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Republicans dodge metal detectors & tote guns in the capitol. Harvey Milk’s assassin did the same.
It’s hard not to note the parallels between Milk’s murder and Republicans avoiding metal detectors and pledging to carry guns into the nation’s capitol.
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Were the 1970s the most exciting time in history to come out of the closet?
Everywhere you looked there was queer revolution and power and pride.
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James Beard was the “gay male Julia Child.” His life was filled with food, fame & homophobia
The man who pioneered the first TV cooking show & established American cuisine as a cultural trademark was also deeply closeted, inappropriate & uncomfortable in his own skin. (Literally.)
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Poland’s anti-LGBTQ historians have been hiding composer Frederic Chopin’s gay love letters
Poland is becoming increasingly proud of its Catholic, anti-LGBTQ identity. But its most famous composer wanted to kiss men, it seems.
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California is named after a Black lesbian queen
You don’t learn this in history class.
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Historical photos of men in love: I now pronounce you
This rare photo from the Nini-Treadwell Collection has been shared exclusively with LGBTQ Nation just so you can see it.
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Historical photos of men in love: A defiantly casual embrace
This rare photo from the Nini-Treadwell Collection has been shared exclusively with LGBTQ Nation just so you can see it.
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Historical photos of men in love: The first selfie of a gay couple is over a century old
This rare photo from the Nini-Treadwell Collection has been shared exclusively with LGBTQ Nation just so you can see it.
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The Army found out this colonel was a lesbian. The woman that oversaw her discharge was, too.
This is the tale of how Col. Patsy Thompson “survived in silence” in the military, especially when she had to discharge a woman for being gay – while hiding her own relationship.
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Historical photos of men in love: Their memories live on because their story is known
This rare photo from the Nini-Treadwell Collection has been shared exclusively with LGBTQ Nation just so you can see it.