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Improper Bostonians presented by the History Project on Zoom
2023-06-07 18:30:00 2023-06-07 19:30:00 America/New_York Improper Bostonians presented by the History Project on Zoom Explore 400+ years of LGBTQ people, community, organizing and change in Massachusetts. MHL Virtual Programs -

Wednesday, June 07
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-07 18:30:00 2023-06-07 19:30:00 America/New_York Improper Bostonians presented by the History Project on Zoom Explore 400+ years of LGBTQ people, community, organizing and change in Massachusetts. MHL Virtual Programs -

Explore 400+ years of LGBTQ people, community, organizing and change in Massachusetts.

Join Joan Ilacqua (she/her) for a presentation about LGBTQ+ history in Massachusetts from the pre-colonial era to the 1960s. 

Joan Ilacqua became The History Project's inaugural Executive Director in January 2020. Most recently, Ilacqua served as Co-Chair of The History Project’s board of directors and as Harvard Medical School’s Archivist for Diversity and Inclusion. She is a member of the New England Archivists’ Inclusion and Diversity Committee, and has a background in advocacy and oral history. She is a graduate of UMass Boston’s Public History master’s program, and earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Puget Sound. In her free time, Joan likes to read queer romance novels and spend time with her wife and two lazy cats.

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EVENT TYPE: | Library Program--Adults |

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