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Windy City Times
(Jan. 18, 2012)
"The Pleasures and Perils of LGBTQ History"
"Professor Don Romesburg — an assistant professor at Sonoma State University and a curator for the recently opened GLBT History Museum (the first full-scale, stand-alone facility of its kind in the United States) in San Francisco — reported on a definite success in the LGBTQ-history scene."
CLGA Community Engagement News • Toronto
(Jan. 16, 2012)
"Field Trip: GLBT Museum, San Francisco"
"It was pretty much a homo history nerd's dream come true.... Full without feeling crowded, the gallery space also features several text panels describing the city's queer history and the ways that it has been shaped by race, class and gender."
QuiickyTraveller.com • Italy
(Dec. 9, 2011)
"Apre a San Francisco il primo grande museo degli USA dedicato alla storia dell'omosessualità"
[The First Major Museum in the United States Dedicated to the History of Homosexuality Opens in San Francisco]
"Homosexuality is putting itself on display — that's the right term in this case — for the first time in the States with a museum and a permanent exhibition dedicated to years of both social struggle and great cultural and political advances."
The Bold Italic
(Nov. 8, 2011)
"Out of the Closet: Michael Stabile Finds Intimate Artifacts in the GLBT History Museum's Archives"
"The GLBT History Museum opened in January. It’s the first of its kind in the country, the second in the world, and a small but intricate account of a city’s change measured by iconic belongings.... The museum is a glorious place."
Castro Courier
(November 2011)
"GLBT Historical Society Gala Unmasked"
"''Unmasked is the high point of the social season for lovers of GLBT history,” Paul Boneberg said. “It was a tremendously beautiful evening.'"
NBC Bay Area TV
(Oct. 25, 2011)
"The Drag Queen Who Changed Bay Area Politics"
The NBC TV affiliate in San Francisco visits the new exhibit about José Sarria at The GLBT History Museum — and interviews Sarria about his 1961 campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Autostraddle
(Sept. 30, 2011)
“Twenty Years Ago Today in Gay History: The AB101 Veto Riots Would Have Blown Your Mind”
"When it comes to things like the AB 101 Veto Riot — or really, anything else — queer history initiatives and the existence of places like the GLBT History Museum are vital. This is how we know who we are."
Xtra • Vancouver, Canada
(Sept. 8, 2011)
"A Museum of Us: Why BC's Archives Need a Public Storefront Home"
"That was my introduction to our museum. I say 'our' because, even though it's dedicated to the Bay Area's gay history, it really belongs to all of us."
Gay.it • Italy
(Aug. 16, 2011)
"Our Vast Queer Past: La San Francisco Gay in Mostra a Castro"
[Our Vast Queer Past: Gay San Francisco on Display in the Castro]
"Rather than recounting an exhaustive history of gay San Francisco, the exhibition gives space to some lesser-known personalities, [thereby] revealing the 'Sodom by the Sea,' as it was called at the beginning of the 20th century."
Los Angeles Times Magazine
(July 2011)
"Bay Watch: Art + Architecture"
The Los Angeles Times Magazine includes The GLBT History Museum as one of nine San Francisco museums highlighted in its July 2011 issue.
Lugares • Argentina
(July 2011)
"Hot Spots de San Francisco"
The website of Lugares, a leading travel magazine in Argentina, features The GLBT History Museum in its roundup of "San Francisco Hot Spots"
Using San Francisco History
(July 29, 2011)
"Chinese/LGBT: Comparing Two Local History Institutions"
History blogger Drew Bourn compares and contrasts the work of two San Francisco institutions: the GLBT Historical Society and the Chinese Historical Society of America.
San Francisco Bay Guardian
(July 26, 2011)
"Best of the Bay: Editor's Picks — City Living"
The GLBT History Museum is honored for "Best Exhibitionism" in the Bay Guardian's annual "Best of the Bay" issue.
Skapais.eu • Latvia
(July 15, 2011)
"LGBT muzejs Sanfrancisko"
[San Francisco LGBT Museum]
"This museum is an important symbol of progress in the recognition of LGBT human rights as well as a milestone in the long history of the LGBT community."
The Advocate
(June–July 2011)
"193 Reasons to Have Pride"
"The 1,600-square-foot space operated by The GLBT Historical Society in the Castro is the first gay museum in the country. San Francisco seems like the ideal place."
San Francisco Travel
(June 15, 2011)
"Arts & Culture: The Trendsetter's 49 Hours"
Celebrity chef Traci des Jardins lists The GLBT History Museum as one of her top destinations for visitors to San Francisco.
Hostelling International: Northern California Hostels
(May 18, 2011)
"Discover 'Our Vast Queer Past' at San Francisco's New GLBT Museum"
"Visitors are invited to explore the political and cultural challenges that GLBT individuals have worked to surmount, as well as the ways in which their work influenced the city's general ethos of free love, freedom of expression, and political activism."
KALW Radio
(May 12, 2011)
"Out in the Bay: Audio Slices of Queer History"
Audiovisual archivist John Raines and historian Don Romesburg present historic queer radio clips from the GLBT Historical Society archives.
IHLIA Niewsbrief • The Netherlands
(March 2011)
"The GLBT History Museum in VS"
[The GLBT History Museum in the U.S.]
"Located in the heart of the Castro district in San Francisco, it joins the Schwules Museum in Berlin as the only stand-alone museum dedicated to the colorful, diverse and surprising history of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders."
Bay Area Reporter
(March 31, 2011)
"Spears Visit Was a Team Effort by LGBT Leaders"
Pop star Britney Spears takes a tour of The GLBT History Museum.
Museum Opening: January 2011
The opening of The GLBT History Museum in January 2011 attracted media coverage in 75 countries and 38 languages. For links to a sampling of the stories, click here.
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