Queer History

LGBT history

LGBT History Month 2017

queer fashion

Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

By now you’re familiar with early 20th Century writer, photographer, traveler, and all-around superbabe Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Hmm, you may be thinking, do I want her, or do I want to…

Nora —

Oct 12, 2017

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

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

Queer History

science

lgbt history

Pompeii, the “Two Maidens,” and Thousands of Years of Precarious Masculinity

New evidence that the famous “two maidens” of Pompeii may have been male — but does that actually mean, as some have suggested, that they were a gay couple?

Siobhan —

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

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

cheers queers

football

community

A Modern Catalogue of Queer Slang

Falcons, hawks, vultures, buzzards, shikras, kites, caracaras; hell, a lesbian can be any bird of prey.

Erin —

Aug 11, 2016

LGBT history

novel

literature

The True Price of Salt: On the Book that Became “Carol”

“There are many American readers for whom The Price of Salt would still be a revolutionary, shocking, immoral novel, the kinds of readers who have never, to their knowledge, met…

Gabrielle Bellot —

May 10, 2016

comics/graphic novels

Drawn to Comics

geekery

The Complete History of Transgender Characters in American Comic Books

The most comprehensive and expansive look at trans representation in American comics you’re likely to find.

Mey —

Nov 17, 2015

greatest hits

LGBT history

gender

10 Trans Women Pioneers They Definitely Didn’t Tell You About In History Class

While it’s important to acknowledge famous names like Christine Jorgensen and Lili Elbe, it’s also important to talk about other trans women who might be less well-known, but have had…

Mey —

Nov 15, 2015

bisexual awareness week

Bisexual Resource Center

lgbt history

We’ve Always Been Here: Honoring Bisexual History, Imagining Bisexual Futures

Historical texts often subsume bisexual activists into the Gay movement or ignore their contributions altogether. Recognizing the historical work of bisexual activists and movements is key to our continued struggle…

Adrian —

Sep 23, 2015

interview

Queer History

politics + activism

Anonymous Activists Just Painted The Stonewall Statues Brown For Miss Major

“What we did was rectification, not vandalism. Those statues are bronze (brown) underneath the layer of white paint -— the symbolism behind that is infuriating.”

Adrian —

Aug 18, 2015