Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. The exhibit also centers the story of Rose Cleveland, the lesbian sister of Grover Cleveland who served as First Lady for a portion of her (unmarried) brother’s first term as President.Some of the items on display came from the exhibit entitled Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall currently open at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
The exhibit features items from all eras of the American LGBTQ+ experience. Not just the stories of Stonewall and Milk and Johnson, but also the largely unknown tales of early pioneers in queer history like Rose Cleveland.