24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok
“Most clearly I remember your eyes with a kind of teasing smile in them, and the feeling of that soft spot just northeast of the corner of your mouth against my lips.”
How Magazines Served As Sites of Trans Community-Making 50 Years Ago
These magazines provided critical representation for trans and gender expansive individuals across the United States who saw themselves represented in their pages.
78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive
The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just 50 of the many publications that built the community we hold so dear.
Rosie O’Donnell In Blazers, 1992 – 1999
In this much-anticipated follow-up to “12 Monumental Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History” we are narrowing our focus onto one key subject in 90s blazer history: Rosie O’Donnell.
What If We Just Say No
Ft. Lauderdale Beach was home to the first explicitly gay beach resort in U.S. history.
The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines
London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.
New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community
Shot on a mix of consumer-grade recording devices — iPhone, Zoom, VHS camcorder, and Super-8 film — the documentary is an homage to grassroots AIDS mediamaking across decades and its ability to capture intimate, honest communication about hope and loss.
Why Hasn’t There Been a Good Movie About the Stonewall Riots?
Thirty years after Stonewall (1995), there still hasn’t been a film that meaningfully captures this major LGBTQ+ historical event.
40 Years Ago, Lesbian Erotica Magazine ‘On Our Backs’ Paved the Way for Horny Sapphic Art
On Our Backs, which originally ran from 1984 to 1990 and was revitalized from 1998 to 2002, existed for one central purpose: to portray lesbian sex and sexuality, with real lesbians.
Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins
For nearly 50 years, queer activists kissed each other as a form of protest.
A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer
Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.
Remember When They Arrested George Michael for Being Gay?
Michael’s arrest and his subsequent public coming out shook pop culture for months in ways that I can only now fully understand.
How A 50-Year-Old Lesbian Magazine Is Surviving Despite It All
“Lesbian Connection was founded in a decidedly pre-internet era, when there were no lesbian characters on TV or in the movies, no lesbian stories on library bookshelves, no out queer pop stars on the radio. Finding another lesbian, another queer person, was always a victory.”
Invisible Histories Won’t Let You Leave the Queer South Behind
Collectively, the states that make up the South are home to more Black people, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people than any other region of this country.
I Long for the Queer Secret Spaces of the Past
Dream with me, if you will. It’s the mid-1960s, and you and your queer friends are looking for some place to go to meet others like you when you hear rumors about a members-only club called Gateways tucked away in a hidden corner of the city.
A Queer History of Blue Eyeshadow, Pop Culture’s Time-Honored Symbolic Hue
The line from Elizabeth Taylor to Chappell Roan’s iconic blue eyeshadow is actually pretty direct.
The Revolution Will Be Archived
Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell their own stories.
16 Lesbian Couples Time Forgot
The annals of sapphic gossip are deep and full — here’s 16 sapphic couples and love triangles that will bring you back in time or perhaps trigger memories of times gone by.
6 Pre-Stonewall Queer Uprisings History Tried To Hide
I’m confident the archives are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of stories still waiting to be uncovered.
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility Thirsting Over the Sexy Retro Covers of ‘Female Mimics International’
The best way to see a wide variety of trans women in a wide variety of scenarios is by looking at porn.