Library resource provider Gale has placed the largest digital archive on LGBT history and culture, the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, online.
Being queer can be stressful because of discrimination, with a national study showing increased LGBT health problems as compared to straight men and women.
Aside from Bessie Smith, here are six more lesbian blues singers who've made an impact on American music history, including Ma Rainey and Billie Holliday.
As Pride Month comes to a close, we decided to come up with a list of reasons most cited by anti-LGBT people why they're always so hostile against us .