Research forum
With our gay archives, we want to facilitate and promote research into queer history. Part of this is also an exchange between researchers on research projects and publications.
On this page we would therefore like to draw your attention to exciting digitised material, archives and the latest research projects with material from the Swiss Gay Archives or other queer archives.
Digital copies
Amicitia protocol book, Schweiz. Freundschafts-Verband Zürich
Schweizerischer Freundschafts-Verband Zürich
1932-1938
In 1931, the women's club Amicitia was founded. When the men's club Excentric dissolved in 1932, Amicitia began accepting men as well. In 1933, the «Schweizerische Freundschafts-Verband Amicitia» was formed. This protocol book provides a handwritten insight into the events between 1932 and 1938. The Swiss Gay Archives digitized the minutes book in 2025.
Source: Swiss Gay Archives
Autobiography Jakob Rudolf Forster
Jakob Rudolf Forster
Zurich, 1898
In 1898 Jakob Rudolf Forster self-published his autobiography «Justizmorde im 19. Jahrhundert. Wahrheitsgetreue Darstellung des fast unglaublich verfolgten Schweizers J.R. Forster. Ein Notschrei an das Volk». The document served as the basis for the publication «Der Urning – Selbstbewusst schwul vor 1900» and is made available to the public for the first time as a PDF scan.
Source: State Archives of St. Gallen