Often referred to as San Francisco's "queer Smithsonian," the GLBT Historical Society houses one of the world's largest collections of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender historical materials. The society's new GLBT History Museum is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of its kind in the United States.

Museum Home Page: Visit the GLBT History Museum home page.

Sponsorships: To learn more about museum sponsorships, click here.

Membership & Donations: To become a member or make a donation, click here.

We're digitizing our amazing audiovisual collections and putting them on the Internet for you to see and hear. Check out our first offering, the entire run of the 1980s radio series The Gay Life. Click here.

Presenting Sponsor

Platinum Sponsors
Badlands & Toad Hall
Bob Ross Foundation
David R. Kessler, MD
Human Rights Campaign
Walgreens
Union Bank

Gold Sponsors
Al Baum & Robert Holgate
John Bell & Jason Spicer
Harvey's
Harvey Milk City Hall Memorial Committee
Honey Soundsystem
Bob Michitarian

The GLBT Historical Society and The GLBT History Museum marked 12 months of exceptional accomplishments in 2011. A four-page overview of our exhibitions, programs and activities at both the archives and the museum during the past year is now available. The report also offers a look at the initiatives we hope to undertake in the future with help from our donors and sponsors. To read the overview, click here.

Thursday, Feb. 9
8:00 pm – Midnight
Supperclub San Francisco

If you're gay, single and in the Bay Area, the place to be on Thursday, Feb. 9, is Cupid's Back, an annual party benefitting the GLBT Historical Society and The GLBT History Museum.

The event will feature 400 single guys wearing big, heart-shaped name tags to make it easier to mix and mingle. San Francisco drag legend Juanita More will serve as hostess and will take over the turntables to get everyone onto the dance floor.

Started six years ago by host Mark Rhoades, the event has grown from simple beginnings in a private home to its current swanky location thanks to support from presenting sponsor PG&E and gold sponsor Banana Republic. An open bar will offer drinks sponsored by Ketel One Vodka and Don Julio Tequila.

Cupid’s Back takes place from 8 p.m. to midnight at Supperclub at 657 Harrison St. in San Francisco. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Order online at www.cupidsback.kintera.org.

Thursday, Feb. 16
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Contributors to the new book Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification and the Desire to Conform (AK Press) will explore the past, present and future of queer public sex and related themes. Anthology editor Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will host a discussion featuring Jaime Cortez, Debanuj DasGupta, Tommi Avicolli Mecca and Horehound Stillpoint.

The editor's website offers this snapshot of the collection: "Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? challenges not just the violence of straight homophobia but the hypocrisy of mainstream gay norms that say the only way to stay safe is to act straight: get married, join the military, adopt kids! This anthology reinvokes the anger, flamboyance and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures in order to create something dangerous and lovely: an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability; a vision for change."

Admission: $5 to $10 suggested donation.