A lot of people are saying this year’s midterm election is the most crucial of our lifetime. It may well be, given the need to
Category: History
The bizarre ‘gay cure’ experiments that were written out of scientific history
Robert Colvile reports on one of the great forgotten stories of neuroscience For the first hour, they just talked. He was nervous; he’d never done
Gay History: The WWII Nazi Spy Gay Sex Scandal That Rocked the Senate
In 1942, the exposure of a Brooklyn townhouse where wealthy men had sex with members of the armed services led to an anti-gay witch-hunt and
Gay History: The Mystery Photos Of A 1957 Gay Wedding
Decades before gay marriage became legal anywhere in the US, same-sex couples were committing themselves to each other in front of friends and loved ones.
The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West
It was a frontier in more ways than one by Sabrina Imbler From 1900 to 1922, Harry Allen was one of the most notorious men
Asian Gay Culture and Western Influences – Part 5
Hong Kong – Gays Under Colonial Rule and A Murder Most Foul When its last Governor Christopher Patten sailed out of Hong Kong harbour
Asian Gay Culture and Western Influences – Part 4
Singapore – Cruisy and Free but within Limits Singapore is a multi-cultural society with majority Chinese population. It had developed economically as a British colony,
Asian Gay Culture and Western Influences – Part 3
Thailand – How Long Can Its Gay Tourism Appeal Last? Thailand is a land of contrasts, nowhere more obvious than when it comes to sex
Asian Gay Culture and Western Influences – Part 2
China – Gay Emperors, Cut Sleeves and Jesuit Priests For those Portuguese Catholic missionaries who set up shop in Macau, China was always the
Asian Gay Culture and Western Influences – Part 1
Today we start a series of ten articles examining the relationship between homosexuality and the forces of history that have shaped the way various Asian
LGBT Movies From 2017 You Need To See
Shannon Keating BuzzFeed News Reporter Even though 2017 has been almost universally shitty for everything else, it’s been a great year for queer movies. Back
One of the first homoerotic magazines is making a comeback
by Lewis Corner A Kickstarter fundraiser has been launched to bring back Physique Pictorial The classic magazine – which was first launched in 1951
This Is How LGBT Pride Began In 1972
Peter Tatchell Human rights campaigner; director, Peter Tatchell Foundation Way back in the early 1970s, I was a member of the newly-formed Gay Liberation Front
Homosexuality and Theravada Buddhism
by A. L. De Silva Buddhism teaches to, and expects from, its followers a certain level of ethical behaviour. The minimum that is required of
Holocaust Memorial Day: The lessons we should learn from the Nazi persecution of gay people
Benjamin Cohen PinkNews publisher Benjamin Cohen reflects on the persecution of gay people by the Nazis as Britain marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Why gay pulps never made it to the shelves of mainstream book-stores?
Jeremy Willard DailyXtra Imagine the courage it must have taken to pick up a copy of Summer in Sodom from the local dime store in
International Gay Guide – Best of 2016 – December
The final review of the most popular articles in 2016 – Best of December
American Art: Gay Male, 1900-1969
by Richard G. Mann Encyclopedia Copyright © 2015, glbtq, Inc. Entry Copyright © 2002, glbtq, Inc. Reprinted from http://www.glbtq.com In the decades prior to Stonewall,
History – Rent Boys – UK 1885-1957 – Part 2
Link to Part 1 Problems and Possibilities Historians have long sensed that same-sex prostitution and queer identity were intertwined. In 1979, when the history
History – Rent Boys – UK 1885-1957 – Part 1
Jonathan Coleman University of Kentucky, jonathan.coleman@uky.edu ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION RENT: SAME-SEX PROSTITUTION IN MODERN BRITAIN, 1885-1957 Rent: Same-Sex Prostitution in Modern Britain, 1885-1957
Asteroid named after Queen’s Freddie Mercury on birthday
The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen guitarist Brian May says an asteroid in Jupiter’s orbit has been named after the band’s late frontman Freddie
HISTORY – The Life of Antinous
Antinous (also Antinoüs or Antinoös; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος; 27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130) was a Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite,
LGBT Serbia – First openly lesbian minister in new Serbian government
Prime Minister of Serbia said that he knew that the future Minister for State Administration and Local Self-Management Ana Brnabic is lesbian but her
Lawrence of Arabia
BY LEWIS PANTHER Lawrence of Arabia was a gay misfit who created a new type of warfare and helped shape the Middle East Thomas Edward
Legends Never Die – The Greatest – Muhammad Ali
He was, is and will be inspiration for all fighting for their minority rights “I know where I’m going and I know the