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Chuck Renslow founder of the Leather Archives and Museum, the International Mr. Leather competition, and Chicago's August White Party

Today we celebrate the birthday of Chuck Renslow

He pioneered homoerotic photography in the mid-20th century. He helped found many things, including the Leather Archives and Museum, the Internatio...

No More Whitewashed-Patriarchal LGBT History; Marsha P. Johnson gets rightful recognition happy birthday mother marsha

Happy birthday to Mother Marsha!!

Born as Malcolm Michaels Jr., Marsha P. Johnson was a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969, a founding member of the Gay Liberation F...

Linda Mason and Willi Smith on Set, Expedition, Willi Smith for WilliWear, Spring 1986 Collection LGBTQ trans rights queer fashion artwork expression pride

Fashion as Self-Expression

“I call my ready-to-wear designs ‘background clothes’; they let the person come through.”⁠ Linda Mason and Willi Smith on Set, Expedition, Willi Sm...

GAY POWER

“GAY POWER,” Gay-In, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, June 28, 1970. Photo by Crawford Barton, c/o @glbt_history.

Philadelphia’s first Gay Pride rally, 1972 ⁠Taken by Kay Tobin Lahusen parade vintage LGBTQIA photograph black and white

How the term “gay pride” was coined

The term “gay pride” was coined in 1970. Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist, is known as the "Mother of Pride" for her work in coordinating the mar...

Randy Shilts, one of the first journalists to cover and convey the magnitude of the 1980s AIDS epidemic interviewing Harvey Milk San Francisco

Happy Birthday Randy Shilts

Today we honor Randy Shilts, one of the first journalists to cover and convey the magnitude of the 1980s AIDS epidemic.

Paying homage to the legendary lesbian filmmaker, Barbara Hammer⁠.

Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender roles, lesbian relationships and coping with aging...

Thank you Vermont will you marry me from "State Of Marriage."

Same Sex Marriage in Vermont

In April of 2000, Vermont became the first state in the country to give same-sex couples the right to enter into civil unions — legal partnerships ...

Barbara Gittings important key figures in lgbtq history organized New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) and edited the national DOB magazine vintage photograph writing on chalkboard

Happy Birthday, Barb

Barbara Gittings was a prominent American activist for LGBT equality. She picketed to stop the US government from barring LGBTQ applicants from emp...

dykes against racism everywhere, dare to struggle, dare to win, make that move, fight racism vintage LGBTQ button pin

We need to keep moving the needle forward!

Don't lose momentum; let's keep the conversation going. ⁠📸 @bigdykeenergypodcast

Fire Island Pines- Polaroids

Allow yourself to feel vulnerable and be human. ⁠Tom Bianchi, “Fire Island Pines- Polaroids, 1975-1983″ 5

Power to the People!!

Let's invoke our inner Marsha's to educate and advocate in these times.⁠⁠Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist and self-identif...