LGBTQ+ History Resources: Oral History / Testimony

"Aimed at capturing factual, contextual, and personal information that will enhance the written record, the AIDS Oral History Projects document the experience of physicians, nurses, and scientists who played key roles in the early years of the AIDS epidemic."

This project contains a number of video interviews with long time members of the lesbian community in Eugene, Oregon.

"The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is proud to announce the launch of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller LGBTQ+ Spoken History Archive. This new online resource is the result of research carried out by the RCAC, with the support of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, and gives insight into the experience of LGBTQ+ individuals from a variety of international Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities."

"This project tells the stories from nurses, doctors and other professionals who were involved in the care and management of people with HIV/AIDS during the 1980s and 1990s."

This is a collection of videos of LGBTQ+ people from Ohio talking about their lives.

This hub contains links to a wide range of LGBTQ+ oral history resources from across the internet.

"This page provides in-depth interviews with more than 70+ early leaders of LGBTQ+ religious movements. You can either listen to the audio or read the transcript of an interview. You can also view biographical information and photographs about this diverse group of early activists and leaders."

"OUTWORDS captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+* elders, to build community and catalyze social change."

Positively Spoken is an oral history archive containing interviews with people who have grown up living with HIV in Britain.

"The Queer Asian American Collection documents the rich and vibrant stories of the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, and gender non-conforming Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and South Asian communities in Chicago. The collection contains materials gathered by the Queer Asian American Archive, founded in 2014 by Dr. Laura Sachiko Fugikawa and liz thomson."

"While military service oftentimes demands sacrifices from those in uniform, historically, LGBTQ+ veterans have faced a unique set of challenges. For many of these veterans, following a call to serve meant keeping their private lives entirely private, for fear that exclusionary policies would hold them back or end their careers altogether. Here, we present stories of LGBTQ+ veterans who served from the WWII era to the present, that illustrate these veterans’ bravery, honesty, and unwavering dedication to their country."