History is Repeating

Recurring Donation Drive for Queer History Boston (QHB)

History is repeating.

We are watching queer lives — especially trans lives — come under attack once again. Stories are being erased. Narratives rewritten. Communities pushed to the margins of institutions that once promised to hold them.

But this is not new.

History is repeating, and we know what comes next…

We have learned from LGBTQ+ liberation movements, from community archives, from the people who refused to disappear. We know how communities survive this.

We document.
We remember.
We organize.

That’s where Queer History Boston comes in.

Formerly The History Project, we have remained steadfast in preserving and activating LGBTQ+ history across Boston and New England since 1980 — not as something shoved in the attic, but as a living tool for navigating the present.

Because when history repeats, our memory becomes resistance.
And resistance requires consistency.

A recurring gift to QHB is that consistent commitment to local LGBTQ+ history.

Monthly donations give organizations like ours something rare in turbulent times: predictability. They let us plan ahead instead of scrambling, hire with confidence instead of hesitation, and keep our doors open without wondering if next month's grant funding will come through.

For a small community archives doing essential work, stability is what makes everything else possible.

That’s why we’re asking you to join us with a recurring donation.

If history is repeating… our support must too.

Your monthly gift powers this crucial work:

Keeping our archive space open and accessible
Preserving fragile materials that would otherwise be lost
Supporting queer historians, artists, and storytellers through paid honoraria

$10/month → preserves archival materials that hold community memory

$20/month → helps keep our space open for researchers and visitors

$30/month → contributes to a full honorarium for a community storyteller

$50/month → sustains a full season of community programming

$100/month → funds a community oral history project

Small, steady acts repeated over time are how history is kept alive.

History is repeating.

Let's make sure the documenting, preserving, and sharing does too.

History is Repeating!