queer women they didn't teach you about in history class

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

#lgbthistorymonth

lesbian history

lgbt history

The Gay Love Stories of Moomin and the Queer Radicality of Tove Jansson

For too long, Tove Jansson’s lesbianism has been ignored or written out of history. But scratch the surface, and the true impact of her queerness on her work becomes apparent.

Hannah Williams —

Oct 3, 2018

harlem renaissance

herstory list

lgbt history

38 Lesbian and Bisexual Women From History Who Did That Thing First

What do the first Chinese-American filmmaker, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first woman to wear man-tailored shorts at Wimbledon all have in common?…

Riese —

Aug 30, 2017

herstory list

lesbian history list

lgbt history

18 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Made Really Great Art For You

These are the ladies who made kickass sculptures, movies, music, children’s books, regular grown-up-books and, of course, wrote fabulous, sick, neurotic, tortured love poems to one another.

Riese —

Aug 21, 2017

herstory list

lesbian history list

celebrities (vapid fluff)

“Hollywood Lesbians”: This 1994 Interview Book Valiantly Attempted To Out Over 31 Legendary Ladies

“Numerous Hollywood actresses — Garbo, Gish, Dietrich, Jean Arthur, um, Kay Francis, Stanwyck, Bankhead, Del Rio, Janet Gaynor, etc., etc., — have enjoyed lesbian or bi relationships. Have you ever…?”

Riese —

Jul 17, 2017

alice b toklas

Gertrude Stein

lgbt history

16 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Got Shit Done, Together

Just some low-key relationship goals for ya.

Riese —

Mar 31, 2017

herstory list

lesbian history

lgbt history

9 Lesbian and Trans Women Activists In the Spotlight Of “When We Rise”

Summaries of the historical events chronicled in “When We Rise” and background on some of the incredible women portrayed in this historical miniseries, debuting tomorrow on ABC.

Riese —

Feb 26, 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

herstory list

lesbian history

lgbt history

The Lesbian or Bisexual Heiress: 22 Women Who Had It Made, In Theory

From Winnaretta Singer to Nats Getty, you’ll learn so much in this post and even meet another Mountbatten!

Riese —

Sep 23, 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

crime

lesbian history

lgbt history

Kitty Genovese’s Murder: Everything You Know About The “38 Bystanders” Is Wrong

The alleged behavior of witnesses to the 1963 murder of Kitty Genovese, a lesbian barmaid who lived in Queens with her girlfriend, inspired the concept of “the bystander effect.” The…

Riese —

Apr 4, 2016

greatest hits

harlem renaissance

lgbt history

12 Women They Didn’t Tell You Were Queer In History Class

Really unclear why we didn’t spend at least one semester reading Emily Dickinson’s love letters to her girlfriend.

Riese —

Sep 11, 2015