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Freddie Bartholomew in fighting stance as Little Lord Fauntleroy for the film.

The Masculinization of Little Lord Fauntleroy

The 1936 movie Little Lord Fauntleroy broke box office records, only to be toned down and masculinized amid cultural fears of the “sissified” male.
by Kristin Hunt, U. C. Knopfelmacher via JSTOR Daily on March 26, 2020
The author at a Feminary Collective meeting with co-members Eleanor Holland (left) and Helen Langa (center) in Durham. Photo by Elena Freedom.

The Queer South: Where The Past is Not Past, and The Future is Now

Minnie Bruce Pratt shares her own story as a lesbian within the South, and the activism that occurred and the activism still ongoing.
by Minnie Bruce Pratt via Scalawag on January 27, 2020

The Lavender Scare

In 1950, the U.S. State Department fired 91 employees because they were homosexual or suspected of being homosexual.
by Matthew Wills, Naoko Shibusawa via JSTOR Daily on November 18, 2019

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

Mo Rocca on the struggle to depathologize homosexuality.
by Mo Rocca via Literary Hub on November 6, 2019

Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair

In the mid-1990s, Sarah McLachlan set out to prove a woman's place was center stage.
by Sasha Geffen, Jessica Hopper, Jenn Pelly via Vanity Fair on September 30, 2019

Pulp Fiction Helped Define American Lesbianism

In the 50s and 60s, steamy novels about lesbian relationships, marketed to men, gave closeted women needed representation.
by Erin Blakemore, Yvonne Keller via JSTOR Daily on August 1, 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
A group of people celebrating Pride outside of Stonewall.

Stonewall: The Making of a Monument

Ever since the 1969 Stonewall Riots, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power.
by Cheryl Furjanic via New York Times Op-Docs on June 4, 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
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

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
Still from the Golden Girls.

Deconstructing HIV and AIDS on The Golden Girls

In 1990, one of America's most beloved sitcoms took on the HIV epidemic with humor and sensitivity.
by Claire Sewell via Nursing Clio on December 4, 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

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
David Mullins and Charlie Craig in front of the Supreme Court.
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We're Looking at the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case All Wrong. And So Did The Supreme Court.

Why the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision was a major loss for gay rights.
by Jim Downs via Made By History on June 6, 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

How the Nazi Regime's Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride

The symbol was born from a dark time in history.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on May 31, 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

Take a Hay Ride: Remembering Louise Hay

Did the bestselling self-help author do more harm than good for early patients with AIDS?
by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on January 16, 2018
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

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

Bathing in Controversy

For a century, school showers have anticipated the current debate about bathrooms.
by J. Y. Chua via The Atlantic on June 2, 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

From “Sip-in” to the Hairpin Drop Heard Round the World, Protests Can Work

A small act of protest that resulted in significant change.
by Nancy Unger via Nursing Clio on March 23, 2017
Cover of Rafael Rojas' new book.

Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go

A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by Patrick Iber via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 28, 2016
Leonard Matlovich’s grave at Congressional Cemetery

The Only LGBT Cemetery Section in the World Was Inspired by J. Edgar Hoover

A section of D.C.’s Congressional Cemetery has become a gathering place for honoring LGBT activists.
by Ella Morton via Atlas Obscura on March 30, 2016

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

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
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