Long before “Brokeback Mountain,” “Ellen” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a handful of queer characters and comedians helped paved the way for #LGBT representation onscreen.

Kameny replaced “Homosexuality is unfortunate” with “Gay is good” long before many LGBTQ historic figures were even out.

They had to speak at 5 a.m. and were followed by a straight woman who accused them of pedophilia, but they spoke.

All over the country, protests about the military’s ban on gay soldiers were organized. Liberals and conservatives alike hated it.

It all started with a Help Wanted ad.

There was a media storm of coverage in the 1950’s after she transitioned.

LGBTQ bookstores were often the only places where queer people could meet, see themselves or learn about their world. Here’s how they came to be (and fell into decline).

When cops wreaked havoc at the Black Cat Tavern, history labelled it “a riot”… but what really happened there?

The world’s first gay rights protest was over military service – 30 years before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was implemented.

The iconic pop art creation was born out of Robert Indiana’s feelings for abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly.