trans history

trans history

culture

Which of Your Possessions Belongs in a Trans Museum?

Small grassroots LGBTQ+ museums, archives, and galleries are redefining what it means to preserve and display trans histories.

Emma Cieslik —

Mar 11, 2025

featured

trans history

issues

Invisible Histories Won’t Let You Leave the Queer South Behind

Collectively, the states that make up the South are home to more Black people, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people than any other region of this country.

Stef Rubino —

Aug 30, 2024

trans history

lgbt history

6 Pre-Stonewall Queer Uprisings History Tried To Hide

I’m confident the archives are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of stories still waiting to be uncovered.

Stef Rubino —

Jun 14, 2024

trans day of visibility

trans history

lgbt history

Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility Thirsting Over the Sexy Retro Covers of ‘Female Mimics International’

The best way to see a wide variety of trans women in a wide variety of scenarios is by looking at porn.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 31, 2024

Queer History

trans awareness week

politics + activism

The Complicated History of Reed Erickson, A Different Kind of Trans Resistance

When I think about people who had the power (and money) to do something and then did, I think of Erickson and all he accomplished.

Stef Rubino —

Nov 16, 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

trans history

lgbt history

99 Years Ago, a Queer/Trans Magazine Was Born — Nine Years Later, Fascism Killed It

I am on my way to the Grimm Zentrum to see some originals of the early 20th century lesbian magazine Die Freundin.

Liz —

Aug 4, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Gender Nonconformity Has Always Existed

Trans activist and historian Kit Heyam’s new book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender examines gender nonconformity throughout history.

Stef Rubino —

Oct 2, 2022

Honor Trans Elders

international transgender day of remembrance

gender

What Mattee Jim, Navajo Trans Elder, Teaches Us About Remembering

This #TransDayOfRemembrance, trans lives are more than a list of names. We are vessels of ancestral memory.

xoai pham —

Nov 20, 2020

death is sad

the speakeasy

lgbt history

Monica Roberts Remembered Us. Now We Remember Her.

Every time I crossed paths with Monica Roberts, I was always surprised by how tight she held me as we hugged — Now, so many young Black trans people can…

xoai pham —

Oct 9, 2020

religion

trans history

lgbt history

The Public Universal Friend: A Deep Dive on a Story of Nonbinary Identity, Quakerism and Near-Death Experiences

The Public Universal Friend is just one example of how, even in the binarist West, non-binary people have always existed.

Siobhan —

Apr 7, 2020

gentleman jack

janet mock

lgbt history

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 —

May 8, 2019