"IMG_1775" by annulla is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The Stonewall riots were a six-night series of protests that began in the early morning of June 28, 1969, and centered around the Stonewall … [Read more...] about How the New York Media Covered the Stonewall Riots
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Zach Stafford Will Be The First Black Editor-in-Chief Of ‘The Advocate’: BREAKING
In a tweet, Into Editor-in-Chief Zach Stafford, announced that he would be taking the reigns over at legacy LGBTQ news magazine The … [Read more...] about Zach Stafford Will Be The First Black Editor-in-Chief Of ‘The Advocate’: BREAKING
Dick Leitsch, Pioneering Gay Activist Who Led NYC ‘Sip-In’ 3 Years Before Stonewall, Dies at 83
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OroPTIdZ00 Dick Leitsch, the pioneering gay activist who staged a "sip-in"after being refused service in 1966 at the NYC bar Julius' (see video above), has died at … [Read more...] about Dick Leitsch, Pioneering Gay Activist Who Led NYC ‘Sip-In’ 3 Years Before Stonewall, Dies at 83
The History of the Word Gay: WATCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmiwobCwwkA The PBS explainer channel Origin of Everything takes on the word 'gay' and where it came from, looking at the early uses, and when it evolved into … [Read more...] about The History of the Word Gay: WATCH
Gay Couple Makes History as the First Legally Married at Sea Aboard Cruise Ship
It seems odd that this hasn't happened yet, but according to Celebrity Cruises, Francisco Vargas and Benjamin Gray became the first gay couple to be married at sea on January 29, on board a cruise … [Read more...] about Gay Couple Makes History as the First Legally Married at Sea Aboard Cruise Ship
Extraordinary Footage Found at Estate Sale Shows a Gay Pool Party in 1945: WATCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7pxFchZYh4 Here's probably some of the most unusual footage that you've ever seen: a gay pool party in 1945 at a private home outside St. Louis, Missouri. There's … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Footage Found at Estate Sale Shows a Gay Pool Party in 1945: WATCH
New Videogame Simulates a Public Restroom Where Gay Men Cruise for Sex
The Tearoom, a new video game from Robert Yang described as "a (free) historical public bathroom simulator about anxiety, police surveillance, and sucking off another dude's gun" takes you into public … [Read more...] about New Videogame Simulates a Public Restroom Where Gay Men Cruise for Sex
13-Year-Old Gay Boy and 78-Year-Old Gay Man Have Affecting, Powerful Chat About Their Lives: WATCH
What would you ask a gay person 65 years your elder? Someone who grew up in a different time, when homosexuality was a crime? And what would you ask someone 65 years your junior? Write vloggers … [Read more...] about 13-Year-Old Gay Boy and 78-Year-Old Gay Man Have Affecting, Powerful Chat About Their Lives: WATCH
‘Fathers’ Imagines an Alternate Gay Universe Where AIDS Never Happened: WATCH
https://vimeo.com/191249680 “What if Vito Russo ran for President? What if Mapplethorpe got into a Twitter feud with a Kardashian? What would David Wojnarowicz do about the gay executions … [Read more...] about ‘Fathers’ Imagines an Alternate Gay Universe Where AIDS Never Happened: WATCH
Austin Loses ‘A Safe Space for Gay Men to Go Have Sex’
Midtowne Spa, a 21-year-old gay bathhouse in Texas' capital, closed its doors permanently on Sunday. Midtowne, the only gay bathhouse in the nation's third-gayest city, reportedly had its best year … [Read more...] about Austin Loses ‘A Safe Space for Gay Men to Go Have Sex’
