A very brief history of gay pride

Ask ten people to define gay pride, and you will most likely get ten different answers. What is gay pride, and how did the annual pride parades come about?

Lavender Scare

Occurring alongside the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare was the simultaneous persecution of the LGBT employees of the government during the 1950s.

first same-sex marriage

You have to hand it to the Dutch: they were the first in everything, from selling marijuana in coffee shops to allowing same-sex marriage between couples.

Edie Windsor and Jim Obergefell

Edie Windsor and Jim Obergefell will be honored at the 3rd Annual American Military Partner Association National Gala this May for fighting for LGBT rights.

German Jews_Nazi regime

The rise to power of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi regime encouraged them to go after the Jewish race while also targeting homosexuals and lesbians.

Homosexuality as mental illness

When feelings of attraction to the same sex was regarded as a mental illness back then, lesbians and gays were subjected to literally shocking treatment..

LGBT milestones flag

To celebrate Christmas Day, we thought you'd appreciate this video that shows the 13 LGBT milestones that changed the world in 2015.

Daughters of Bilitis

After World War 2, the Daughters of Bilitis was formed by a group of lesbians who wanted to come out with other lesbians.

Ruth and Naomi William Blake

The use of the biblical passage of Ruth 1:16-17 in heterosexual weddings is ironic, given that these lines were uttered between two women, Ruth and Naomi.

Antigone Rising

As the best all-female-boot-stompin'-alt-country-rock band in the music scene, Antigone Rising wants to let young girls know that they can rock it, too.

Lesbians in World War 2

During World War 2, lesbians enlisted in the WAC to contribute to the war effort as their archived letters tell their hidden stories of life and love.

Renee Richards Esquire article

Richard Dorment of Esquire Magazine talks to 5 transgender women and men who survived through harrowing times to transition and live to tell their stories.

Vanguard Award

Celebrating a year of making a difference in the lives of LGBT people, the Vanguard Awards will be honoring Jane Fonda and screenwriter Ron Nyswaner.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Coming out was never part of a lesbian's vocabulary back then. Here are 4 famous women who couldn't come out of the closet due to society’s homophobia.

Roman soldiers saints gay marriage

History has a long tradition of gay marriage that didn’t follow today's concept of a wedding, but was still recognized by the early Catholic Church.

Lesbians in Cabarets

Struggling for recognition, lesbians celebrated who they were in the cabarets of Europe and the United States before the start of the Second World War.