Into the Archives: YesterQueer, the Tarrant County LGBTQ History Project with Todd Camp

Todd Camp, the Founder and Director of YesterQueer: The Tarrant County LGBTQ History Project will speak on the organization's mission to preserve the stories, memories, photos, and ephemera of the LGBTQ+ community of Tarrant County. 

The presentation will take place at the Central Library's 7th floor O'Hara Hall.  Also available to view on the Central Library's 7th floor through June is an exhibit of LGBTQ+ history materials from the collections of the Dallas History & Archives division and partners.

Todd Camp’s journalism career spans more than two decades, including 18 years at the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram." His writing was first recognized when he received a Katy Award for his newspaper column “Confessions of a Gay Eagle Scout.” Outside of his journalistic endeavors, Camp has written and illustrated three graphic novels and seven long-running comic strips, including several for local and statewide LGBTQ publications. In 1998, he co-founded Q Cinema, Fort Worth’s Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, for which he served as artistic director for 14 years. In 2010, he was the first to be named LGBT Person of the Year by the "Dallas Voice" for his efforts after the raid of the Rainbow Lounge and he served as Grand Marshall for Fort Worth’s 30^th Gay Pride Parade.

In 2022, he was awarded the Randolph B. “Mike” Campbell Award by the Texas State Historical Association for best new entry into the Handbook of Texas, for his chapter “Fort Worth LGBTQ Community.” He’s currently the founder/director of YesterQueer, the Fort Worth Gay History Project and the monthly host of the Gay History Happy Hour at Liberty Lounge. He’s also currently working on two concurrent books – one on his more than 180-year-old Fort Worth neighborhood, Chase Court, and another on the history of the Tarrant County LGBTQA+ community.