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Are Birds Gay?

The world is not kind to queer folks. And in many ways, it isn’t kind to birds either

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

Jan 5, 2026

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How Well Do You Know The History Of Menstruation Products?

Many of us menstruate, but what do we even know about the things we use to manage our periods? What did people used to do? Let’s test our knowledge about…

Raquel

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May 8, 2018

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Can You Name These Historic Lesbian Couples and Other Gal Pals Through the Years?

Which pair of extremely close female friends decided to “marry” each other in 1844?

Siobhan

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Apr 19, 2018

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Fill In Your 50s, 60s, and 70s Butch History With This Coloring Book

Why learn about butch lesbian herstory in the 50s, 60s and 70s when you can learn about butch lesbian herstory by looking at babes?

Ryan Yates

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Apr 18, 2018

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British Suffragette History: Come for the Democracy, Stay for the Lesbian Drama

If you’re wondering why it’s important to believe these suffragettes were sleeping with every other suffragette, it’s because they were. I made you a chart.

Sally

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Apr 17, 2018

Collage image of LGBTQ activism including Queer Nation stickers that say "Dyke Power," image of Marsha P. Johnson holding a S.T.A.R. banner, a group of people with a "Christopher Street Liberation Day" banner, and a Silence = Death poster from ACT UP

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Here’s the Badass Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Activist Herstory Quiz You Wish You Had in School

Get out your Sharpie markers and flattened cardboard boxes because it’s time to get activist-y AF!

KaeLyn

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Apr 16, 2018

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Here’s How You Scored On ’90s Lesbian Trivia

What did everybody know… and when did you have no idea?

Riese

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Mar 14, 2018

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Total ’90s Lesbian Trivia Quiz

Test your ’90s lesbian/bisexual pop culture knowledge right here, right now.

Riese

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Mar 12, 2018

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“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child

“Close your eyes and imagine for one moment a world where little black girls spend their entire childhoods seeing women like the ones they will become in just as many…

Reneice Charles

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Feb 20, 2018

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LGBT History

Are Birds Gay?

How Well Do You Know The History Of Menstruation Products?

Can You Name These Historic Lesbian Couples and Other Gal Pals Through the Years?

Fill In Your 50s, 60s, and 70s Butch History With This Coloring Book

British Suffragette History: Come for the Democracy, Stay for the Lesbian Drama

Here’s the Badass Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Activist Herstory Quiz You Wish You Had in School

Here’s How You Scored On ’90s Lesbian Trivia

Total ’90s Lesbian Trivia Quiz

“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child

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