The AIDS Memorial Quilt: How One Cloth Made America Mourn
Cleve Jones taped names to a federal building in 1985 and the AIDS Memorial Quilt was born. Today it holds 50,000 panels for 110,000 lives lost. Here is...
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Larry Kramer: The Playwright Who Made America Face AIDS
Larry Kramer co-founded GMHC, started ACT UP, wrote The Normal Heart, and refused to let America ignore AIDS. The real story of the playwright who built two of...
Alan Turing: The Codebreaker Who Won the War and Was Punished for Being Gay
Britain's greatest scientist broke the Enigma code, founded computer science, and imagined the first thinking machine. Then the country he saved arrested him for being gay. The real...
Edie Windsor: The 83-Year-Old Widow Who Took Down DOMA
Edie Windsor was 83 when she sued the U.S. government over a $363,053 estate tax bill. Her case ended DOMA and made nationwide marriage equality possible. Here is...
James Baldwin: The Black Gay Writer Who Refused to Hide
James Baldwin wasn't just one of America's greatest writers. He was a Black gay man who refused to be invisible, and his words still hit harder than most...
Bayard Rustin: The Gay Civil Rights Hero Who Organized the March on Washington
Bayard Rustin organized the largest civil rights demonstration in American history while openly gay in the 1950s and 60s. Here is the real story of how he built...
Sylvia Rivera: The Trans Activist Who Co-Founded STAR
Sylvia Rivera was 17 when Stonewall lit up Christopher Street in 1969. She spent the next 33 years fighting for trans women, homeless queer kids, and the people...
Marsha P. Johnson: The Activist Who Helped Spark Pride
Marsha P. Johnson was at Stonewall, founded STAR with Sylvia Rivera, and gave her life to the queer movement. Here is who she really was, the myths people...
Harvey Milk Day 2026: How to Honor His Legacy on May 22
Harvey Milk Day 2026 falls on Friday, May 22. Here is the short version of who Harvey was, why his birthday became a California state holiday, and 6...