Who We Are
1994 Worcester Pride Parade, Photo Courtesy of the Telegram & Gazette
The Worcester County LGBTQ+ History Project is a partnership between the Worcester Historical Museum (WHM), Digital Worcester, Clark University, the College of the Holy Cross, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a mission to collect, preserve, interpret, and make digitally accessible the community’s past. At the center of this effort is the Community Advisory Board:
Peter Bacchiocchi, Worcester Pride, baccitup@gmail.com
Elizabeth Brooks, Photographer, byelizabethbrooks@gmail.com
Lamar Brown, AIDS Project Worcester, lbrown@aidsprojectworcester.org
Leo Négron Cruz, LNC01606@gmail.com
Judi Kirk, Boys and Girls Club of Worcester, jkirk@bgcworcester.org
Heather Mangione, heathermangione@gmail.com
Griffin Minigiello, Clark University, GMinigiello@clarku.edu
John Palella, Ph.D., Clark University, jpalella@clarku.edu
Christian Rea, jchristianrea@gmail.com
Rox Samer, Clark University, RSamer@clarku.edu
Sarah Slocum RainbowReadersMass@gmail.com
John Trobaugh, UMASS Medical School, John.Trobaugh@UMassMed.Edu
A curatorial team assembled, interpreted, and wrote LGBTQ+ Worcester For the Record in consultation with the Community Advisory Board and WHM. The curatorial team included:
Joseph Cullon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Digital Worcester, jcullon@wpi.edu
Robert Tobin, Clark University, rtobin@clarku.edu
Stephanie Yuhl, College of the Holy Cross, syuhl@holycross.edu
The WHM and Digital Worcester provided the expertise, space, and resources to make LGBTQ+ Worcester for the Record and LGBTQintheWoo.org possible, including
David Conner, Director of Community Engagement, WHM, davidconner@worcesterhistory.net
Joseph Cullon, Director, Digital Worcester, jcullon@wpi.edu
Wendy Essery, Library and Archive Manager, WHM, library@worcesterhistory.net
Vanessa Bumpus, Exhibitions Coordinator, WHM, vanessabumpus@worcesterhistory.net
William Wallace, Executive Director, WHM, wwallace@worcesterhistory.net
The Worcester County LGBTQ+ History Project thanks the many students who have contributed to the project:
Lucas E. Ferreira, Worcester State
Chase Gaudino, WPI
Brittany Goldstein, WPI
Nora Grimes, Holy Cross
Elizabeth Hallahan, Holy Cross
Ryan Dale Johnson, WPI
Sarah Emrich Kwatinetz, WPI
Kaitlyn Meehan, Holy Cross
Meaghan Moran, Holy Cross
Griffin Minigiello, Clark
Emma Powell, Holy Cross
Nicholas Taliento, Holy Cross
Rex Tayag, Holy Cross
