Category: LGBT Pride Month

Speaking Out: LGBT Veterans

July 27, 2016

Posted by: Megan Harris

I never had a childhood hero, a celebrity or historic figure or famous athlete whom I looked up to above all others. To this day, it’s my friends and family whom I admire the most and try to emulate. That’s why, when someone asked me recently about a leader I admire, at first, the question …

Posted in: Iraq War, LGBT Pride Month, LGBTQ, Oral History, Photographs, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II

Gay Pride Parades: Identity, Protest, and Tradition

June 22, 2016

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Today Gay Pride parades occur on weekends in June throughout the United States, as well as in many other countries around the world. It is unusual for folklorists to be able to say exactly when and where a tradition began, but this is a rare case when history does record the events. The tradition of …

Posted in: LGBT Pride Month, LGBTQ