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LGBTQ Guide: San Francisco museum shines light on hidden history

Category: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
A group of people look at a display shown on a grey wall with a cityscape running along the top edge of the exhibit wall.

Read more about the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco and how it’s shining a light on the hidden histories of LGBTQ individuals.

“I bring young people through here and I tell them, ‘Gay marriage, gays serving in the military, this didn’t just happen. So feel free to stand on our shoulders, but just don’t stand still.’”

– Fred Baumer

It was a daunting mission from the start: Bring visibility to a culture that, historically, had to be invisible. But it would be impossible to go through the displays at the GLBT History Museum and not see something that you didn't see before.

Continue Reading at SFChronicle.com

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