Club Cafe welcomes Mass Bears and Cubs on the third Sunday of every month, and this month's theme is the hanky code, a covert form of sartorial flagging that evolved from its origins in leather culture in the 1970s to become a signal of queer identity and visibility. The History [...]

Learn about The History Project's 2023 accomplishments, our plans for the new year, and discover your connection to Boston's LGBTQ+ history! Join us for an in-person holiday get-together at Club Cafe on Monday, 12/11, from 6-8pm. While Club Cafe has installed an ultraviolet Far UVC system, we ask that all [...]

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER - RAIN DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED In the style of gay liberation "be-ins" where the LGBTQ+ community would meet up to hang out and exist in public space, join The History Project for an LGBTQ+ picnic on Cambridge Common. Drop-in anytime between 11AM and 2PM, and [...]

Join The History Project for our annual holiday get-together (in-person!) at Club Cafe

Join The History Project and Mass Bears and Cubs for a Hanky Code Bear Tea! Dancing starts at 5PM, and there is no cover! The History Project will be on-site sharing information about the hanky code and will have hankies for sale! According to historian J. Raúl Cornier: The hanky [...]

Learn about our 2019 accomplishments, our plans for the new year, and discover your connection to Boston's LGBTQ history!

Beauport tells the story of a gay man in the early twentieth century: celebrated interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. This special tour sheds light on Sleeper’s family and friends and includes readings from books and letters written by Sleeper and his social circle. After the tour, stay for refreshments on [...]

Join us as we bring back the hanky code - the color-coded signaling system from the 70s & 80s - to support the work of The History Project. Featuring music by DJ Jimmy DePre (Go BANG! SF). Special guest performance by Sham Payne. Presented by *SIP* Tea Dance. Learn more [...]

Join us as we bring back the hanky code - the color-coded singalling system from the 70s & 80s - to support the work of The History Project. Featuring music by DJ Brian Halligan, and a performance by Werewolf Becky. All are welcome! (21+ only, though)