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Inside the Stonewall: A Lesbian Rebel Finally Breaks Her Silence

I went to the Stonewall Inn with an older woman when I was 17 on June 27, 1969, my first…

Rusty Rose and Faith Reidenbach

Jun 18, 2026

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The True Story Behind ACT UP and Sandra Bernhard’s Character on “Pose”

I realized that even though I’d vaguely heard or read about the lesbians of ACT UP, I didn’t really know enough about the specifics. Who were these women? What was…

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 24, 2019

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Precious and Adored: Reading Victorian Love Letters, Writing Queer History

When Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson met in 1890, they fell for each other hard. Their once-hidden letters are collected in a new book.

Lizzie Ehrenhalt

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Jun 12, 2019

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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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LGBT History

Inside the Stonewall: A Lesbian Rebel Finally Breaks Her Silence

The True Story Behind ACT UP and Sandra Bernhard’s Character on “Pose”

Precious and Adored: Reading Victorian Love Letters, Writing Queer History

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

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