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| source: http://www.visittucson.org/about/glbt/ |
Michael J Leclerc wrote an excellent
article for the Mocavo blog titled Forbidden
Forebears: Finding the GLBT Ancestors in Your Family.
He did so to recognize that June is
celebrated internationally as Pride Month for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered people.
In the course of my research for clients, I have come across
some of the same “clues.” I remember one
male moving to Florida
As Michael says, look at his suggestions as clues. Just because someone might “fit” doesn’t mean
that they were GLBT and it is worth considering.
Throughout history many individuals have had to subvert “who”
they are due to persecution – religious, ethnic, sexual orientation, etc – and,
that just makes our work as a genealogy researcher more challenging. The stories of everyone need to be told ...
Here are a few posts about the overlap of GLBT and Genealogy
Research:
- Unhiding the Past: Gay and Lesbian Ancestors (Destination: Austin Family)
- The Rainbow Tree Genealogy Becoming Important for Gays
- Gay and Lesbian Relatives (Ancestral Discoveries)
Do you have GLBT
individuals in your tree? Besides “personal
knowledge” what resources led you to identify them as such? Please tell us
about your GLBT ancestors – their stories have probably been hidden for too
long.
Are you aware of other
posts about the overlap of GLBT and Genealogy Research? If so, please do share.
Know of another historically
persecuted group who are hard to research?
If so, let us know and we’ll do a future post.
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