He came out of the closet before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, created the first scientific theory of homosexuality, and published the first gay magazine.

They’ve been dating for three years and hope that their visibility encourages more male tennis players to come out.

She was famous for her bawdy performances and a chorus line of eight effeminate male dancers.

The “bizarre and eccentric vagabond poet” was open about his sexuality, and then married a woman.

Harlem Renaissance dancer, domestic worker, archivist, philanthropist, early lesbian activist; in her lifetime, Mabel Hampton was many, many things.

“I’m not a drag queen. I’m Sylvester.”

Octavia Butler wasn’t just a giant in science fiction literature, she was also a black lesbian who overcame multiple obstacles to become a bestselling author.

“I’m nothing special, I’m just one of the girls.”

Straight people have been erasing us since the Middle Ages.

She sold more than 2 million records in the first ten months after she was signed by Columbia Records and performed on Broadway – and then the Great Depression hit.