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The 1965 event that made San Francisco America’s gay capital
New Year’s is a time to party, but it’s also a time for making important changes. On New Year’s Day 1965, the queer community threw a party that would ultimately…
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The Supreme Court’s rumored first gay judge championed equality
There’s never been an openly queer Supreme Court Justice, but there’s evidence that Associate Justice William Francis Murphy is the first gay Justice. But…
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First gay marriage license courthouse now national landmark
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week that the Boulder County Courthouse in Colorado has been designated a National Historic Landmark for…
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Paul Cadmus and the fight against censorship of gay art
When Cadmus’s 1934 painting The Fleet’s In! was censored by the US Navy, the artist responded by deftly brokering his artwork’s visibility…
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Homosexuality declared not a mental illness on Dec. 15, 1973
On December 15, 1973, at a time when society often still views gay people as deviants, the American Psychiatric Association reverses a century-old decision
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Golden Age of Hollywood stars you didn’t know were gay
Queer culture in Hollywood has been around as long as there’s been a Hollywood — but due to social pressures and the interests of the entertainment industry, movie stars…
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A deep dive into how the military’s LGBT witch hunts worked
On weekends, Staff Sgt. Todd VanCantfort, an armed forces police officer in San Antonio, Texas, targeted gay bars in search of anyone in the military…