"LGBTQ+ San Diego Stories of Struggles and Triumphs"

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San Diego History Center (1649 El Prado, Suite 1) in Balboa Park.

The San Diego History Center in partnership with the Lambda Archives brings the first exhibition EVER in Balboa Park, focused on San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community.
Titled LGBTQ+San Diego: Stories of Struggles and Triumphs this will be the History Center’s major exhibition of 2018 and will run to January 2020 with an estimated 250,000 visitors!

CURATION & COMMUNITY COLLABORATION:
The exhibition curatorial team is led is by Lillian Faderman, LGBTQ+ scholar and author of the book The Gay Revolution and Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death from Yale University Press.

EXHIBITION THEMES:
San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community has faced both tragedy and triumph. This exhibition focuses on major community themes including:
Identity – Who we are and how we define ourselves
Persecution
Pioneers who have helped shape our Region’s LGBTQ+ Community
Families we make and choose
Where the San Diego LGBTQ+ Community is headed and the work that remains ahead

Visitors will hear from those in the LGBTQ+ region about the struggles to overcome persecution, the battle with AIDS, bullying, and intolerance, and the power of the community.

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/exhibition/sdlgbtq/

Additional article:

LGBTQ history and ‘Stories of Struggles and Triumphs’

http://sdcitybeat.com/culture/features/the-struggle-is-real/