LGBT History

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Invisible Histories Won’t Let You Leave the Queer South Behind

Collectively, the states that make up the South are home to more Black people, more people of color, and more…

Stef Rubino

Aug 30, 2024

LGBT HISTORY

I Long for the Queer Secret Spaces of the Past

Dream with me, if you will. It’s the mid-1960s, and you and your queer friends…

Stef Rubino

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Aug 14, 2024

LGBT HISTORY

The Revolution Will Be Archived

Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 4, 2024

lgbt history

I Long for the Queer Secret Spaces of the Past

Dream with me, if you will. It’s the mid-1960s, and you and your queer friends are looking for some place to go to meet others like you when you hear…

Stef Rubino —

Aug 14, 2024

lgbt history

The Revolution Will Be Archived

Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell their own stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 4, 2024

HIV/AIDS

interview

the subject of Please Hold saying "My life's mission is to help people understand AIDS"

lgbt history

New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

Shot on a mix of consumer-grade recording devices — iPhone, Zoom, VHS camcorder, and Super-8 film — the documentary is an homage to grassroots AIDS mediamaking across decades and its…

Lauren Herold —

Mar 21, 2025

stonewall

movie features

Why Hasn’t There Been a Good Movie About the Stonewall Riots?

Thirty years after Stonewall (1995), there still hasn’t been a film that meaningfully captures this major LGBTQ+ historical event.

Lisa Laman —

Mar 6, 2025

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40 Years Ago, Lesbian Erotica Magazine ‘On Our Backs’ Paved the Way for Horny Sapphic Art

On Our Backs, which originally ran from 1984 to 1990 and was revitalized from 1998 to 2002, existed for one central purpose: to portray lesbian sex and sexuality, with real…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jan 23, 2025

Act Up

make out month

lgbt history

Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins

For nearly 50 years, queer activists kissed each other as a form of protest.

Stef Rubino —

Jan 13, 2025

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Slapping Leather Queer Cowfolx at the Rodeo

lgbt history

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold —

Jan 9, 2025

remember when

lgbt history

Remember When They Arrested George Michael for Being Gay?

Michael’s arrest and his subsequent public coming out shook pop culture for months in ways that I can only now fully understand.

Stef Rubino —

Nov 11, 2024

'zines/magazines

Death of Print

lesbians putting together a magazine on the floor

lgbt history

How A 50-Year-Old Lesbian Magazine Is Surviving Despite It All

“Lesbian Connection was founded in a decidedly pre-internet era, when there were no lesbian characters on TV or in the movies, no lesbian stories on library bookshelves, no out queer…

Sydney —

Nov 4, 2024

featured

trans history

December 1972 issue of UpFront Magazine out of Pensacola, Florida

issues

Invisible Histories Won’t Let You Leave the Queer South Behind

Collectively, the states that make up the South are home to more Black people, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people than any other region of this country.

Stef Rubino —

Aug 30, 2024

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I Long for the Queer Secret Spaces of the Past

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The Revolution Will Be Archived

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I Long for the Queer Secret Spaces of the Past

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The Revolution Will Be Archived

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