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Life
“The Book of Queer” is LGBTQ history like you’ve never seen it before
The Book of Queer will highlight the stories of queer historical figures. Each episode culminates in a musical number.
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Life
Why this Black trans activist owes everything to his “praying granny”
“I was blessed with a praying granny…who knew her child was going to need protection from a cruel world,” writes Sean Ebony Coleman.
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Politics
64 things Joe Biden has done for the LGBTQ community during his first year in office
Joe Biden has repeatedly made time to uplift the LGBTQ community despite the challenges of the previous administration and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Life
5 queer New Year’s resolutions to make your 2022 merry & bright
These five ideas will help you make next year a little more queer-centric… and could even benefit others in the process.
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LGBTQ History
LGBTQ history museum finds silver lining in pandemic pivot to virtual exhibits
When visitors stopped walking in the doors due to the pandemic, this enterprising museum decided to take their exhibits to people’s homes.
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Life
Michail Takach chronicles Wisconsin’s LGBTQ history and is a 2021 LGBTQ Nation Hometown Hero
“We recognized early on that our mission and purpose as a united team was to connect people with history and heritage that has long been hidden, silenced, and erased.”
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LGBTQ History
How instant photography changed the stakes for LGBTQ people
With the advent of the Polaroid, LGBTQ people were free to be themselves and have a lasting memory without having to drop off films to be developed by a third party.
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LGBTQ History
Drag queens stormed a psychiatric convention to demand they stop saying gays are sick. I was there.
“You may take this as a declaration of war against you!” Frank Kameny declared.
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LGBTQ History
Meet the Dutch gay man who defied the Nazis & saved thousands of lives
Before his execution in July 1943 at the hands of the Nazi party, Willem Arondeus asked his lawyer to spread a message after he was gone. “Let it be known,” he said. “Homosexuals are not cowards.”
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Bigots got an LGBTQ history display booted from the Missouri capitol
Even worse, the state’s Republican governor gave a flimsy explanation for its removal.