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CommentaryLegendary gay rights pioneer Kay Lahusen passes at 91
The world’s first out gay photojournalist, she documented the birth of the LGBTQ movement.
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Iconic lesbian activist Phyllis Lyon passes away at 95
She founded the first lesbian organization in the US & her “courage changed the course of history,” said California’s governor.
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How Alfred Kinsey armed the early gay rights movement with research
Even early gay rights activists wouldn’t have known just how many people they were fighting for without him.
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The history of same-sex relationships is the history of marriage
Unions between people of the same-sex are hardly new phenomena. Love is eternal.
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Black lesbian Ernestine Eckstein was protesting when most gays thought protests were crazy
Closeted gays and even many early gay organizations criticized her for being visible and active.
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The first organized gay rights protest was five years before Stonewall
The world’s first gay rights protest was over military service – 30 years before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was implemented.
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Pride in Pictures 1975: The parade is for everyone
Pride’s rich diversity began in its earliest days.
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Pride in Pictures before 1970: A radical message that eventually goes mainstream
Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.
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Commentary
Coming out from behind the lens: How one lesbian’s photos captured the rise of gay rights
Kay Lahusen was the first photojournalist of the LGBTQ movement and she helped to document the earliest protests for homosexual rights.
