Margarethe Cammermeyer

Margarethe Cammermeyer was a nurse and a soldier who spoke out against the discrimination that made LGBT people serving in the US military invisible.

queer baiting

Queer baiting is the newest form of homophobia wrapped up in gold and sprinkled with glitter that we can watch on TV and movie screens.

Jane Addams

Jane Addams won the Nobel Prize for her social work. But her philanthropic efforts was also tied up to her relationship with other women.

LGBTQ video content

YouTube recently brought down a hailstorm on itself when it seemed like they targeted LGBTQ video content. Was it accidental or intentional?

Lillian Faderman

Considered the mother of LGBT history, Dr. Lillian Faderman wrote a number of LGBT history books sourced by many scholars and academicians.

Toto Koopman

Toto Koopman lived a number of lives: a model, a spy, a socialite, and an art-lover. She also loved whoever she wanted, both men and women.

American Healthcare Act

Though Trump's American Healthcare Act is dead in the water in Congress, that hasn't stopped analysts from examining the bill to see why it was problematic.

Samira Wiley

Samira Wiley made the world sit up and take notice of her: first for her role in Orange is the New Black, and second for her marriage to Laura Morelli.

Carson McCullers

Despite her successes, the novelist Carson McCullers was a frustrated lover of women whose marriage to her husband was quite tempestuous.

HRC healthcare index - John Hopkins Hospital

The Human Rights Campaign has released their annual HRC healthcare index on US healthcare facilities with LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices.

Roberta Kaplan

Roberta Kaplan, together with Edie Windsor, entered the history books in 2013 when the Supreme Court invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act.

singer Dusty Springfield

The Swinging Sixties wouldn’t be complete without singer Dusty Springfield, with her blonde bouffant and her powerful voice rocking the airwaves.

Transgender health issues

While there have been many discussions on the health issues of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, queers, there are not as many for transgender health issues.

Alison Bechdel

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel just doesn't draw comic strips, she writes insightful social and human commentary about her life as a lesbian-- and ours.

Lynn Conway

Despite facing ostracism and stigmatization, computer engineer Lynn Conway recreated herself after making the transition and finally coming out.

Singer Tracy Chapman

While being an icon in the music industry, singer Tracy Chapman has kept most of her life private, especially about being an out lesbian.

Cecile Chaminade

Cécile Chaminade had once been the most popular of her time. But because she was a woman, she had been forgotten by most of the world.

Keala Kennelly

Before Keala Kennelly was a world-class DJ, she was-- and is still-- a world-class surfer who broke barriers in the sport for women.

Joanna Russ

In a field dominated by men, Joanna Russ broke the glass ceiling as a science fiction writer, radical feminist, and out lesbian.

Edith Windsor

Edith Windsor helped paved the way for same-sex marriage when she sued the government for real estate taxes she inherited from her late wife’s properties.

Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya is regarded as the first major Russian female mathematician, breaking gender barriers during her time. She was also a secret lesbian.

Jeanette Winterson

Novelist and prolific writer Jeanette Winterson is noted for her ability to infuse her writing with her passion as a lesbian and a feminist.

Anne Lister

Despite being a 19th century woman, Anne Lister could be considered a modern lesbian: an adventurer, a landowner-- and a woman who loved women.

Glitter ash project

Parity encouraged the clergy to remind Americans that there are LGBT who are Christians via the Glitter Ash Project during Ash Wednesday.

Abby and the Myth

If this is the first time you've heard of Abby and the Myth, sit back and let us tell you about our favorite lesbian Buddhist multi-instrumentalist.

Evan Rachel Wood

TV and movie actress Evan Rachel Wood is speaking out as a bisexual in a time when bisexuals don’t have a voice or a face to represent them.

Queer siblings

We've always wondered what it would be like to have queer siblings as well. Here are some thoughts on the matter by LGBT people who who had one.

Lesbian valentine date

When it's February 14 and you're out of plans, here are some spur-of-the-moment ideas for a lesbian Valentine date.

Behind a successful lesbian is another successful lesbian. That's the case for Kate Clinton and long-time partner Urvashi Vaid.

lesbian identity

Lesbian identity or queer identity? Should sexual identities change with the times, or remain committed in this day and age?