Unboxing Queer History Podcast
1) QUEERS READ THIS: 90s Queer Activism and Exhibits at Gerber/Hart
Every year, groups of volunteers at Gerber/Hart work for months researching for two large yearly exhibits. In 2019, five volunteers, Whit Sadusky, Veronica Rodriguez, Chase Ollis, Kurt Conley, and Jam...Show More
2) Bill Kelley: A Lifetime of Chicago Activism
Episode 7 of Unboxing Queer History is all about William B Kelley - a lifelong Chicago LGBTQ activist. The William B. Kelley and Chen K. Ooi collection is the cornerstone collection of Gerber/Hart Lib...Show More
3) GALS Just Want to Have Fun: A Lesbian Fishing Group for Chicago
“It was just an idea and we just went for it, and it turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun.” GALS (the Great Angling Lesbian Society) was founded in 1994 by Sherry Pethers and Susan McCann. Sherry a...Show More
4) Lorrainne Sade Baskerville: Joy, Survival, Legacy
“I did not come out of the closet. I stepped out on the scene.”Lorrainne Sade Baskerville is a Black trans woman who founded Chicago’s first trans-run, trans-serving social agency called transGenesis....Show More
5) People Like Us: So Much More than a Bookstore
"An Exclusively Gay and Lesbian Bookstore for Chicago"Time travel with us to a very special place in episode four of Unboxing Queer History!Between 1988 and 1997, Carrie Barnett and Brett Shingledecke...Show More
6) Amigas Latinas: Latina, Queer, and Together
"What Does It Mean To Be Latina And Lesbian?"Founded in 1995, Amigas Latinas was a volunteer-run organization that specifically served the LBTQ Latina community through monthly discussion groups, supp...Show More
7) A Library & Archives for Us: The Story of Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
“Finding our history is going to be a tool for our liberation”On January 30th, 1981, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives opened its doors to the public. It was the first LGBTQ library in the Midwestern U...Show More
8) The Dirty Old Lady: Chicago Drag History and the Mystery of Miss Tillie
In 2014, Gerber/Hart received a collection of photo albums that belonged to a performer named Miss Tillie “The Dirty Old Lady of Chicago.” The collection is incredibly rich, with over a thousand image...Show More
9) Welcome to Unboxing Queer History
Teaser trailer for Unboxing Queer History. Episode One - The Dirty Old Lady: Chicago Drag History and the Mystery of Miss Tillie is released February 1st, 2022. Unboxing Queer History is a podcast fro...Show More