Adopt-A-Bookshelf!
Since settling into our new home in Over the Rhine, the Ohio Lesbian Archives has been on a mission to transform our space into a haven for historical LGBTQ+ preservation and celebration. We’ve already been able to shelf a wonderful portion of our robust collection. However, we still have over 38 boxes of books, waiting…
Growing Up Gay in O’Bryonville: Edmund White’s Life in Cincinnati
Learn about the Cincinnati roots of renowned gay writer, Edmund White, through a personal talk from scholar Nick Radel, author of Understanding Edmund White.
Join us for Book Club!
Sign up here Sunday, June 16th from 2-3:30pm. Please join us as we discuss Nancy Garden’s Annie on my Mind.
Join us for Book Club!
SIGN-UP LINK: here Sunday, May 12th from 2-3:30pm. Please join us as we discuss Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are not the Only Fruit.
Sign up for our book Club!
This will be a monthly event with new books being announced each month. To sign up for April’s discussion of Hijab Butch Blues, please fill out this form The discussion will be about the entirety of the book 🙂
Collection Highlight: The Well of Loneliness
If you’ve been keeping up with the OLA, you’d know that we recently moved to a new location in OTR! With moving comes a lot of unpacking, and as a new volunteer, this has given me a great opportunity to get a look at many of the pieces in our collection. One of my favorites…
Open House October 22, 4-6pm
We recently moved and we can’t wait to show you our new home! We have more space to care for the LGBTQ+ history we collect and to welcome visitors. We hope you’ll join us in October to see it for yourself.
ARCHIVES will be CLOSED last 2 Weds of March–Women’s History Month talks!
To our followers: The Ohio Lesbian Archives will be CLOSED this Wednesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 29 because we’ll be busy (preparing and) giving two talks — at the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University. The UC Women’s Center contacted us and we had an enthusiastic meeting with the Director and a few…
REMEMBERING MARIE DENNIS
Violet Marie Dennis, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died of heart failure August 17, 2022. She was 80 years old and had a forty-five year history with the lesbian and feminist community. Marie was the only one of us who had a car back in the mid to late 1970’s so she would act as the traveling…
Help Design Our New Logo!
The Ohio Lesbian Archives needs a new logo, and we need your help to make it happen!