The Queer Archives Project

Led by a collaborative team of faculty, students, and staff, the Queer Archives Project recovers Lafayette's LGBTQ+ history through interviews with alumni and student archival research. The award-winning QAP digital humanities site supports teaching and learning in LGBTQ+ studies and fosters a positive, welcoming campus climate.

The Vision:

“The Queer Archives Project has brought Lafayette’s once-hidden LGBTQ+ history into the light and into the student learning experience. Together, we use a sometimes difficult past to build a brighter, more inclusive future.”
--Prof. Mary Armstrong, Women’s, gender & sexuality studies program chair and Queer Archives project director

Where Your Gift Goes:

• EXCEL Scholar Student Research Positions: Provides paid research positions
  for the student team that works with alumni oral histories, conducts research, and
  expands our digital humanities project.
• Oral History Interviews with Lafayette Alumni: Funding to conduct interviews
  and process interview transcriptions.
• Academic Lectures and Events: Covers expenses for outside speakers and
  QAP-related student activities across the College.

The Impact:

"Being a part of the Queer Archives Project has been one of the greatest privileges of my academic career that has made me not only a more well-rounded student, but a better person." -- Casey McCarthy '27