"Not What you Think" A Capella Performance Supporting Rainbow History

Join at the Heurich House Museum to celebrate exhibit progress and mark the two months until our exhibit ribbon cutting. On Sunday, March 16th at 1pm enjoy "songs of social justice and humor" from A Capella group, , a group comprised of all gay performers.

Proceeds from the performance benefit Rainbow History Project's World Pride Exhibit:

• 12:30: Doors Open
• 1:00pm: Performance with an intermission featuring an exhibit update about the from the Rainbow History Project board
• 2:30-3:00pm: Mingling
• 3:00: Event Ends

All are welcome to join, however a suggested donation of $25 is requested. Walk-ins will be welcome and tickets will be sold at the door!

Special thank you to our friends at the for donating their space for the performance!

Not What You Think is an a cappella ensemble performing varied and diverse pop, and folk music, and was originally affiliated with the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of DC. The members share a core belief that, as gay men and lesbians singing together, they have an opportunity and responsibility to effect change and to open hearts and minds. Not What You Think works for equality and social justice through song and humor and hopes for the day our music can reflect a world at peace.

The Rainbow History Project is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC that seeks to collect, preserve, and promote the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Washington, DC and the greater metropolitan area. Since its formation in 2000, Rainbow History Project has provided a range of services to the LGBTQ+ community and the general public. These services include the collection and preservation of oral history interviews, guided historical walking tours of LGBTQ+-significant neighborhoods, public educational panels on LGBTQ+ topics, and the archiving of documents and artifacts. Rainbow History Project’s collection, housed at the DC History Center, is the most accessed collection of the Center, ensuring the rich history of the LGBTQ+ community is available to all.

In June 2025, Washington, DC, will host WorldPride 2025. This momentous occasion aligns with several significant anniversaries in the history of Pride in Washington: the 50th Anniversary of the first Gay Pride Day Block Party, the 60th Anniversary of the first picket at the White House for Homosexual Rights, and the 25th Anniversary of the first Presidential Proclamation of LGBTQ Pride Month. Additionally, it marks Rainbow History Project’s own 25th anniversary.

To commemorate these milestones, the Rainbow History Project is presenting a largescale exhibit on Freedom Plaza: “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington.“ Presenting our community history in a one-of-a-kind history exhibit located right along the 2025 Pride Parade route is a massive undertaking! Please explore this page to find out more about our project and ways you can get involved—we are excited to share what we’ve been working on with you!

The exhibit will tell the origin story of local Pride activities and how the pickets and protests of the 1960s led to parades and celebrations of the 2020s—and all the politics and drama in between. The research will focus on the voices of the event organizers and include the critics of Pride and the significance of the intersection of Pride and other movements for equal rights and liberation.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States