What Gay Marriage Looked Like in the ’70s
In 1979, sociologist Joseph Harry took a look at what that era's marriage-like relationships between gay men were like.
The Story of the First High School LGBT Group
The first high school LGBT group started in the 1970s.
They’re Here, They’re Genderqueer, Get Used to Gender Neutral Pronouns
Ongoing study and debate about gender neutral pronouns.
Civil Rights and Private Property Rights
The connection between civil rights and private property rights as they play out in the 1960s and now.
Should Sperm Donors Have Visitation Rights?
A lesbian couple from New Jersey now find their most intimate decisions at the center of a precedent-setting appeal about sperm donor visitation rights.
A Threat to “Traditional Marriage” in the 1920s
The view of "traditional marriage" has been under attack since long before anyone imagined state-sanctioned gay and lesbian unions
Remembering and Representing Alan Turing
A 1955 obituary of Turing from the Royal Society is fascinating for what it leaves out of the first draft of history.
OutBeat: America’s First LGBT Jazz Festival
On September 18-21, OutBeat, billed as "America's First Queer Jazz Festival", took place in Philadelphia.
Is That a “Read”? The Contentious Politics of Drag Performance
The reality television show RuPaul’s Drag Race, which recently completed its sixth season on the Logo television network, is far from running ...
Lunch Poems Turns 50
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Frank O’Hara’s groundbreaking book Lunch Poems.