The Arizona LGBT+ History Project promotes and facilitates the protection, preservation, and access of materials that chronicles the experience, culture, and history of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community in Arizona.
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You have the extraordinary opportunity to support our unique Arizona LGBT history. Your assistance, will allow the Arizona LGBT+ History Project to continue with to preserve, commemorate, document and provide access to Arizona’s LGBT+ history .
Current Projects:
Commemorate a non-gender conforming man who died in Arizona, 1906.
Conduct and record oral histories with LGBT Community members. Which is a significant way to document and uncover our hidden stories
Continue to support the development and and conducting a variety of educational presentations highlighting Arizona’s LGBT history
Collaborate with groups across the state to raise awareness and identify history within Arizona’s LGBT past
Ongoing Projects:
Installed plaque at 222 E Roosevelt to commemorate the 307, a early LGBTQ space (now demolished) and famous for DeGrazia murals
Conducted several walking tour highlighting the LGBT history of Central Phoenix
Created a traveling display that highlights Arizona’s Transgender History in collaboration with the Arizona Historical Society. As well, Organizing opportunities to display the exhibit through out the state.
Presented LGBT+: A History in Arizona. A presentation that has been shared at libraries and community groups that include students, seniors, allies, and business groups.