Tidewater Queer History Project

Since 2015, the Tidewater Queer History Project has worked to document and preserve LGBTQ history in Southeastern Virginia. Under the leadership of founder Cathleen Rhodes, TQHP has recorded dozens of oral history interviews, built Tidewater's largest digital and physical archives of LGBTQ history materials, led several walking tours of local queer history, and facilitated digitization of materials in Perry Library’s Special Collections at ODU.

Don't let our history crumble in your basement. Contact tidewaterqueerhistoryproject@gmail.com to share your story, donate/loan memorabilia (home movies, t-shirts, buttons, etc.), or volunteer.