LGBT history

LGBT history

Queer History

lgbt history

For Your Consideration: A Topless Duel Between Noblewomen in 1897

Then, as now, a certain sort of man was fascinated by these so-called petticoat duels, and The Illustrated Police News, Britain’s first tabloid and official worst newspaper, liked to report…

Siobhan —

Jun 28, 2017

LGBT history

Lists/Top 10s

lgbt history

5 Women From Mythology You Should Totally Date

Hatshepsut is the original Mommi

Siobhan —

Jun 22, 2017

Ellen Degeneres

LGBT history

comedy

Roundtable: The Lesbian Toaster

Everyone on staff tells me WITHOUT LOOKING where they think the lesbian toaster thing came from.

Erin —

Jun 22, 2017

events

lesbian avengers

lgbt history

You Should Go: Brush Up Your ’90s Activist History with Lesbians to Watch Out For

The history and art exhibit opens tonight and runs through June 30 at Plummer Park in West Hollywood. Zines! Avengers! Arrests! Street resistance! And a grassroots organizing panel!

Carrie —

Jun 2, 2017

lesbian history

LGBT history

lgbt history

10 Very Gay Excerpts from Vita and Virginia’s Love Letters

The lives (and affair) of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West is coming to the big screen this year. Here are some of the gayest things they wrote to one another.

Alice Lesperance —

May 24, 2017

cold war

LGBT history

lgbt book reviews

We Need to Talk About Angela Calomiris, Lesbian FBI Informant

“It was one of those rare moments in American history when there was something worse than being a lesbian, and that was being a Communist.”

Maree —

Apr 18, 2017

black history month

LGBT history

playlists

Black Queer Music History, Pt. 3 (1970s-1990s)

This is my favorite era because the variety we hear during this time period is something like never before. Finally, queer black folks get to individually express their identities and…

Ari —

Feb 16, 2017

LGBT history

United Kingdom

meet-ups / events

Hey Brits, it’s LGBT History Month! Here Are the Best Events to Check Out

Your guide to LGBT History Month events that don’t suck.

Heather Davidson —

Feb 1, 2017

#showerbeer

alsoalsoalso

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: The Lesbian Couple Who Brought You Home Ec and Other Stories You Shan’t Miss

Shower beer, a tiny letter I think you’ll like, this doula drama, tarot decks, do you want to see a bunch of queer kitchens?, identity politics amen, and so much…

Laneia —

Jan 5, 2017

lesbian history

LGBT history

lgbt history

Swords, Satan and Sexuality: Queer Nuns of the Past

“Somehow convincing the convent that she genuinely wanted to take holy orders Julie entered the nunnery with her girlfriend. Around a month in an elder nun died of natural causes…

Siobhan —

Nov 17, 2016

fullscreen

ghosts

lgbt history

Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: Talking to Ohio’s Queer Ghost Hunters About LGBT Hauntings and History

The all-LGBT ghost hunting team of Ohio tells us about their real-life ghost experiences, fighting heteronormativity in the afterlife, and what it’s like to talk to LGBT history with dowsing…

Rachel —

Nov 1, 2016

eleanor roosevelt

lesbian history

lgbt history

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…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 26, 2016