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.
Real Life Late-90s Lesbian Spaces in the South Where the Drive-Away Dolls Could Have Stopped
Being from Florida, I know how easy it is for the history of queer and trans people to be lost to time, and I think it’s an important part of our fight for liberation to buck against that where and when we can.
The History of the Color Purple Kiss
In 1982 Alice Walker wrote a Black queer text so ahead of its time, that 40 years later we’re still fighting to catch up.
Lisa Ben: Lesbian Media Pioneer, Cat Lady, and Hometown Buffet Superfan
In 1947, “Lisa Ben” launched the country’s first-ever lesbian magazine, Vice Versa. But by the ’90s, she’d withdrawn from public life and by the mid-2000s, she’d found a new passion: the Burbank Hometown Buffet restaurant.
Revisit Lani Kaʻahumanu’s Moving 1993 Speech on Bisexuality
Lani Kaʻahumanu fought for bisexual people to be included in the 1993 March on Washington.
Remembering Deborah Sundahl, Lesbian Porn Pioneer
Two months ago, we lost Deborah Sundahl — a fierce, compassionate, and prolific queer elder.
41 Super-Hot Butches and Tomboys of the Early 20th Century
Just a little vintage eye candy for you.
99 Years Ago, a Queer/Trans Magazine Was Born — Nine Years Later, Fascism Killed It
I am on my way to the Grimm Zentrum to see some originals of the early 20th century lesbian magazine Die Freundin.
Daisy Jones & the Six Offers a Stunning Tribute to Black Queer Love, Freedom, and Disco
Bernie is a 1970s stud in the finest form. All eyelashes and a buttery voice that could make any femme blush. Simone never stood a chance.
Quiz: Which Actress From Early Hollywood’s Sapphic “Sewing Circle” Are You?
It’s the 1920s – 1950s and you’re a queer actor (or writer) — which of these letter-writing pool-owning trouser-wearing secret-keepers are you?
“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”
“So I just accepted the fact that I truly was gay. I had to be gay. That was my acceptance of myself. I made an announcement in my own head that I was a gay woman.”
We Should Engage With LGBTQ History All Damn Year
OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we learn.
“Mother Has Lived, What Can I Say?”
DonnaSue Johnson describes herself as a “big, black, beautiful, Bohemian, bougie, Buddhist butch.”
Why Do Lesbian Bars Keep Disappearing?
There are so many myths about why lesbian bars close and/or don’t survive.
Marika Cifor Wants You To Activate Your Nostalgia for ACT UP
Marika Cifor’s new book Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS explores how LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS archives shape our understanding of history.
How Realistic is “A League Of Their Own”? Let’s Do a Historical Deep Dive!
Join me on a journey deep into herstory while we answer questions on topics including racism in the AAGPBL, whether or not there really were that many lesbians, queer bar culture of the 1940s and the popularity of women’s softball.
54 Portraits of Lesbians in the ‘80s
We’ve always been here.
Which Historical Lesbian Bars Would American Girl Dolls Have Visited?
Let’s imagine these adorable queer icons as they’d be turning 18, maybe figuring things out, maybe beginning to search for queer community.
What Mattee Jim, Navajo Trans Elder, Teaches Us About Remembering
This #TransDayOfRemembrance, trans lives are more than a list of names. We are vessels of ancestral memory.
Monica Roberts Remembered Us. Now We Remember Her.
Every time I crossed paths with Monica Roberts, I was always surprised by how tight she held me as we hugged — Now, so many young Black trans people can look to her as an ancestor. Every trans journalist is indebted to the space Monica has carved out for us. Every trans person owes her a great deal for forcing the world to see us in our unmistakable worth.