41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico, Thanks to a Queer Underground Ball
By history.com The number 13 is commonly considered unlucky, but in Mexico, the number 41 has been seen as taboo...
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Hollywood’s secret history: Scotty Bowers on sex and stars in the Golden Era
By theguardian.com A new documentary reworks the memoir of Bowers, who boasts he paired Cary Grant with Rock Hudson and...
The secret history of the gay soldiers who served in the First World War
By theweek.co.uk Discrimination and persecution has led to gay soldiers of the Great War being seen as tragic figures, but...
For Gays, the Worst Is Yet to Come. Again.
By Larry Kramer for The New York Times I was recently honored for my birthday with an all-star reading...
You Could Be in a Gay Bar Right Now and Not Even Know It
By The New York Times A lesbian bar from the 1920s. A “fairy den” from the 1890s. An Ecstasy-fueled...
The Circle: why is gay cinema so fixated on the past?
By The Guardian The new docudrama Der Kreis looks back at a groundbreaking gay rights organisation facing prejudice and...
The Decline and Fall of the ‘H’ Word
By The New York Times To most ears, it probably sounds inoffensive. A little outdated and clinical, perhaps, but...
Martin Duberman: Why LGBT Activism Needs to Return to Its Radical Roots
By The Daily Beast Renowned LGBT historian Martin Duberman, who turns 88 this August, says he has no nostalgia...
Gay History Shows the Power of Defining Ourselves
By psychologytoday.com The first people with AIDS chose language that supported health and resilience. It took enormous courage and audacity...
The urgent mission of “Making Gay History”
salon.com In the late ’80s, author Eric Marcus set out to record the oral history of the gay...