Lesbian Herstory Archives

While you're choosing your outfits and pins for Dyke Marches and Pride events this month, get inspiration from the past by searching through our digital databases!

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: LESBIAN ELDERS & INTERVIEWERS We are proud to announce an engaging new project: The Lesbian Elders Oral Herstory Project,  at the Lesbian Herstory Archives!  Supported by a two-year Mellon-funded Community Archives grant, we are creating The Lesbian Elders Oral Herstory Project, which seeks to continue the Archives’ commitment to collecting and sharing Lesbian […]

Join LHA and black lesbian community to celebrate the publication of the Mouths of Rain Anthology.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives has been awarded a $90,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

On October 15th, 2020, the Lesbian Herstory Archives co-sponsored an event to celebrate the 45th anniversary of our founding and the launch of a special issue of Sinister Wisdom Journal: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal, celebrating LHA’s forty-five years. The event drew 344 attendees (and 600 RSVPs) to hear a few of the issue’s contributors read from their work. Sinister Wisdom, NYU Division of Libraries, and CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies also co-sponsored. Watch video from the event and read more about it in this blog post.

Take a few minutes to explore our new website and use the comments on this blog post to share your thoughts.

One of the Archives' co-founders, Joan Nestle, shares her thoughts as we launch this new way to share news, stories, and announcements from LHA.