The WWII hero saved millions of lives before being chemically castrated for being gay. He killed himself two years later.

Many of Richard Hunt's Muppet characters are household names: Beaker, Scooter, Janice, Statler and Waldorf.

We can learn much from the lives of the historical figures that came before us, but perhaps we can learn even more from the LGBTQ people we meet in our day to day lives.

It can also be argued that Malcolm's same-sex encounters were not solely financially motivated - including his relationship with a white businessman.

As I taught a history seminar, a young gay college student from a small town in middle America raised his hand and asked, "What is a Stonewall?"

During the Civil War conventional gender roles and sexual behavior could not be strictly tethered to a heterosexual paradigm.