Northeastern is proud to house numerous collections illustrating a diverse range of individuals, activism, and networks in the Boston LGBTQA community from the 1970s onwards.
The collections in part detail the response to the AIDS crisis in Boston with the formation and activities of organizations including theAIDS Coalition to Unleash Power Boston chapter (ACT UP / Boston),AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc.和其他activist groups in the 1980s and 90s.The history of LGBTQA political and labor organizing in Boston is reflected in the collections, alongside histories of the creation of community groups such as theFenway Community Health CenterandMen of All Colors Together Boston.The collections also include the records on the establishment of LGBTQA youth and students groups in Boston, notably theBoston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc. (BAGLY), the first and longest-running youth-led LGBTQA group in Boston.The布罗姆菲尔德街教育基金会, originally established as theGay Community Newsin 1973, offers an extensive collection of records on the publication of the Boston-based progressive newspaper as well as the organization’s initiatives on prison justice and amplifying the voices of gay and lesbian writers through local events and annual conferences.LGBTQA arts and theater organizations in the Boston area are also represented in the collections, including records fromThe Theater Offensive, a queer, progressive theater troupe. Other unprocessed collections, including theBoston Gay Men’s Chorusrecords, are also available for research.