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‘Marlon Bundo’ is just the most recent example of censoring LGBTQ lives
Straight people have been erasing us since the Middle Ages.
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This out bisexual singer reigned as Empress of the Blues in the 1920’s
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.
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Over the course of 101 years, the nation’s longest-lived lesbian was always out & proud
Ruth Ellis was an out lesbian activist and a living, breathing reservoir of African-American LGBTQ history.
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This gay sculptor focused on black male beauty during the Harlem Renaissance
Richard Barthé was one of America’s best sculptors – and he didn’t shy away from his sexuality.
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In 1992, this woman became the first trans person elected to a state legislature
When the local newspaper outed her as trans, it brought an abrupt end to her political career.
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Meet the filmmaker who brought gay black men to television & earned the wrath of the religious right
“I was caught between these two worlds where the whites hated me, and the blacks disparaged me.”
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This black queer legal pioneer helped launch Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto the Supreme Court
Ginsburg named her as one of the co-authors in a career-defining legal brief, even though Pauli Murray had no hand in writing it.
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This transgender soul singer publicly transitioned in the 60s & ruled the charts while she did it
Before RuPaul, there was Jackie Shane. Almost 50 years after she retired and faded from public view, she may be about to add a Grammy to her accolades.
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It’s the 61st anniversary of the first gay rights wins at the U.S. Supreme Court
A one-sentence 1958 Supreme Court ruling marked the first time gay rights ever won in the highest U.S. court.
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South Dakota becomes first state to attack LGBTQ children in 2019
The law would require transgender school athletes to compete as the gender on their birth certificate.
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Researchers may have found a 3000-year-old burial site for transgender people
A recent study of 51 ancient tombs shows that burial rites likely included a third gender beyond male and female.
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Looking back at 1968, 50 years later, how much has the US actually changed?
With Black Lives Matter, a perpetual war, and a conservative anti-LGBTQ government, how far have we actually come?
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These love letters between 12th century nuns are hauntingly beautiful
“I sigh for you at every hour, at every moment, like a hungry little bird.”
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Gus Kenworthy burned Trump with a ball culture reference & queer Twitter is here for it
That’s not a read. That’s just a fact.
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LGBTQ asylum seekers are facing more battles than others
Many trans asylum seekers are languishing in detention because they don’t have a sponsor in the United States.
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This trans activist recently shared her memories of the Stonewall uprising and early life in NYC
She saw police and people fighting in the streets at 4 in the morning.
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I founded Trans Day of Remembrance 20 years ago. Here’s why.
Two decades ago, a trans woman was stabbed multiple times in her first-floor apartment in Boston. Her death has yet to be solved.
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Jonestown cult leader Jim Jones was bisexual & friends with Harvey Milk
The mass murder-suicide was the largest casualty of American citizens before 9/11.
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Cincinnati is reviving the lost tradition of gay tea dances for a new generation
Tea dances date back to a time when it was impossible to be out.
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Remembering when a San Francisco street car was dedicated to Harvey Milk
The vintage streetcar appeared in a major film.