same-sex relationships

Law and culture forced LGBTQ people into marriages, but that didn't prevent them from exploring their sexuality.

Through her relationships with other women, one can trace the evidence of McCullers’s becoming, as a woman, as a lesbian, and as a writer.

Rose Cleveland declared her passion for the woman she had a relationship with spanning three decades in letter after letter.

To appreciate who Whitman was, we have to reinterpret the poet in ways that have made generations of critical gatekeepers uncomfortable.

“Come with me this morning to the church within our hearts, where the bells are always ringing, and the preacher whose name is Love — shall intercede for us!”

A new show, featuring the paper cutouts, reveals unheralded early Americans.

Our ideas about sexuality and gender have changed before, and now they’re changing again.

With more queer history detectives, what could our future look like?

Even at a time of repression, these women found ways to create a culture and life for themselves.

Uncovering the life of Rose Dougan, a real Renaissance woman, and her pioneering role in preserving Native American art.

Margaret Wise Brown constantly pushed boundaries—in her life and in her art.

Michael J. O’Loughlin speaks about his new book, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.

How white feminism failed Native Americans in the late-19th century.

On the Shakers and Catholics who found love and friendship in early America.

Mark Edmundson on the great American poet as a defender of democracy.

The United States’ unofficial anthem, a hymn of love of country.

Buttigieg believes he probably won’t be the first gay president if he’s elected in 2020.

Jeanna Kadlec considers Anne Lister, the center figure of HBO’s Gentleman Jack, and the influence of other preceding queer women.

Reflections from the author of a novel that does not shy away from the question of Lincoln's sexuality.

Flora Rose and Martha Van Rensselaer lived in an open lesbian relationship and helped found the field of home economics.