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Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 14, 2025

Lani Ka’ahumanu giving a speech at the 1993 March on Washington

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Revisit Lani Kaʻahumanu’s Moving 1993 Speech on Bisexuality

Lani Kaʻahumanu fought for bisexual people to be included in the 1993 March on Washington.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 19, 2023

PRIVATE PLEASURES: Authentic Lesbian Video. Featuring two lesbians kissing in a suit and dress; ON OUR BACKS: Entertainment for the Adventurous Lesbian, featuring a person with their back turned to the camera pulling off a leather jacket; Deborah Sundahl in a black leather bikini top

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Remembering Deborah Sundahl, Lesbian Porn Pioneer

Two months ago, we lost Deborah Sundahl — a fierce, compassionate, and prolific queer elder.

Desirae —

Aug 30, 2023

black and white butch pictures with 'super contest!"

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41 Super-Hot Butches and Tomboys of the Early 20th Century

Just a little vintage eye candy for you.

Riese —

Aug 18, 2023

a black and white photo of a woman kissing a windowpane

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99 Years Ago, a Queer/Trans Magazine Was Born — Nine Years Later, Fascism Killed It

I am on my way to the Grimm Zentrum to see some originals of the early 20th century lesbian magazine Die Freundin.

Liz —

Aug 4, 2023

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Daisy Jones & the Six Offers a Stunning Tribute to Black Queer Love, Freedom, and Disco

Bernie is a 1970s stud in the finest form. All eyelashes and a buttery voice that could make any femme blush. Simone never stood a chance.

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 23, 2023

Feature Image of quiz results: Talullah Bankhead, Mercedes De Acosta, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich. Row Two: Hattie McDaniel, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford

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Quiz: Which Actress From Early Hollywood’s Sapphic “Sewing Circle” Are You?

It’s the 1920s – 1950s and you’re a queer actor (or writer) — which of these letter-writing pool-owning trouser-wearing secret-keepers are you?

Riese —

Mar 5, 2023

a black and white photo of Barbara Johnson, a Black woman and elder, is the center focal point of this collage. Beautiful collaged items including newsprint, colors, squiggles, and lines surround her. She's wearing a sweatshirt that says Brooklyn on the front.

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“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”

“So I just accepted the fact that I truly was gay. I had to be gay. That was my acceptance of myself. I made an announcement in my own head…

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Feb 27, 2023

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture features multicolored blocks on its cover

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We Should Engage With LGBTQ History All Damn Year

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 22, 2023

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24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok

"Most clearly I remember your eyes with a kind of teasing smile in them, and the feeling of that soft spot just northeast of the corner of your mouth against my lips."

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok

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How Magazines Served As Sites of Trans Community-Making 50 Years Ago

These magazines provided critical representation for trans and gender expansive individuals across the United States who saw themselves represented in their pages.

Emma Cieslik —

Aug 8, 2025

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

Rosie O’Donnell In Blazers, 1992 – 1999

In this much-anticipated follow-up to “12 Monumental Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History” we are narrowing our focus onto one key subject in 90s blazer history: Rosie O’Donnell.

Riese —

Jul 14, 2025

The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines

London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.

Lauren Herold —

May 1, 2025

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Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

Revisit Lani Kaʻahumanu’s Moving 1993 Speech on Bisexuality

Remembering Deborah Sundahl, Lesbian Porn Pioneer

41 Super-Hot Butches and Tomboys of the Early 20th Century

99 Years Ago, a Queer/Trans Magazine Was Born — Nine Years Later, Fascism Killed It

Daisy Jones & the Six Offers a Stunning Tribute to Black Queer Love, Freedom, and Disco

Quiz: Which Actress From Early Hollywood’s Sapphic “Sewing Circle” Are You?

“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”

We Should Engage With LGBTQ History All Damn Year

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24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok

How Magazines Served As Sites of Trans Community-Making 50 Years Ago

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

Rosie O’Donnell In Blazers, 1992 – 1999

The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines

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