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The glbtq Encyclopedia Project closed its website

Www.lgbtq.com aka the glbtq Encyclopedia Project closed its website on August 1, 2015 because of the collapse of the online advertising business model that had supported it.

The glbtq Encyclopedia Project was founded in 2000 by Publisher Wik Wikholm to create the world’s largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and history and to deliver it online. The contents of the encyclopedia were formed and overseen by General Editor Claude Summers, Copy Editor Ted-Larry Pebworth, and Assistant to the Editor Linda Rapp. After more than two years of work, the site launched in 2003.

The site grew to become the largest glbtq encyclopedia ever created thanks to the work of its editors and more than 350 contributors. The website also included a variety of essays, a few interviews with contemporary figures, and, during its last few years of operation, a blog written by Claude Summers. Claude Summers’ blog is archived at the ONE Institute in Los Angeles.

The project also produced three books: The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts (2004); The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater (2004); and The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television (2005), all published by Cleis Press.

A New Archive: www.glbtqarchive.com

Now a new website has been launched with an online archive: www.glbtqarchive.com. It features the articles of the former website, awailable as a series of pdf which you can read online or download. The arts section has 790 encyclopedia entries, the arts. The entries cover the Fine Arts, Dramatic Arts, Music, Sports, Entertainment, and more.