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The Problem With Silent Spring Environmentalism
A new history of the environmental movement places too much emphasis on famous figures like Rachel Carson and shies away from confronting failures.
by
Scott Wasserman Stern
via
The New Republic
on
January 10, 2023
Doctors Who?
The history of DIY transition offers one path toward what might come after, or in the place of, state-sanctioned care.
by
Jules Gill-Peterson
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The Baffler
on
October 4, 2022
The Fiery Life of Stewart Butler, New Orleans’ Great Gay “Political Animal”
How the city’s pioneering, pot-smoking queer activist rose from the ashes of anti-gay violence.
by
Robert W. Fieseler
via
Slate
on
June 25, 2022
Dangerous as the Plague
The rhetoric that the Nazis used to denounce gay men mirrors that coming from the right in the United States today. Both view queerness as a contagion.
by
Samuel Clowes Huneke
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The Baffler
on
June 23, 2022
partner
Transgender Legal Battles: A Timeline
New laws regarding transgender youth are based on the assumption that the gender binary is natural.
by
Mena Davidson
via
JSTOR Daily
on
May 12, 2022
What’s In a Black Name? 400 Years of Context.
From Phillis Wheatley to Lil Uzi Vert, Black names and their evolution tell the story of America.
by
Soraya Nadia McDonald
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Andscape
on
March 1, 2022
Flying Rose Dougan: On the Trail of Native American Art
Uncovering the life of Rose Dougan, a real Renaissance woman, and her pioneering role in preserving Native American art.
by
Ann Japenga
via
California Desert Art
on
February 8, 2022
The Many Visions of Lorraine Hansberry
She’s been canonized as a hero of both mainstream literature and radical politics. Who was she really?
by
Blair McClendon
via
The New Yorker
on
January 17, 2022
The Overlooked LGBTQ+ History of the Harlem Renaissance
Acknowledging the queer culture of the Harlem Renaissance is essential in order to paint a full picture of the period.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
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Arpita Aneja
via
TIME
on
October 11, 2021
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The Golden Era of ‘Traditional Marriage’ Was Never What Conservatives Thought
Law and culture forced LGBTQ people into marriages, but that didn't prevent them from exploring their sexuality.
by
Lauren Gutterman
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Made By History
on
September 28, 2021
Who Lost the Sex Wars?
Fissures in the feminist movement should not be buried as signs of failure but worked through as opportunities for insight.
by
Amia Srinivasan
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The New Yorker
on
September 3, 2021
partner
The New Wave of Anti-Trans Legislation is Based on Very Old Arguments and Ideas
Trans Americans have taken to the courts for decades to fight against the notion that they are a threat.
by
Shay Ryan Olmstead
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Made By History
on
June 14, 2021
Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From
We tend to think of "they," "Mx.," and "hir" as recent inventions. But English speakers have been looking for better ways to talk about gender for a long time.
by
Michael Waters
via
The Atlantic
on
June 4, 2021
Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas
Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.
by
Jeanna Kadlec
via
Longreads
on
April 1, 2021
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
You Are Witness to a Crime
In ACT UP, belonging was not conferred by blood. Care was offered when you joined others on the street with the intent to bring the AIDS crisis to an end.
by
Debra Levine
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The Baffler
on
January 5, 2021
May We All Be So Brave as 19th-Century Female Husbands
Far from being a recent or 21st-century phenomenon, people have chosen, courageously, to trans gender throughout history.
by
Jen Manion
via
Aeon
on
May 7, 2020
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
The Closeting of Carson McCullers
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.
by
Jenn Shapland
via
The Paris Review
on
February 3, 2020
A Genderless Prophet Drew Hundreds of Followers Long Before the Age of Nonbinary Pronouns
The story of Jemima Wilkinson, otherwise known as the Public Universal Friend.
by
Samantha Schmidt
via
Washington Post
on
January 5, 2020
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
The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West
Despite a seeming absence from the historical record, people who did not conform to traditional gender norms were a part of daily life in the Old West.
by
Sabrina Imbler
via
Atlas Obscura
on
June 21, 2019
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
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Dorian Alexander
via
The Nib
on
May 31, 2019
partner
How Eugenics Gave Rise To Modern Homophobia
The roots of anti-gay attitudes lay in white supremacy.
by
Hugh Ryan
via
Made By History
on
May 28, 2019
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
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
partner
Stonewall National Monument Declaration: Annotated
In June 2016, President Obama proclaimed the first LGBTQ+ national monument in the United States at the site of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City.
by
Barack Obama
,
Liz Tracey
via
JSTOR Daily
on
June 24, 2025
Lusting for Zion
A new book questions what we think we know about heterosexuality and Latter-day Saints, or Mormons.
by
John G. Turner
via
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
on
January 23, 2025
A Dazzling Light in Dance History
When dancer Loïe Fuller’s spinning garment reflected the stage lights, it took on a life of its own, beguiling those in New York, Berlin, and Paris.
by
Eileen G’Sell
via
Hyperallergic
on
December 3, 2024
A Book That Puts the Life Back Into Biography
To capture the spirit of the poet Audre Lorde, Alexis Pauline Gumbs decided to break all the rules.
by
Danielle Amir Jackson
via
The Atlantic
on
September 8, 2024
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