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13 historic gay photos showing that we’ve always been here
Being gay is nothing new. As long as there have been humans there have been members of our LGBTQ+ family. While we could…
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1965 gay rights protest reenactment at White House on April 17
D.C.’s Rainbow History Project is inviting members of the local LGBTQ community and its supporters to participate in a reenactment of what it calls…
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An unvarnished history of art and activism during the AIDS crisis
In the 1980s, while the Aids pandemic ravaged the LGBTQ+ population of the United States, then president Ronald Reagan failed to…
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Gay couple’s archive reveals ‘peaceful life’ 100 years ago in the UK
The lives of a gay couple who lived in a Dorset village for nearly six decades have been turned into an exhibition…
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What’s the best gay ‘SNL’ sketch ever? The LGBT stars weigh in
This weekend, sketch-comedy staple Saturday Night Live is turning 50 year old, and much like Molly Shannon’s iconic character Sally O’Malley, it’s proud to say it…
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A quick LGBT presidential history for Presidents’ Day
I’ve constantly found history painted as dull. But history is just chronicling people’s lives, and that includes members of the…
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Trans landmark added to National Register of Historic Places
A San Francisco address that was once the site of a pre-Stonewall transgender uprising has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the…