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The Passing of Phyllis Lyon

LGBTQ rights pioneer Phyllis Lyon passed away in April 2020 due to natural causes; she was 95. From founding the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the fi...

Two Boys Aged 23 or 24. David Hockney, 1966

As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is an openly gay British painter and photographer. This piece reminds us ...

Queer Artist Feature: Keith Haring

Today we celebrate American artist Keith Haring, whose legendary New York pop and street art continues to inspire.⁠

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day

Here we highlight Audre Lorde. As a self-professed black, lesbian, feminist mother, poet, warrior, Ms. Lorde fought injustices against the marginal...

A Poem by Gay Poet, Essex Hemphill

“They don’t know⁠we are becoming powerful.⁠Every time we kiss⁠we confirm the new world coming.” ⁠ — Essex Hemphill, Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry⁠

Asians for the LGBTQIA Movement

Today we're highlighting Kiyoshi Kuromiya! His activism ran the gamut – from queer rights, to protesting against the use of napalm in the Vietnam W...

Christine Jorgensen holds New York Daily News announced with the front-page headline, "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty," Christine became America's first widely-known trans person.⁠

Happy Birthday Christine Jorgensen, America's first widely-known trans person

Today we honor actress Christine Jorgensen on her birthday. After serving in the US Army, Christine made a series of trips to Copenhagen in the ear...

Leisha Hailey and Xavier Schipani have an IG Live interview to review Xavier's new designs for Vintage Gay in celebration of PRIDE and reviews his inspiration, history and future plans.

Vintage Gay x Xavier Schipani Designs for PRIDE!

Couldn't catch us live? Here's the chat between co-founder Leisha Hailey and the designer behind Vintage Gay's new t-shirt releases for PRIDE, Xavi...

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A Thank You to AIDS Activist Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer, playwright and outspoken AIDS activist passed away at age 84. ⁠⁠Larry Kramer wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Women in ...

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Today, we honor Harvey Milk on the day that would have been his 90th birthday. ⁠

In the words of his last campaign manager: “He imagined a righteous world inside his head and then set about to create it for real, for all of us.”...

Same-sex couples began marrying in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004. Thank You Massachusetts hug sign between wed lesbian couple ⁠

Same-sex Marriage in Massachusetts

Same-sex couples began marrying in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004 after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the freedom to ma...

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Rest in Power, Aimee Stephens

Aimee Stephens, whose landmark case was the first case about the civil rights of transgender people to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, died tod...