Rainbow History Project

Since 2000, the Rainbow History Project has collected and preserved oral histories, documents, recordings, photos, and memorabilia of organizations and individuals in the LGBT community for use by scholars and journalists, making them available to the public through our archival partnership with the Historical Society of Washington, DC; providing forums and workshops on local topics of interest; organizing walking tours of historic LGBT neighborhoods; and recognizing Community Pioneers.  Our collection and oral histories provide building blocks for researchers and help currently active organizations understand their own histories and evolution.