Before his execution in July 1943 at the hands of the Nazi party, Willem Arondeus asked his lawyer to spread a message after he was gone. “Let it be known,” he said. “Homosexuals are not cowards.”

A behemoth in the entertainment industry and the largest private employer in Orange County, Disneyland had never lost a legal battle in court. Until this one.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was a moral failing for America which had a real, detrimental impact on the lives of many of our citizens.

We recognize these seven veterans from the American Revolution to the present who, while not having lost their lives in military action, sacrificed themselves in other ways.

Dan White cried while he complained that Harvey Milk was being “devious and started kind of smirking” before he shot him.

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.

Everywhere you looked there was queer revolution and power and pride.

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.)

Poland is becoming increasingly proud of its Catholic, anti-LGBTQ identity. But its most famous composer wanted to kiss men, it seems.

You don’t learn this in history class.