#lgbtq-history

#lgbtq-history

Today the story would be unremarkable: two gay men, migrants from England, give their Queensland home a portmanteau of their last names. But in 1859, these two men, Robert Herbert and John Bramston, were the new state's first premier (then called colonial secretary) and one of his attorneys general. The name, Herston, was later used to name the modern suburb that covers the area, and in less than seven years, the suburb in Brisbane's north will host the main stadium for the 2032 Olympic Games.

➡️ NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani isn't letting Elon Musk slander his nominee for commissioner of the Fire Department of New York as she makes history as the first gay person chosen for the role. Meanwhile, gay MAGA Republican Richard Grenell is throwing a fit over a musician cancelling his Christmas Eve performance after Trump renamed the Kennedy Center after himself, and a hospital in Seattle is RFK Jr's latest target over gender-affirming care.

"The bedtime stories of mermaids, vampires, and fairies that many of us grew up loving were often created - or contain monsters and characters that were inspired by people who had similar lives and loves to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living today," Coward writes in his book's intro. "To truly understand who queer people are today involves an adventure into the fantastical stories of our past."

After Abby Stuckrath learned that the Washington Blade is the oldest LGBTQ newspaper in the country, she began digging into its archives for glimpses of gay life in decades past. The research eventually led her to DC's Rainbow History Project, where she kept seeing the names of certain bars and clubs: now-defunct spots such as the Brass Rail, the Showboat, and Phase One. Stuckrath, now a WTOP producer, and her sibling, Ellie Stuckrath, a nonprofit communications professional, had moved to DC from Colorado and were still searching for a sense of belonging in their new home. They decided to channel their casual research into an intriguing podcast, Queering the District, which recently completed its first season.

Asexuality as a sexual orientation reaches back to the first humans. But as an area of scientific study, it's relatively new. And its orientation cousin, aromanticism, is even newer on the scene: The first documented references to asexual-related behaviors appeared in the mid-19th century. One such reference came from Prussian human rights activist and journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny, in a 1869 pamphlet in which he coined the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual." He referred to people who pleasure themselves primarily as "monosexuals."

Construction on the American LGBTQ+ Museum (ALM) is nearing completion, according to ALM director of Major Gifts Shaun Newport and New York Historical project manager Roy Moskowitz, who brought Gay City News on a tour of the site on Dec. 2. Set to open in fall 2027, the ALM will be New York City's first museum dedicated to global, national, and local LGBTQ history and culture, and permanently located on the fourth floor of the New York Historical's Tang Wing for Democracy at 170 Central Park West.

Robert W. Fieseler at his home office in New Orleans | Provided No one can accuse Robert W. Fieseler of taking the easy road.The journalist and historian's first book, Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation, chronicled the horrific mass murder in a New Orleans gay bar and the extraordinary bigotry exhibited by public officials and religious leaders in the aftermath.

Oscar had been in Pentonville prison for three weeks when his ticket to the British Museum Reading Room was cancelled, so he wouldn't have known about it, which was probably as well. I think it would have just added to his misery to feel that one of the world's great libraries had banned him from books just as the Law had banned him from daily life. But the restitution of his ticket is a lovely gesture of forgiveness and I'm sure his spirit will be touched and delighted.

"Let me say, when I'm on stage, I forget about everything else," Saldaña said. "I focus on my performance, and I feel like a star. Being the oldest drag king in the world, still performing. You know, I can't believe that I'm the only one, you know, 80 years old."

The group defending so-called conversion therapy before the Supreme Court has been accused if misrepresenting evidence by the very researchers it cites. In South Carolina, the home of a judge who ruled against the Trump administration burned down over the weekend, shortly after she had reportedly received death threats. Meanwhile, anti-trans, anti-woke media figure Bari Weiss has officially become the editor in chief of CBS News.

The road erases everything. Here in the United States, you can drive for hours in a single cardinal direction without turning the wheel or grazing the brakes. By the time you get to where you're going, your life story will be rewritten. That, at least, is the dream of the old, worn-out American road story. Joe Westmoreland's isn't exactly a road story, even though it's billed that way, with a grainy picture of a two-lane highway adorning the reverse of the title page.

You can expect a rainbow-hued burst of music, fun and, yes, pride in downtown San Jose as Silicon Valley Pride turns up the volume for its 50th anniversary festival and parade this weekend. Latin Grammy-nominated rapper Snow Tha Product a San Jose native will headline the festival Saturday at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, which runs from 6 to 11 p.m. and continues Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

White was a pivotal figure in documenting the gay revolution, capturing the cultural landscape and struggles of the community through his diverse body of work.

Catherine Breed, a former Team USA swimmer, is preparing to swim the entire 900-mile California coast in an effort to raise awareness for Sea Dreamers.

Several years later, after much struggle and activism, the events of the riot helped catalyze the modern LGBTQ rights movement, making it a pivotal moment in history.

The 1970s and '80s marked a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ community, as it began to openly fight for civil rights amidst a backdrop of societal change.

This NUMU exhibit looks at the history of the LGBTQ+ community in South Bay, focusing on the 1970s and 1980s, showcasing Ted Sahl's photography.

"In Diana's mythology, furtive nocturnal activity plays an important role as moments when she secretly revealed hidden aspects of her true self," White writes in the portion excerpted.