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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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Seimone Augustus Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

“In high school, I kissed a girl for the first time. It felt too comfortable and too right to think I was anyone but whom I was in that moment.…

Heather Hogan

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Jun 5, 2019

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Janelle Monáe Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janelle Monáe is, quite simply, peerless.

Heather Hogan

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May 29, 2019

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Billie Jean King Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Billie Jean King will go down as one of the greatest tennis players — one of the greatest athletes, actually — of all time. 39 Grand Slam titles. 20 Wimbledon…

Heather Hogan

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May 22, 2019

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Janet Mock Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with…

Heather Hogan

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May 8, 2019

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Edie Windsor Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

“Marriage is a magic word. And it is magic throughout the world. It has to do with our dignity as human beings, to be who we are.”

Heather Hogan

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Apr 24, 2019

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All Bones and Blood and Breath: Remembering Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer was the evidence that living a queer life could be good, and long, and full of wonder at a time when I felt like this was all was…

Whitney Pow

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Mar 28, 2019

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Young, Gifted, Black, and Closeted: Barbara Jordan’s Political Rise in a Country Not Yet Ready For Her

In 1974 it felt like every American was watching President Nixon’s impeachment hearings. With a single speech, a black lesbian changed the opinion of a nation. She was only getting…

Natalie

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Feb 13, 2019

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The Rumors Were Enough: Josephine Baker, Frida Kahlo, Their Romance and Me

Maybe Josephine Baker and Frida Kahlo were actually lovers? Maybe they weren’t. What always mattered most was the idea that they even could.

Carmen Phillips

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Feb 4, 2019

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LGBT History

Are Birds Gay?

Seimone Augustus Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janelle Monáe Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Billie Jean King Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janet Mock Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Edie Windsor Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

All Bones and Blood and Breath: Remembering Barbara Hammer

Young, Gifted, Black, and Closeted: Barbara Jordan’s Political Rise in a Country Not Yet Ready For Her

The Rumors Were Enough: Josephine Baker, Frida Kahlo, Their Romance and Me

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