Throughout Delaware history, stories of the day-to-day experiences, challenges, love stories, and courageous advocacy of the LGBTQ+ community have often been overlooked. “LGBTQ+ History of Delaware: We Have Always Been Here” is a year-long effort to bring those stories to light through historical research and interviews with community members.
The project, launched in 2022, is supported by the Delaware Department of State and the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, which supports the elimination of racial injustice, racism, discrimination, and exclusionary history. Through this project, researchers refuse to shrink from the pain of our shared history and welcome the difficult conversations that come from interpreting a combination of uncomfortable truths, differing views, and difficult narratives.