Thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from the federal workforce. Introduction The Red...
LGBTQ+ History and Culture
Discover how people across history understood gender and desire within their own cultural worlds. These histories recover lives often suppressed or erased while tracing the communities that created belonging and the movements that fought for recognition.
The queer legacy of 3909 Sunset Boulevard. “Crazy, noisy, freaked-out dance music for weirdos.” That’s how Carla...
These movements began as responses to centuries of persecution by church, state, and medical authorities. Social movements,...
Historically, LGBTQ+ members of the Black community have experienced ostracization, bullying, isolation and violence. By Ariel Hall...
Where the term comes from and how the meaning has changed. Introduction You probably know what it...
LGBTQ history in the United States spans the contributions and struggles of individuals as well as the...
How lesbian authors have reinvented the imagined spaces of the U.S. South through print culture, activism, and...
Highlighting inclusion and humanity. Introduction By Pietro Rigolo The rainbow flag was designed by a group of...
Little Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. We see the influence of gay contemporaries...
Looking at at how Britain’s first lesbian magazine came about and its impact on society. Introduction In...
In the 1950s, ‘coming out’ meant acknowledging sexual orientation. Today, the term is used by a broad...
In primary texts, figures are addressed by medieval authors using both male and female pronouns interchangeably and...
Transgender individuals have worse employment outcomes, lower incomes, and higher rates of poverty. The United States Supreme...
These schools want public money. But they don’t want to serve all of the public. By Scott...
The history of transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United States is one of struggle, but...
I thought it was normal to “debate” the right to marry or hold a job. Now I...
A new study of nearly 500,000 individuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified...
The language of gender identity wasn’t what it is today. By Jud Esty-Kendall, Afi Yellow-Duke, and Emma...
The Supreme Court will decide in the next year whether sexual orientation and gender identity are covered...
Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds....
An ancient Roman fable imagines a cinaedus, well-known for his brazen effeminacy, fighting heroically. Introduction On August...
With major dailies giving a megaphone to the police, the coverage of Stonewall is a reminder of...
It’s really only in the past three decades that we’ve come to recognize the need to understand...
The historical lessons of 1844 are abundantly clear. Recently in St. Louis, the United Methodist General Conference...
Miss Betty Cooper may not be “well known” to modern historians, but the ad claims that she...
Despite the empowerment of the LGBTI movement during the last 20 years, LGBTI people in Russia face...
One of the biggest challenges facing medieval historians is interpreting the actions of individuals at a remove...
Violent crimes and other hate incidents targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans consistently are unreported and...
Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had...
Bissu, or transgender priests, are one of five genders recognized by the Bugis. Reuters The Bugis of South...