17 Women Who Changed the Course of LGBTQ+ History
For Women's History Month, we salute activists who've made LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s through the 2020s.
March 29, 2023
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How Barbara Gittings Became the Mother of the Movement
Windy City Times publisher Tracy Baim shares an excerpt from her new book, Barbara Gittings, Gay Pioneer, and describes how this lesbian activist battled the conservative mores of post-war America.
June 4, 2015
Philadelphia's Newest Monument Honors LGBT Pioneer Barbara Gittings
Philadelphia resident Barbara Gittings helped remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders.
July 26, 2016
Pioneering Lesbians Kay Lahusen, Rusty Warren Dead
Lahusen was a photographer and activist, Warren a risque comedian.
May 26, 2021
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of a Speech That Changed LGBTQ+ History
The speech sparked new conversations that would help declassify homosexuality as a mental illness.
May 2, 2022
An Ellen for the ages
In an ever-progressing American society that finds itself more tolerant and understanding of LGBT culture, who do we have to thank for starting all of this? Ellen DeGeneres, of course!
May 2, 2007
Kameny Calls Out Brokaw on Lack of Gays in New Book
Longtime gay activist Frank Kameny has sent an angry letter to former news anchor Tom Brokaw about his latest book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties.
November 28, 2007
'Before Stonewall' Tells the Story of an Underground Queer Movement
The ahead-of-its-time 1985 doc that features interviews with queer activists like Ann Bannon, Harry Hay, Audre Lorde, and Frank Kameny gets a Pride Month re-release.
June 21, 2019
Equality Forum launches Gay History Month project
The celebration of October as Gay History is getting a boost this year from Equality Forum, which is honoring the lives and achievements of 31 LGBT leaders, past and present.
September 30, 2006
Op-ed: Let’s Cure Cancer, Not Homosexuality
It's 2014. When will Americans get over conversion therapy?
December 9, 2014
Philadelphia Honors Marriage Equality Pioneer With Edie Windsor Way
Philly's gayborhood now has a street recognizing the mother of marriage equality.
October 9, 2018
The LGBT Literati
The Lambda Literary awards on May 29 brought the best and brightest LGBT writers and book lovers to Los Angeles for a celebration of queer literature dripping with bawdiness
May 30, 2008
Google Honors LGBTQ+ Activist Frank Kameny With Doodle
Two years before he died, the federal government issued a formal apology -- 50 years after he was fired.
June 2, 2021
In Gay We Trust: How To Have Pride In A Pandemic
Fifty years of pride celebrations cannot be ignored, even in quarantine.
June 1, 2020
The Advocate Again Wins GLAAD Award for Outstanding Magazine
The publication was honored along with Bros, A League of Their Own, What We Do in the Shadows, and many more.
March 31, 2023
Just a Bunch of Friends Who Changed LGBT History
Reverend Troy Perry, Phillip Ray De Blieck, Diane Olson, and Robin Tyler have been agitating for change for half a century.
May 5, 2017
Op-ed: Marching Backwards from Selma to Hollywood
The film Selma hits home for some viewers more than others. Is that why Ava DuVernay was shut out of the Oscar race?
February 5, 2015
