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A naked David Opal signaling a peace sign with his hands on a TV screen in front of a background of a 1970s themed living room.

What Became of the Oscar Streaker?

After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene.
by Michael Schulman via The New Yorker on January 30, 2023
Cosplayers dressed as All the way May and Greta Gill from “A League of Their Own” attend New York Comic-Con on Oct. 6.
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‘A League of Their Own’ Chronicles Life for LGBTQ Women in the 1940s

Even at a time of repression, these women found ways to create a culture and life for themselves.
by Lauren Gutterman via Made By History on November 2, 2022
On August 8, 2022, activists protest the lack of monkeypox vaccine and treatment access outside the San Francisco Federal Building.

What the AIDS Crisis Can Teach Us About Monkeypox

Harm reduction strategies, like those pioneered by queer men of color, have the best chance of stopping this disease.
by Joshua Gutterman Tranen via Boston Review on October 3, 2022

Macho Macho Men

Bodybuilding is routinely presented as the very apex of male heterosexuality—but its history is a bit gayer than you might think.
by Benjamin Weil via The Baffler on November 23, 2021
Members of Mattachine Society

Harry Hay, John Cage, and the Birth of Gay Rights in Los Angeles

Five men sat together on a hillside in the late afternoon, imagining a world in which they did not have to hide.
by Alex Ross via The New Yorker on June 25, 2021
Glass with spilled rainbow alcohol

Chasing 'Phantoms of the Past': Gay & Lesbian Bar Archivists on Preserving LGBTQ+ Nightlife History

VinePair interviewed eight LGBTQ+ archivers around the country about documenting America’s gay and lesbian bars while they still can.
by Dave Infante via VinePair on June 15, 2021
Illustration of men in orange being watched by onlookers

Vice Age

Chronicling the policing of gay life in the mid-20th century.
by Lewis Rice via Harvard Law Bulletin on June 11, 2021
One of Jerry Weller's photo albums, with notes that Patti May gave to GLAPN identifying people in the pictures.

The Precious, Precarious Work of Queer Archiving in the Pacific Northwest

Local legacy-keepers are working to ensure that the histories aren't lost or forgotten.
by Emma Banks via Atlas Obscura on June 9, 2021
A woman behind a bar.

The Rise and Fall of America's Lesbian Bars

Only 15 nightlife spaces dedicated to queer and gay women remain in the United States
by Sarah Marloff via Smithsonian on January 21, 2021
Louise Hay

Another Hayride

Self-help guru Louise Hay’s “Hayrides” drew in thousands during the hopelessness and government neglect of the AIDS crisis.
by Matt Wolf via New York Times Op-Docs on January 16, 2021
Carvings on two whaleteeth (scrimshaw)

The Pleasure Crafts

Everyday people's creation of porn and erotic objects over the centuries.
by Cintra Wilson via New York Review of Books on December 17, 2020
Photo of Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley, Jr., Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol at a New Years Eve party at Studio 54

How Fashion Was Forever Changed by “The Gay Plague”

An oral history with 25 fashion luminaries, highlighting a previously untold history of the AIDS crisis.
by Phillip Picardi via Vogue on December 16, 2020
Sasha Geffen next to their book

Pop Music Has Always Been Queer

Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.
by Tal Milovina via The Nation on April 8, 2020
Marchers carry a banner that reads "Lesbian & Gay Rights - Human Rights"

The History of 'Coming Out,' from Secret Gay Code to Popular Political Protest

In the 1950s, 'coming out' meant quietly acknowledging one's sexual orientation. Today, the term is used by a broad array of social movements.
by Abigail C. Saguy via The Conversation on February 10, 2020
Caricature of Oscar Wilde in between a sunflower in a vase with the U.S. dollar symbol on it, and a lion with sunflower petals for a mane.

The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States

Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
by Victoria Dailey via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 8, 2020
Covers of annual editions of Bob Damron's Address Book from the 1970s.

Mapping the Gay Guides

Visualizing Queer Space and American Life
by Eric Gonzaba, Amanda Regen via Mapping The Gay Guides on December 14, 2019
Illustrated figures sit inside a pink triangle embedded with gender markers.

An Oral History of the Early Trans Internet

Trans people have existed since the dawn of time. The internet has not.
by Henry Giardina via Gizmodo on July 9, 2019

Before Stonewall, There Was a Bookstore

Networks of activists transformed Stonewall from an isolated event into a turning point in the struggle for gay power.
by Jim Downs via The Atlantic on June 27, 2019
Pride flags outside the Stonewall Inn.

The Forgotten History of Gay Entrapment

Routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate LGBTQ people.
by George Chauncey via The Atlantic on June 25, 2019
Illustration of Peurifoy and others attempting to find homosexuals within the federal government.

The Homophobic Hysteria of the Lavender Scare

Despite a thriving queer community in Washington, the 1950s State Department fired gay and lesbian workers en masse.
by Kazimir Lee, Dorian Alexander via The Nib on May 31, 2019

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

Freedom, Joy, and Power: The History of the Rainbow Flag

In 1978, an artist/activist hand-dyed and stitched the first rainbow flags for San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade. The rest is LGBT history.
by Max Dlabick via The Nib on June 6, 2018

Old New York, Seen Through a Cab Driver’s Windshield

The people Joseph Rodriguez saw through the windshield in the 1970s and 80s.
by Joseph Rodriguez via Intelligencer on October 27, 2017

The Secret Queer History of Kombucha

Discover the unknown history of this fizzy, fermented drink.
by Mayukh Sen via Food52 on August 23, 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
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
Two bullets in a bullet case.

Why We Can (Partially) Thank the Military for American Gay Identity

How anti-homosexual policies throughout military history helped shape gay culture today.
by Carson Leigh Brown, Ross Benes via Pacific Standard on April 24, 2017

NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

The first initiative to document historic and cultural sites associated with the LGBT community in the five boroughs.
by Andrew S. Dolkart, Ken Lustbader, Jay Shockley via NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project on January 1, 2016

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
Leyendecker’s distinct cross-hatch style is seen in this 1911 painting for Cluett Dress shirts, featuring a particularly intimate gaze between two gentlemen.

Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male

Alfredo Villanueva-Collado on his J.C. Leyendecker collection and the fascinating story behind this oft-neglected male image maker.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford, Alfredo Villanueva-Collado via Collectors Weekly on August 28, 2012
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