Tapes of the 2010 San Francisco federal trial that first struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional can be released to the public, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in a 2-1 decision November 18…
It is 18 years today since the controversial and homophobic legislation known as Section 28, introduced under Margaret Thatcher, was repealed in England and Wales. The clause – an amendment to the Local Government Act 1988 – banned local authorities and schools from promoting homosexuality…
After several people were diagnosed with HIV in a small Florida town in the late 1980s, an unassuming dentist named David Acer was unfairly labeled a Typhoid Mary. The reputation of the closeted Acer, who died in 1990, was dragged
A rare, complete set of signed drawings by famed illustrator Tom of Finland will be offered at auction later this month by Phillips Auctioneers in New York City. Entitled The Motorcycle Series, the 11 commissioned drawings represent an early period in…
The California Historical Society is in the process of digitizing two collections of photographs and negatives from the wild and heady early days of LGBTQ liberation in San Francisco. The snapshots were discovered in boxes in the society’s archives…
Growing up outside of Salem, Massachusetts, famous for its 1692 witch trials, Lee Roberts is more connected to Halloween than most. Throughout his youth, Roberts recalls frequently partaking in costume parades, working at haunted houses and getting an up-close look at…
The scene is a familiar one: A white man of means, clean-cut and respectable, learns that he’s contracted HIV. Maybe he has to break the news to family, or hide it from his coworkers. Fast forward to the story’s emotional…
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