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Out in the Archives: Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University

Highlights aspects of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history that are most fully documented by GSU Archives & Special Collections. The Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University have grown rapidly since the first donation in 2011. Currently, the manuscript collections measure over 550 linear feet. An extensive periodical collection with over 670 titles includes more than 8,700 individual items, and almost 3,000 books have been donated. Further, 110 oral histories have been conducted by GSU staff and volunteers and 46 interviews have been donated by others.

Visit Resource: Out in the Archives: Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University
Creator: Curated by GSU Archivist Morna Gerrard, with Hilary Morrish and Michelle Asci
Format: Online Exhibit,
Photographs
Tag: Collections,
Exhibits,
LGBTQ+
Category: Advocacy & Social Change, Arts & Culture
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