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Virginia passed a statute governing trans birth certificates in 1979. It wasn’t controversial then.
Virginia protected trans people in the 70s without any political opposition. The Old Dominion state is coming full circle.
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James Allen was declared a “female husband” in the early 19th century to protect their wife
After James Allen died suddenly in 1829, all of London learned that he was a “female husband” (or a trans man, by modern standards). Here’s the extraordinary tale of what happened next…
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Bayard Rustin was convicted for having sex with a man. Lawmakers want to finally address it.
Advocates in California want an official pardon as “an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay.”
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Half-Loaves are not enough: How a probate court and legislature failed trans people
In 1987, an Ohio probate court made a ruling preventing a trans woman from marrying. The effects dragged on for 25 years.
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How gay Halloween became a major event in one small Indiana town in 1975
Some people were deeply closeted and used the Halloween dance’s popularity to be around out LGBs while pretending to be straight.
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Homophobia and homosexuality during World War I
Homosexuality was lobbed as an insult during the war while gay people hid it, but sometimes it would “hide in plain sight.”
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How Alfred Kinsey armed the early gay rights movement with research
Even early gay rights activists wouldn’t have known just how many people they were fighting for without him.
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For museum curators, garments offer stylish storytelling
The GLBT Historical Society is generously loaning several articles of clothing from its archive to be displayed in a Bay Area museum.
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The history of same-sex relationships is the history of marriage
Unions between people of the same-sex are hardly new phenomena. Love is eternal.
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The secret lesbian couple behind a historic meeting at the White House
They got LGBTQ leaders from around the country into Jimmy Carter’s White House.
