LGBT history Archives

LGBT history

LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project: Side by side images shot by Richard Avedon of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company out of costume and in costume

theater

The LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project Aims to Preserve the Unpreservable

“Archiving performance is a theoretical notion. How can you archive something ephemeral that happened in the past?”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 26, 2024

LGBT history

Gay USA: a still from footage from a 1977 pride event. A sign with a butterfly is held up that says Gay Pride

movie features

A New Home Video Collection Is a Treasure Trove of Queer History

There’s hope in seeing this joy from fifty years ago and recognizing our own joy and anger and hope and fear.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 27, 2024

LGBT history

trans awareness week

straddleverse

Autostraddle Before the Tipping Point: A Trip Through the Archive

This year for Trans Awareness Week, I wanted us to focus on recent trans history. Autostraddle itself is part of that history.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Nov 13, 2023

butch

butch and stud appreciation day

lgbt history

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

Just a little vintage eye candy for you.

Riese —

Aug 18, 2023

florida

LGBT history

People hold protest signs with phrases like "Protect Trans Kids" and "It's OK To Say Gay" and "We Are Permanent" written on them against a background of a Welcome to Florida sign and a palm tree

first person

I Thought About Leaving Florida — Learning About Our Queer History Convinced Me To Stay

The truth is, as hard as I ride for it now, there was a time when I couldn’t imagine living here anymore, too.

Stef Rubino —

Jun 16, 2022

LGBT history

olympics

Three photo collage: Karin Büttner-Janz, Stella Walsh, and Babe Didrickson compete in the balance beam, disc throw, and hurdles, respectively

sports

The History of LGBTQ Women in the Olympics

LGBTQ Olympics history is full of powerful women achieving arduous goals on and off the field/court/track — and it’s also full of infuriating injustices.

Sally —

Aug 3, 2021

lesbian history

LGBT history

A black and white photo of a pair of hands holding a rosary in a lap.

book lists

Read About the Real-Life Inspiration for “Benedetta” and More with these 5 Books on Queer & Trans Nuns

If you’d like more backstory on the real-life story of Sister Benedetta that inspired this film while you wait for its wide release, or just want more to read about…

Rachel —

May 6, 2021

hbo max

LGBT history

Samira Wiley as Lorraine Hansberry in Equal

television

HBO Max’s “Equal” Celebrates the Deviants of Pre-Stonewall LGBT Activism

In HBO Max’s LGBTQ documentary “Equal”; Samira Wiley, Jamie Clayton, Isis King, Shannon Purser, Heather Matarazzo, Theo Germaine and more embody key historical figures in the pre-Stonewall fight for LGBTQ…

Riese —

Oct 22, 2020

LGBT history

work

news

LGBT Labor History Is All Our History

There’s more to tell about the dynamic of what queer and trans people have given to the labor movement and what it’s given to us than can be said here,…

Rachel —

Sep 7, 2020

black lives matter

LGBT history

A collage featuring three key figures in Black August: Marsha P Johnson, Angela Davis, and Patrisse Cullors

lgbt history

Black August: A Feminist and Queer Syllabus for Black Liberation

There’s a long and proud Black radical history of fighting back against the prison industrial complex and criminal (in)justice systems. So why is it that most of the voices that…

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 4, 2020

lesbian history

LGBT history