Queer & Curious
A little workplace inclusion. A little history. A little personal.
A whole lot queer.
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Museum Monday: The Buffalo History Museum
An ongoing project at The Buffalo History Museum that celebrates and preserves the vibrant history of Western New York is The Newlywed Project, spearheaded by Cynthia Van Ness (she/her), the Director of Library and Archives at the Museum.
How to Keep Momentum on LGBTQ+ Inclusion Year-Round
How can your company, and you as an individual, ensure that you are thinking about LGBTQ+ inclusion year-round and keep the momentum going long after Pride Month ends?
Museum Monday: United Lynn Pride
“Through a Rainbow Lens” documents over 160 years of working-class LGBTQIA+ history through newspaper articles, documents, and oral histories. The project opened as an exhibit at the Lynn Museum & Arts Center in 2024 and lives on as a digital archive and documentaty.
How We Tell Their Story – Part 3: Queer Possibility
Queer people have always existed. However, the conversation surrounding how we talk about queer people in history is evolving.
What constitutes “proof” of a queer identity or relationship? What are the ethics of “outing” a historical figure? How do we leave room for queer possibility?
This three part series explores the challenges and opportunities of exploring queer history.
How We Tell Their Story – Part 2: Out of the Closet
Queer people have always existed. However, the conversation surrounding how we talk about queer people in history is evolving.
What constitutes “proof” of a queer identity or relationship? What are the ethics of “outing” a historical figure? How do we leave room for queer possibility?
This three part series explores the challenges and opportunities of exploring queer history.
How We Tell Their Story – Part 1: Burden of Proof
Queer people have always existed. However, the conversation surrounding how we talk about queer people in history is evolving.
What constitutes “proof” of a queer identity or relationship? What are the ethics of “outing” a historical figure? How do we leave room for queer possibility?
This three part series explores the challenges and opportunities of exploring queer history.
I, Ali Kane, live and work on the traditional lands and waters of the Agawam and Nipmuc peoples (Tataessit), whose enduring relationship with this place existed long before the city of Worcester was named.
I also acknowledge that my direct ancestors were an active part of colonizing the land now known as the state of Massachusetts. I carry that history with humility and grief.
I am committed to remembering and respecting the Nipmuc and Agawam people, and the land itself, by ensuring access to nature remains a universal right, not a privilege.