The misguided assumption that rural America is hopelessly backward and bigoted erases centuries of same-sex relationships in rural communities. It tells young queer people that they must flee their rural hometowns to far-flung cities in order to find safety and acceptance…
As times change, so does language. With new generations come new words, phrases, and slang. This is especially evident in the LGBTQ community, where terminology evolves to better represent and encompass the queer experience. In this post, we’ll explore some…
There’s a secret in the Mount Cemetery of Guildford, an English town about 32 miles southwest of London. There, buried in one of the graves, are two gay lovers: Edward Carpenter, a man called the “gay godfather of the…
Within 24 hours of being contacted by the Bay Area Reporter, Google has restored the GLBT Historical Society’s YouTube channel that was suddenly taken down last month with little explanation other than an alleged violation of sexually explicit content…
Let’s be clear up front: No one knows for sure whether Archibald Butt and Francis Davis Millet were in a romantic relationship. In the times and society in which they lived, for such a thing to become known would have…
Before the Pulse nightclub tragedy in 2016, the worst mass killing of people at a gay bar in the US took place in New Orleans in 1973. A Sunday afternoon arson attack on a gay bar called the Upstairs Lounge…
It’s hard to imagine today, but twenty years ago, very few celebrities were openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual. In 1997, comedian Ellen DeGeneres made history by coming out as gay on The Oprah Winfrey Show…
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