From 1960s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin to Chicago’s first lesbian mayor, Lori Lightfoot, Black LGBTQ Americans have long made history with innumerable contributions to politics, art, medicine and a host of other fields. “As long as there have been…
San Francisco police are doubling the reward money being offered to solve one of the city’s most infamous cold cases that involved the killings of gay men. It was announced January 27 that $200,000 is being offered for information leading to the…
I didn’t really start watching Golden Girls until Betty White died. I mean, I am gay, so I knew enough to get along. I had the basic rubric covered, if you will: all the words to the theme song, that…
For decades, cinema has influenced society’s perception on many social issues from social class to gender. Queerness has not been the exception. For much of the early 20th century, filmmakers were reluctant to portray queer characters in explicit terms due…
Americans’ views on same-sex marriage have undergone a revolution in a few short decades. Public opinion on the issue swung so swiftly and decisively — and so little uproar resulted once it was legal nationwide — that one might easily assume the…
According to government papers shared by the National Archives, Elton’s re-written version of Candle in the Wind was considered to be “too sentimental” by members of the royal household. A solo saxophonist was even put on hold by Westminster Abbey…
Chile’s Congress passed a law to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, in a milestone for the conservative South American nation after a decade-long legal battle and with the country delicately poised ahead of a crossroads election this month. “Today is…
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