The Birdcage was my introduction to drag. I was just a kid when my family and I serendipitously stumbled upon the movie on television one night, and the opening scene entranced me. Six beautiful ladies were dancing and singing…
Amateur photographer Alan Light had no idea he was capturing a special moment in LGBTQ history when he brought along his camera to various Pride festivals in the late ’80s and early ’90s. “It never occurred to me at the…
The world wasn’t ready for this much gayness in 1999. Erick McCormack, who played Will Truman on Will & Grace, spilled some very interesting tea at The Magic of Will & Grace panel in New York City, which took place earlier this week…
Although camp is difficult to define, it probably doesn’t need much description. Ever since 1956 – when former teenage drag queen Little Richard began performing his tribute to anal sex, “Tutti Frutti”, while wearing a six-inch pompadour…
You would’ve never thought White Horse Inn was a gay bar when it first opened in Oakland in 1933, most likely because queerness was illegal and homosexuality was considered a mental disorder. Although the establishment might…
Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s…
As Pride Month begins this June, the LGBTQ community can count among its achievements that the U.S. Congress has more openly gay members than ever before. Thirteen members of the 118th Congress identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, including…
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