Perhaps one of our biggest endeavors is to create exhibits documenting significant individuals, organizations, and events in queer history. Stay tuned as these are developed!
Intern-Created Exhibits
- Orange County Gay Bars by Savannah Gonzalez
- Gay Bars in Orange County, 1970s-1990s by Savannah Gonzalez
CSUDH Student-Created Exhibits
- Lesbian living in Los Angeles by Julian Coleman
- History of the LGBTQ Center Long Beach by Paulina
- Eastside AIDS- THON by Samantha Gutierrez
- The Great American Lesbian Art Show by Annie Holub
- South Bay Lesbian/Gay Community Center by Tiffani Howe
- Susan Griffin by Jeweliet Malott
- Redondo Beach by Natalia Moreno
- The Queercore Punk Scene: Mr. T’s Bowl & The Sound’s of Fury by Keke
- The Imperial Court of the San Fernando Valley by Daylin Martinez
- The Black Cat Tavern Demonstration: America’s 1st LGBTQ Protest Against Police Brutality by Joe Eric Sanchez
UCI Student-Created Exhibits
- The Forced Heat by Layla Asgarian Nahavandi, UCI student
- Hogar Latino by Sebastian Calderon, UCI student
- UC Irvine’s Shantytown by Sebastian Calderon, UCI student
- Corona de Mar High School’s 1989 Psychology Class Controversy & the Fight for Queer Inclusion in the Classroom by Sebastian Calderon, UCI student
- Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County by Sebastian Calderon, UCI student
- Frank Ricchiazzi by Layla Asgarian Nahavandi, UCI student
- Crusader (Formerly Andrew Exler) by Sophia Leight, UCI student
- Marjorie Rushforth by Alondra Aquino Cordova, UCI student
- National Coming Out Day by Alondra Aquino Cordova, UCI student
- Timeline of the 1991 AB101 Veto Protest by Qijia Zhou, UCI student
- Georgia Garrett-Norris by Bryant Dang, UCI student
- LGBTQ+ History at Knott’s Berry Farm by Bryant Dang, UCI student
- NAMES Project Orange County by Bryant Dang, UCI student
- 1989 Protest Against William Dannemeyer’s Town Hall by Bryant Dang, UCI student
- Rumour Hazzit by Regina Wu
- Renaissance: Gender Identity Services by Sophia Leight, UCI student
- AIDS Walk OC By Rishi Gopalan, UCI student
- 1988 Coming Out Day by Rishi Gopalan, UCI student
- 1989 Bob Dornan Town Hall Protest by Roshi Gopalan, UCI student
- Elena Layland by an anonymous UCI student
- The Mug by an anonymous UCI student
- Gay and Lesbian Educators by an anonymous UCI student
- Christine Jorgensen by an anonymous UCI student
- Irvine’s Measure N by an anonymous UCI student
- Frat House by Rishi Gopalan, UCI student
- Dennis Chappell by Rishi Gopalan, UCI student
- A Different Drummer Bookstore by Alondra Aquino Cordova, UCI student
Future Exhibits
- HIV/AIDS Antidiscrimination Ordinance and the protests against its failure (1989)
- Irvine’s Human Rights Ordinance and Measure N (1989)
- Orange County Cultural Pride 1989, OC’s first pride festival
- Orange County Gay Community Services Center, now The Center OC
- Orange County Visibility League (OCVL), later ACT UP Orange County
- Protest at the 1989 West Coast Symposium on Homosexuality and Public Policy Implications