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The Lavender Scare: When the U.S. Government Hunted LGBTQ+ Workers

The Lavender Scare: When the U.S. Government Hu...

From the late 1940s through the 1970s, the U.S. government ran a quiet purge of LGBTQ+ federal workers called the Lavender Scare. Here is what happened, who fought back, and...

The Lavender Scare: When the U.S. Government Hu...

From the late 1940s through the 1970s, the U.S. government ran a quiet purge of LGBTQ+ federal workers called the Lavender Scare. Here is what happened, who fought back, and...

Vintage flat lay of GAY POWER and GAY IS GOOD handlettered cardboard signs with Christopher Street NYC street sign, Christopher Street Liberation Day June 28 1970 mimeograph flyer, GAY LIBERATION pin buttons, daisies, and carnations on weathered wood

The First Pride Parade: Christopher Street Libe...

On June 28, 1970, exactly one year after Stonewall, a few thousand people walked 51 blocks up Sixth Avenue and held the first Pride parade. It was called Christopher Street...

The First Pride Parade: Christopher Street Libe...

On June 28, 1970, exactly one year after Stonewall, a few thousand people walked 51 blocks up Sixth Avenue and held the first Pride parade. It was called Christopher Street...

James Baldwin: The Black Gay Writer Who Refused to Hide

James Baldwin: The Black Gay Writer Who Refused...

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 things published...

James Baldwin: The Black Gay Writer Who Refused...

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 things published...

Audre Lorde: The Black Lesbian Poet Who Built a Movement

Audre Lorde: The Black Lesbian Poet Who Built a...

Audre Lorde gave us 'your silence will not protect you' and so much more. The Black lesbian poet, mother, and activist spent her life proving that difference is a source...

Audre Lorde: The Black Lesbian Poet Who Built a...

Audre Lorde gave us 'your silence will not protect you' and so much more. The Black lesbian poet, mother, and activist spent her life proving that difference is a source...

The Compton's Cafeteria Riot: The Trans Uprising Before Stonewall

The Compton's Cafeteria Riot: The Trans Uprisin...

Three years before Stonewall, trans women and drag queens fought back at a 24-hour San Francisco cafeteria. The Compton's riot was almost erased from history. Here is the story, and...

The Compton's Cafeteria Riot: The Trans Uprisin...

Three years before Stonewall, trans women and drag queens fought back at a 24-hour San Francisco cafeteria. The Compton's riot was almost erased from history. Here is the story, and...

Bayard Rustin: The Gay Civil Rights Hero Who Organized the March on Washington

Bayard Rustin: The Gay Civil Rights Hero Who Or...

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 the March...

Bayard Rustin: The Gay Civil Rights Hero Who Or...

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 the March...