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This historical painting shows a celebration of gender diversity. The title is a slur.
Here’s a language lesson on the term that replaced it.
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Willyce Kim wrote her own story & inspired other lesbians to do the same
She influenced author Dorothy Allison, poet Pat Parker and the novelist Alexander Chee.
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Frances Kellor: The lesbian behind the multiculturalism
Kellor was known as a tomboy who could whittle and shoot as well as any boy. She grew up to be an important, progressive social reformer.
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Legendary performer Maurice Hines talks seven decades of dancing
“I was so young and quite a few of the chorus boys were gay. And my mother and father never had any stigma about it at all.”
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Meet the groundbreaking lovers from pre-war Germany who pioneered ‘queer studies’
These two men helped shape the way the world viewed LGBTQ people. Do you know who they are?
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30 years ago, they stormed the FDA & seized control. So where are they now?
They were scared and fighting for their lives. They had nothing left to lose.
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This photo from 1983 was the first to show gay parents in mainstream media
The photo was part of a Life magazine story called “The Double Closet.”
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Meet a lost transgender icon: the Chevalier d’Éon
The Chevalier d’Éon was a French diplomat, soldier, and spy active in the mid to late 1700s. They could also have been intersex or transgender.
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This is what it looked like seconds after the Supreme Court announced marriage equality
After the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was released, staff members literally ran from the court to those waiting outside.
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Dykes on Bikes: A moment on a motorcycle turned into a pride tradition
Motorcycles have a long history with lesbian culture and the Dykes on Bikes is likely the best known.
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Here’s your complete list of LGBTQ holidays & commemorations
Get out your calendars and get ready to highlight any LGBTQ “holidays” you want to observe.
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Meet Lili Elbe, a transgender pioneer from the 1930s
She is widely believed to be the first known people to undergo sexual reassignment surgery.
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Busting the myths of Stonewall after 50 years
It’s time to face the facts about Stonewall. You’re not going to like some of them.
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How lesbianism was turned into a problem, a century ago
Men worried that lesbian relationships in school would lead women to reject men all their lives.
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In 1636, Massachusetts tried to ban lesbianism. But we’re still around.
Laws were proposed to ban lesbianism hundreds of years ago. That means we were here.
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Matthew Shepard’s murder shaped the narrative around hate crimes
Today marks twenty years since the death of Matthew Shepard.
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Florida’s panhandle hosted the largest gay event in the country for years
Emma Jones was one of the greatest LGBT allies in the 1960s in northern Florida. Too bad she didn’t actually exist.
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Meet the gay lovers who became Christian martyrs
Sergius and Bacchus were a pair of fourth century Roman Christian soldiers who were married by the church.
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Philadelphia names city block in honor of marriage equality hero Edie Windsor
“We refuse to be Invisible.”
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The story of how Pennsylvania’s governor became an unlikely LGBTQ hero
In April of 1975, a groundbreaking event occurred in the fight for gay and lesbian equal rights.