Print: ‘Queer Happened Here’ Unearths a Century of NYC’s Underground Queer Spaces | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Print: ‘Queer Happened Here’ Unearths a Century of NYC’s Underground Queer Spaces | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Print: ‘Queer Happened Here’ Unearths a Century of NYC’s Underground Queer Spaces. “Writer, historian, and New York native Marc Zinaman identified this absence in the chronicling of the city’s queer community, and decided to do something about it. He began an Instagram account in 2021, @queer_happened_here, as a resource and community hub on which to document and archive gay spaces from throughout history. This past April, Zinaman published an a…

Inside Out Marks 35 Years of Holding Space for Queer Stories - POV Magazine

“It is our 35th anniversary, so there’s a lot to celebrate,” Elie Chivi, executive director of Toronto’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival tells POV. “The fact that we’re still here to begin with is incredible.” Inside Out enjoys a milestone year in its journey for holding space for queer cinema. The festival, as Chivi notes, began with plastic chairs and a bedsheet on the wall, continues elevate queer stories, albeit in cushier surroundings, bu…

'Queer Happened Here' Unearths a Century of NYC's Underground Queer Spaces – PRINT Magazine

The narrative of marginalized communities being underrepresented and even erased from history is all too familiar. So much is lost with time, but especially those stories, moments, people, and places that existed outside of the mainstream. Writer, historian, and New York native Marc Zinaman identified this absence in the chronicling of the city’s queer community, and decided to do something about it. He began an Instagram account in 2021, @queer…