Sexual Minorities Archives
Never Again the Silence The SMA is a repository of national and international importance to LGBTQI people and our allies.
A grassroots, multimedia collection housed in archivist Ben Power Alwin's residence in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the SMA includes more than 12,000 books, 800 periodical titles with 17,000 individual issues, thousands of subject files, personal collections, organizational collections, oral histories, independent research and academic papers, audio and video cassettes, CDs, DVDs, slideshows, vinyl rec
12/22/2024
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09/10/2024
Come out for our rescheduled show this Friday, now hosted by Lorelei!
09/05/2024
This event is TONIGHT! Join us and our friends at The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston on Zoom at 8 PM for the spicier side of LGBTQ+ history🔥🔥 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smut-share-with-the-sexual-minorities-archives-tickets-968619285357?aff=oddtdtcreator
✨ Get ready to explore the naughtier side of q***r history!
Join us for “Smut Share” on Thursday, September 5th, where we’re teaming up with to reveal the risqué and rebellious artifacts from our collections. 📚🍑
This 18+ Zoom event is a must for anyone of any gender curious about the steamy, scandalous, and beautifully bold stories that shaped LGBTQ+ culture.
Link in bio to register!
* Image from Spring 1977 FagRag
08/22/2024
Join us on 9/5 for this collaboration with The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston, sharing the more scandalous parts of our collection 👀🔥
✨ Get ready to explore the naughtier side of q***r history!
Join us for “Smut Share” on Thursday, September 5th, where we’re teaming up with to reveal the risqué and rebellious artifacts from our collections. 📚🍑
This 18+ Zoom event is a must for anyone of any gender curious about the steamy, scandalous, and beautifully bold stories that shaped LGBTQ+ culture.
Link in bio to register!
* Image from Spring 1977 FagRag
08/16/2024
07/18/2024
Hello all, out of an abundance of caution to surging COVID cases, we need to reschedule this Friday's event. Stay tuned for updates! Be safe
07/18/2024
This event has been postponed! Stay tuned to this page as we plan to reschedule this for August or September.
Friday July 19th at Holyoke Media.
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07/16/2024
UPDATE 7/18/24: Out of an abundance of caution to surging COVID cases, we need to reschedule this Friday's event. Stay tuned for updates! Be safe
07/05/2024
Charlie, our beloved archive cat, has been missing since yesterday afternoon. He was last seen on Lincoln Street in Holyoke. He’s a very sweet, long-haired grey and white tabby. If you’ve seen him, please help bring him home and send a DM to our Instagram.
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135 Lincoln Street
Holyoke, MA
01040