San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

As your community archive, much of the work we do in actively preserving an account of our history is done within the walls of our Archive. In honor of Women's History Month, we would like to share a project that we are actively working on outside of the Archives.

Late last year, the Lambda Archives of San Diego expanded their team by hiring 3 new staff members as part of the Preserving California's LGBTQ History Project. See a message from the team below, along with bios of the 3 new staffers.

More information about the Lambda Archives can be found here.

Open Letter to the San Diego LGBTQ+ Community:

San Diego Lambda Archives has lost an amazing treasure and champion in Lillian Faderman and I'm so very saddened by her resignation.

San Diego LGBT News has received a copy of a resignation letter submitted Thursday by Dr. Lillian Faderman to the board of directors of Lambda Archives of San Diego.

The late Ben F. Dillingham III, who was a decorated Marine captain and tank commander, had his uniforms, medals, dog tags, etc. presented to the Lambda Archives of San Diego by City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez last week. 

In November of 2017, Dillingham passed away from cancer at age 72.

When we look at LGBT history and the people who blazed the trail for all of us starting from Stonewall to Marriage Equality, we often forget those who made it possible for us to have these freedoms by having to sacrifice their own, not only legally but personally. 

Lambda Archives of San Diego is pleased to announce the establishment of a “Historian-in-Residence” program.

This honorific title is bestowed upon a prominent or influential historian in the field of LGBTQ historic scholarship at the discretion of Lambda Archives.

We are honored to name Dr. Lillian Faderman as our inaugural Historian-in-Residence for the 2017-2019 term.