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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 and Riese

Oct 14, 2025

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A Weaver of Unique Variety: The Magic and Legacy of Debbie Friedman

In her life, Debbie Friedman did not want to be defined by her sexuality, but there’s something that feels queer about her music. The hidden history, the lyrics about liberation…

Lindsay Eanet

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Oct 21, 2019

Weinstein Hall demonstrations NYC Oct 1970 Photo by Diana Davies Courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, the Ny public library (IN BOOK) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqMt6IjWkAAT7CM.jpg

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Snapshots of Pride Across Time

This series was an opportunity to honor our queer history by recreating iconic pride photographs through a modern lens, making explicit the connection between the past and the present that…

Robin

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Jun 27, 2019

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The True Story Behind ACT UP and Sandra Bernhard’s Character on “Pose”

I realized that even though I’d vaguely heard or read about the lesbians of ACT UP, I didn’t really know enough about the specifics. Who were these women? What was…

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 24, 2019

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Precious and Adored: Reading Victorian Love Letters, Writing Queer History

When Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson met in 1890, they fell for each other hard. Their once-hidden letters are collected in a new book.

Lizzie Ehrenhalt

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Jun 12, 2019

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Seimone Augustus Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

“In high school, I kissed a girl for the first time. It felt too comfortable and too right to think I was anyone but whom I was in that moment.…

Heather Hogan

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Jun 5, 2019

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Janelle Monáe Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janelle Monáe is, quite simply, peerless.

Heather Hogan

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May 29, 2019

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Billie Jean King Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Billie Jean King will go down as one of the greatest tennis players — one of the greatest athletes, actually — of all time. 39 Grand Slam titles. 20 Wimbledon…

Heather Hogan

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May 22, 2019

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Janet Mock Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with…

Heather Hogan

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May 8, 2019

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

A Weaver of Unique Variety: The Magic and Legacy of Debbie Friedman

Snapshots of Pride Across Time

The True Story Behind ACT UP and Sandra Bernhard’s Character on “Pose”

Precious and Adored: Reading Victorian Love Letters, Writing Queer History

Seimone Augustus Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janelle Monáe Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Billie Jean King Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janet Mock Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

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