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Edmund White on Stonewall, the ‘Decisive Uprising’ of Gay Liberation

At what point does resistance become the only choice?
by Edmund White via Literary Hub on April 30, 2019
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.
by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on April 26, 2019
Senators Joseph McCarthy and Kenneth Wherry.

The Lavender Scare: When the U.S. Government Persecuted Employees for Being Gay

From 1947 until the 1990s, an estimated 10,000 LGBTQ people were pushed out of government and military positions.
by S. E. Smith via Mental Floss on January 22, 2019

Back to the Women’s Land

A new book looks at four different experiments in feminist separatism.
by Daphne Spain via Public Books on January 11, 2019

In Found Audio, a Forgotten Civil Rights Leader Says Coming Out Was an Absolute Necessity

Though Bayard Rustin, close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., was gay, his legacy is not well known in the queer community.
by Michel Martin via NPR on January 6, 2019

Military Industrial Sexuality

How a passionate thirty-one-year-old systems analyst and a militant World War II veteran pushed the military to bend toward justice.
by Ryan Reft via Boom California on December 20, 2018

The Briggs Initiative: Remembering a Crucial Moment in Gay History

The lessons from a critical California election in which voters rejected a virulently homophobic ballot measure.
by Trudy Ring via The Advocate on August 31, 2018
Marsha Johnson

Deconstructing the Stonewall Myth (Brick by Brick)

Why it's important to know that Marsha P. Johnson did not start the riots at Stonewall.
by R. E. Fulton via Nursing Clio on June 26, 2018

During the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson, Gays Had to Take Rescue Efforts Into Their Own Hands

The New Orleans Fire Department was accused of not responding immediately and refusing to touch the bodies of victims.
by Jim Downs via Slate on June 22, 2018

Working, Out

Homophobia at a CrossFit is a good time to remember that gym culture wouldn’t exist without queer people.
by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela via Slate on June 20, 2018

How Birth Certificates Are Being Weaponized Against Trans People

A century ago, these documents were used to reinforce segregation. Today, they’re being used to impose binary identities on transgender people.
by Garrett Epps via The Atlantic on June 8, 2018

An Oral History of Voguing from a Pioneer of the Iconic Dance

"This is not just a fad. This, for us, was a dance of survival, but it was also a social dance."
by Ja'han Jones via HuffPost on June 4, 2018

The American Revolution’s Greatest Leader Was Openly Gay

“Baron Von Steuben” was responsible for whipping the U.S. military into shape when things were looking bleakest.
by Josh Trujillo, Levi Hastings via The Nib on June 1, 2018

The Most Dangerous Gay Man in America Fought Violence With Violence

Four decades ago, Raymond Broshears armed his disciples to keep LGBT people safe from violent homophobes.
by Eric Markowitz via Newsweek on January 25, 2018

The Power Suit’s Subversive Legacy

Women have long borrowed from men’s dress to claim the authority associated with it. It hasn’t always worked.
by Angella D'avignon via The Atlantic on December 26, 2017
Protestor outside the Supreme Court, with a Bible and a sign denouncing bigotry.
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Discriminating in the Name of Religion? Segregationists and Slaveholders Did It, Too.

If religious freedom trumps equality under the law, it provides a “cover” that actually encourages discrimination.
by Tisa Wenger via Made By History on December 5, 2017
AIDS Memorial Quilt on display on the Mall in Washington, DC in 1987.

'We Need a Day.' Meet the Man Who Helped Create World AIDS Day

A conversation with the man behind World AIDS Day.
by Jim Bunn, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on November 30, 2017

The Story Behind California's Unprecedented Textbooks

California Is adopting LGBT-Inclusive history textbooks. It's the latest chapter in a centuries-long fight.
by Katy Steinmetz via TIME on November 14, 2017

The Military, Minorities, and Social Engineering

Trump’s transgender ban restarts the debate about the relation between military service and social policy.
by Richard S. Slotkin via The Conversation on August 7, 2017
Men in drag, 1915.

Transgender Men Who Lived a Century Ago Prove Gender Has Always Been Fluid

In her new book, ‘True Sex,’ historian Emily Skidmore looks at their lives and how society has treated them.
by Nina Renata Aron via Timeline on July 31, 2017

Trump's Argument Against Transgender Soldiers Was Used Against Gays, Women, and Blacks

A brief review of history.
by Philip Bump via Washington Post on July 26, 2017
Edythe Eyde

She Risked Jail to Create A Magazine for Lesbians

Decades before "The L Word," Edythe Eyde knew her magazine for lesbians — Vice Versa — was illegal.
by Julia Carpenter via Retropolis on July 12, 2017

Texas State Rep. Gives Powerful Testimony on the History of Bathroom Laws

It was all about the parallels between a new "bathroom bill" and the Jim Crow segregation of her youth.
via Washington Post on May 22, 2017

The Many Lives of Pauli Murray

She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle-and the women's movement. Why haven't you heard of her?
by Kathryn Schulz via The New Yorker on April 17, 2017

Hillary Clinton Just Said It, But ‘The Future Is Female’ Began as a 1970s Lesbian Separatist Slogan

'The Future Is Female' was popularized in 2015, but the slogan was created 40 years earlier.
by Katie Mettler via Washington Post on February 8, 2017
The Stonewall Inn with rainbow flags and window decorations.

Stonewall and Its Impact on the Gay Liberation Movement

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Lucy Santos Green via Digital Public Library of America on January 1, 2017

Walt Whitman—Patriotic Poet, Gay Iconoclast, or Shrewd Marketing Ploy?

Americans tend to think of Walt Whitman as the embodiment of democracy and individualism, but have you ever considered Walt Whitman, the brand?
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on May 3, 2016

What Was Gay?

In a more accepting world, homosexual men can leave their campy, cruising past, but the price of equality shouldn't be conformity.
by J. Bryan Lowder via Slate on May 12, 2015
Gerry Studds faces reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 1983.

Gerry Studds: The Pioneer Gay Congressman Almost Nobody Remembers

His story of coming out was so shrouded in scandal, so drenched in professional embarrassment, that its broader significance may forever be overshadowed.
by Jennifer Bendery, Sam Stein via HuffPost on February 20, 2014

The Confusing and At-Times Counterproductive 1980s Response to the AIDS Epidemic

A new exhibit looks at the posters sent out by non-profits and the government in response to the spread of AIDS.
by Natasha Geiling via Smithsonian on December 4, 2013
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