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AIDS Memorial Quilt was sewn to show ‘people were dying.’

Today the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which recently returned to San Francisco after 20 years in Atlanta, contains 48,000 panels, 100,000 names, and measures to 1.3 million feet. It weighs 54 tons. But 35 years ago, it was an idea in Cleve Jones’ mind…

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Hunky LGBT historian quenches thirst for knowledge.

A hunky historian whose popular video series brought him Instagram fame and his own YouTube Channel has now written a book about an important chapter in the story of LGBTQ rights. Dr. Eric Cervini, an “award-winning historian of LGBTQ+ politics and…

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The very first LGBT couples to marry in their countries.

Every wedding is an important day. But some marriages make history — such as the unions that signal a country’s acceptance of LGBT rights for the first time. Last week 27-year-old Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples, 26, became the first gay couple to…