Queers have been getting married to one another long before the Obergefell Supreme Court decision in 2015 paved the way for nationwide marriage equality, and I don’t mean that in a metaphorical “they were married in their hearts” sense. Lesbians, gay…
In 1860s Germany, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs urged other gay people to publicly reveal their sexual orientation. In 1914, Magnus Hirschfeld wrote of the revolutionary potential of respected gay women and men coming out en masse. By the late 1960s…
Victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting — the worst hate crime against LGBTQ+ people in U.S. history — will be honored tonight with a virtual service, streaming on Facebook and YouTube. It was four years ago today that an armed…
A story of queer liberation is concealed in a dystopian-looking crypt in Washington, D.C. You can’t find it under the gilded ceiling and marble columns of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Instead, you have to enter the mammoth, rectangular…
San Francisco’s first LGBTQ Pride parade was almost unrecognizable by today’s standards. To pay tribute to the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City—a six-day clash between police and queer bargoers in the West Village—around…
Every year, as summer beckons, Pride month arrives in a burst of color. Around the world, rainbow flags fly high and revelers turn their faces proudly towards the sky.The multicolored flag has united the LGBTQ community for over 40 years, and…
It is 125 years today since Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years hard labour for the simple crime of being gay. Wilde’s conviction in 1895 came as something of a shock in London literary circles…
Copyright © 2025 | compassQ Media