

10/16/2026

Take home a piece of LGBTQ+ history! 🏳️‍🌈 Historian Gerard Koskovich walks you through this year’s Reunion gala silent auction, which features artwork, rare ephemera, vintage duplicates, and more from our archives.

Every bid supports the Society’s work of preserving and sharing LGBTQ+ history, arts, and culture.

Bidding closes tomorrow, Saturday, at 8:30pm PDT. Place your bids now - glbthistory.org/reunion or link in bio!

09/17/2026

📣 Next Week! 🎬 Join us for Q***r Home on Film— a screening of short films and archival footage on the beauty, grief, joy, and community found in the spaces q***r and trans people call home. Presented in conjunction with our current exhibition, Where We Made Room, the program explores the q***r and trans home as a space that must be carved out, collectively imagined, and fought for.

💬 The screening will be followed by a conversation between Where We Made Room artist and curator Aleo Landeta and filmmaker Jenni Olson (575 Castro St.) on these themes and their work.

🗓️ Thurs, Sep 24 | 6–8pm
📍 GLBT Historical Society Museum
🎟️ $10 Admission, Free for Society members!
🔗 Learn more and reserve your spot: glbthistory.org/events

***rCinema

09/12/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Join us in the GLBT Historical Society Archives for an exploration of transmasculine lives, activism, and community building in late-twentieth-century San Francisco and beyond. Get familiar with our reading room, meet our staff, and learn more about our collections in a group setting.

📚 Listen in on the first-ever conference about trans men (San Francisco, 1995), catch glimpses of the city's 1990s trans and q***r arts scene in the papers of Jordy Jones, page through Lou Sullivan's original diaries, and so much more.

🎟️ This is a FREE event on Friday, September 25 from 6:30–8pm in our archives on Market St., limited to 12 participants. First-time visitors to the archives are especially encouraged to attend!

🔗 Learn more and reserve your spot: glbthistory.org/events or link in bio

09/08/2026

📣 Castro neighbors — an important community conversation is happening tonight. SF Planning and District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman are hosting a forum on a potential historic landmark district in the Castro. San Francisco Planning staff will cover the designation process, preservation incentives and responsibilities, and how to take part. This one matters for the future of the neighborhood, and your input matters!

📆 In person: Tue, Sept 8, 6–7:30pm · Eureka Valley Rec Center, 100 Collingwood St.
💻 Virtual (same content): Wed, Sept 9, 5pm

Questions or need the virtual link? Email: [email protected].

08/29/2026

While the original Rainbow Flag is visiting Ireland, you can still visit and learn about the history of the rainbow at our museum in the Castro! 🏳️‍🌈

We've installed a temporary exhibition showcasing the history of the Rainbow Flag, alongside a reproduction of the original eight-striped flag created and signed by Gilbert Baker in 1998.

Also on display: a sewing machine that resides in the Gilbert Baker Collection and is listed among his supplies, and a medallion of the Cork City Coat of Arms, a gift from the city of Cork, Ireland during their delegation's visit earlier this year.

A special thank you to the Gilbert Baker Foundation for their generous contributions to this collection.

It's a new exhibition you'll want to see for yourself.

Plan your visit today: www.glbthistory.org/museum-about-visitor-info



Cork City Council Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco

08/24/2026

Hear the story behind the journey to Cork 🏳️‍🌈 Executive Director Roberto Ordeñana and former Board Chair Ben Chavez Gilliam sat down with Ireland's RTÉ Radio 1 to talk about the original 1978 Rainbow Flag, how this first international loan of this historic artifact to the Cork Public Museum came together, and the flag's importance as a symbol of global solidarity.

Listen Here: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/618a9838-01f4-42a6-8aa9-b4ad00a81e82/

The flag is now on view in Cork, where it will remain for the next four months, to be experienced by thousands in Cork and from across Europe.

City Council General of Ireland San Francisco Baker Foundation

Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Radio 1 reporter

08/21/2026

The Rainbow Flag is now on view in Cork! 🏳️‍🌈 Our team has carefully installed the original 1978 Rainbow Flag in a protective case at Cork Public Museum in Cork, Ireland, where it will remain for the next four months. Over that time, visitors from across Europe will be able to journey to this incredible new exhibition uplifting LGBTQ+ history, and experience it firsthand.

This is the first international loan and exhibition of the original Rainbow Flag outside the United States. Visit co-sponsored by the Gilbert Baker Foundation.

08/20/2026

Now On View: Where We Made Room, a solo exhibition by Bay Area artist Aleo Landeta.

Featuring large-scale cyanotypes on silk that layer archival exteriors with hand-drawn imagined interiors, the installation presents the homes of q***r and trans elders Lou Sullivan, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, and Victoria Fernandez. Around them: archival images of domestic life, personal photographs, original drawings, and a listening station for visitors to record their own memories of home.

Experience this new exhibition for yourself at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro!

Plan your visit at glbthistory.org/room.

📷 Inside Where We Made Room, photos by Ian Fullmer.

08/19/2026

We've landed in Cork!

Our team is in Cork, Ireland this week to personally courier the original 1978 Rainbow Flag to our partners at Cork Public Museum. It's so thrilling to be so warmly received, and we can't wait for the official launch of the flag's four-month visit later this week.

This is the first international loan and exhibition of the original Rainbow Flag outside the United States — a partnership between the GLBT Historical Society, the Cork Public Museum, and the city of Cork, San Francisco's sister city separated by an ocean and joined by a shared commitment to LGBTQ+ history.

The flag's arrival coincides with the opening of Cork Public Museum's first permanent exhibition uplifting LGBTQ+ history, which we are proud to be supporting with this historic loan.

Stay tuned for more updates from our journey across the pond!

*Visit co-sponsored by the Gilbert Baker Foundation.

Gilbert Baker Foundation



Group photo: Members of the GLBT Historical Society staff and Board gather with Cork officials and Cork Public Museum staff for a group photo.