CALL FOR PROPOSALS – HomoEconomics: LGBTQ Histories of the Brooklyn Waterfront
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is excited to announce the call for proposals for our next show, a scatter-site-specific investigation of the queer histories of the beloved borough where the museum got its start: Brooklyn. Entitled “HomoEconomics,” this show will investigate Brooklyn’s past and present as a site of queer cultural creation, gentrification, economic [...]
CFP For HomoEconomics Show Extended!
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History has extended the deadline for submissions for our next show, HomoEconomics: LGBTQ Histories of the Brooklyn Waterfront. The deadline for submissions is now May 24th. In addition to what is outlined in the CFP below, we are seeking: 1) Existing history projects / historians working on the Brooklyn Waterfront’s [...]
Last Minute Resources!
Thinking about proposing something for HomoEconomics, but looking for some research / direction / ideas? We’ve put together a few links to collections that we know hold interesting stories. If you know others, add them in the commetns! The Brooklyn Historical Society (http://brooklynhistory.org) has a great finding aid called Emma, which can help with finding [...]
Uncovering the Queer History of Marriage
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is overjoyed by the stunning viral popularity of Cookie Woolner’s recent Tumblr post about the history of lesbian weddings in African American communities. The post featured a photo of a lesbian wedding that originally ran in Jet magazine in 1970, and to date it has been shared more than [...]

