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📁🗄📜 A Community-Based Non-Profit Archive 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚 We Share Kentucky’s LGBTQ History linktr.ee/faulknermorganarchive

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jan 30

Stay tuned for fun posts about Kentucky’s rich LGBTQ history! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Photograph of Jenny Shelton and Cherie Collins in a photo booth, from Collins' scrapbook, likely 1970s. #LGBTQHistory

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Later known as Jammi, her life of advocacy continued as she moved to different states. As her obituary shares, "She was an advocate of human and animal rights and a true lover of the arts." In 2008, Shelton passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida, survived by her wife and three children.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Shelton was a member of the Lexington Women's Collective on 2nd Street. She also created and led the Gay Liberation Front at the University of Kentucky, along with Roger Ware, around 1970. This is the student group that would later go on to sue the university for official recognition.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Jenny Shelton (short hair) was a major player in Lexington's fight for gay liberation and lesbian-feminist organizing. As Charlotte Vice put it, "she was committed to working for equality for years… establishing womyns groups and writing the womyns community paper, Take Back the Night, Amber Moon."

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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Jun 30

LGBTQ activist Peter Taylor, a founder of Kentucky’s gay rights movement, dies at age 71. @faulknermorgan.bsky.social queerkentucky.com/a-life-of-ga...

A Life of Gay Liberation: Remembering Peter Taylor - Queer Kentucky

LGBTQ activist Peter Taylor, a founder of Kentucky’s gay rights movement, dies at age 71.

queerkentucky.com

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 18

All month long, Lussi Brown Coffee Bar will be celebrating their "Pride Fridays" and giving 10% of sales go to local LGBTQIA+ organizations! This Friday, June 20, that nonprofit is FMA!! We hope to see you all for a coffee date that day as you support Kentucky's LGBTQ History! ☕❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 16

You can read the article online, or purchase your own physical copy, at www.queerkentucky.com! #LGBTQHistory

Queer Kentucky

Queer Kentucky is a diverse LGBTQ+ run non-profit based in Louisville, Kentucky working to bolster and enhance Queer culture and health.

www.queerkentucky.com

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 16

"For one night and one night only, Lexington hosted Queer entertainers of the 1970s and 1980s. Drawn by the city’s reputation as a gay haven, and connections of several bar owners, Lexington became a “one-night stand” as celebrities stopped to perform on their way to larger cities.⁠" ⁠

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Have you grabbed your copy of @queerkentucky.bsky.social's newest print issue on LGBTQ art and performance?? We were proud contribute an article highlighting the long legacy of performers visiting queer spaces in Lexington!

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panelists include Jonathan Coleman and John Brooks as well as current and upcoming exhibitors, Jackson Markovic and Ceirra Evans.

The panel will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Institute 193, 215 N. Limestone, Lexington, KY with a reception will follow.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 13

This panel will discuss the work of Patrick Angus (1953-1992) and John Burton Harter (1940-2002) alongside other queer Southern artists of their generation. The discussion will further include the perspectives of contemporary artists dealing with the nuances of depicting queer life in the South.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tomorrow, July 14 at 3pm, join us at Institute 193 for this incredible panel on queer Southern artists!

The John Burton Harter Foundation and Institute 193, in collaboration with the Faulkner Morgan Archive, proudly present Depicting Desire, a panel discussion.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 6

💚 From The Archive: An LGBTQ History of Kentucky
📆 Sunday, June 8
🕗 2pm - 3pm
📍 @ Farish Theater, Lexington Public Library

This exhibit and programming was made made possible by a generous 250Lex Cultural Grant! #LGBTQHistory

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join us this Sunday, June 8 at 2pm as we discuss the roots of Kentucky's LGBTQ History as part of FMA's traveling exhibit Queer, Here, & Everywhere! From revolutionary war veterans, Sweet Evening Breeze, and Henry Faulkner, this free presentation will showcase the long legacy of our history!

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 1

Get up close and personal with some of the incredible imagery and important stories from our community. These images are just a quick glimpse at some of what you'll get to see! We hope that you and all of your friends join us as we celebrate over 200 years of Kentucky's LGBTQ history!

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · Jun 1

Missed the opening reception for "Queer, Here, & Everywhere: The Roots of Kentucky’s LGBTQ History?" No worries! It will be on display at the Lexington Public Library, Central Branch through June 26!

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Councilwoman Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · May 31

Yesterday, I was proud to speak alongside Mayor Gorton at the opening of the @faulknermorgan.bsky.social’s Queer, Here, & Everywhere Exhibit at the Lexington Public Library.

As a lifelong lover of stories, libraries, and the city I call home, it was a deeply moving moment for me. 🧵👇

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Emma speaks to a crowd at the Lexington Public Library

Emma and a friend look at a panel from the Queer, Here, and Everywhere exhibit at the Lexington Public Library.

Emma and Mayor Gorton pose with representatives from the Mayor’s office, the Faulkner Morgan Archive, and the Lexington Public Library.

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

Stories like these show us that queerness has always been a part of Kentucky's history, but sometimes you have to uncover what has often been hidden. Our Asst. Exec. Director got a chance to visit the graves last week in Bowling Green, KY. #LGBTQHistory

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

His endowment was still being used to fund the public schools as late as the 1920s. Also in the 1920s, Thomas Crittenden Cherry (Superintendent of Bowling Green Public Schools) published an article about the two men. In the article, he states that tradition holds the two men were "queer."

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

At their deaths, the two men were buried side by side. On Peter’s tombstone, in keeping with Robert’s wishes, it reads: "Peter Tardiveau: Comrade in arms and friend of Robert Craddock." Craddock’s fortune was left to the city of Bowling Green to fund schools for poor children.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

As they had wished, upon their deaths, all the enslaved people were emancipated, and the plantation split up amongst them. One of their students, Willis Russell returned to Danville and established what is arguably the first school for Black children in KY.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

By the early 1800s, both men are living on a plantation named the Hermitage, right outside of present day Bowling Green. The two men enslaved a large number of Black Kentuckians, but, unknown anywhere else in Kentucky, Tardiveau started a school at the Hermitage for the enslaved children.

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 31

Robert Craddock and Peter (Pierre) Tardiveau are believed to be among the earliest queer settlers in Kentucky. Their story dates back to around 1775. They met while serving in the Virginia Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and remained close companions.

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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 30

"Queer, Here, & Everywhere: The Roots of Kentucky’s LGBTQ History" is the first comprehensive exhibition of Lexington’s LGBTQ history, showcasing the importance of the queer community in this city.

This exhibition was made possible by a generous 250Lex Cultural Grant!

Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social · May 30

Tonight!!! Join us for the opening of "Queer, Here, & Everywhere: The Roots of Kentucky’s LGBTQ History!" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

💚 "Queer, Here, & Everywhere" Opening Reception
📆 Tonight, Friday, May 30
🕗 5pm - 8pm (remarks at 6pm)
📍 @ Lexington Public Library, Central Branch