Twenty-three years ago this Wednesday evening, a University of Wyoming freshman left the Fireside Lounge & Bar in downtown Laramie just after midnight and was found hours later tied to a fence outside of town badly beaten and left to die…
Deemed the “Happiest Place on Earth” Disneyland sadly didn’t live up to that billing for same-sex couples during its first three decades. Opened in 1955 by the late Walt Disney, the family-oriented amusement park was built on a former orange orchard…
Since 1977, The Joy of Gay Sex has educated generations of gay men on blow jobs, cruising, fisting, and gonorrhea — and perhaps just as subversive, it also includes an equal number of passages of a nonsexual nature. Co-writers Dr. Charles Silverstein…
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which kept lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members in the closet, as they were at risk of discharge if they came out or were outed…
One of the darkest stains on American history was the persecution of LGBTQ people. Bar raids, employment purges, entrapments — the tactics used to harass and ruin the lives of LGBTQ Americans were lengthy. What is worse is that the federal…
With the Biden administration once again voicing support for LGBTQ rights on the global stage, the U.S. government will soon have a floating soapbox to project its pro-equality stance in ports around the world. The first American military ship…
You probably don’t know his name, but you might have heard the name of his most famous “victim.” In 1990, dentist David J. Acer was accused by his patient, Kimberly Bergalis, of infecting her with HIV. It was the start of…
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