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... that Gil Hovav(pictured) reads announcements at Ben Gurion Airport for free because he was annoyed by previous small grammatical errors? (2025-04-17)
... that Demi Sims(pictured) was described in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women on mainstream reality television"? (2025-04-05)
... that the author of If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love made the main characters unfamiliar with each other so that she could draw all sorts of scenarios between them? (2025-03-31)
... that aged 17, Hunter Schafer(pictured) was a plaintiff in a successful lawsuit against an act preventing trans people from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity? (2025-03-31)
... that Lambrini Girls(pictured) have described their January 2025 debut album Who Let the Dogs Out as "a party for pissed off, gay, angry sluts"? (2025-02-23)
... that Canadian heritage minister Pascale St-Onge was the bassist on an all-lesbian alternative rock quartet? (2025-02-21)
... that even mpreg enthusiasts disapprove of "ass babies"? (2025-02-18)
... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first pornographic film? (2025-02-17)
... that Morph was included in X-Men: The Animated Series because the writers "really wanted to kill somebody"? (2025-02-14)
... that Maria Einsmann claimed to be her own husband, Josef, when she registered the births of her companion Helene Müller's two children in 1921 and 1930? (2025-02-11)
... that LGBTQ synagogues helped shape the American Jewish response to AIDS in the 1980s, even as the disease killed many of their members? (2025-01-29)
... that LGBTQ activist Alexey Davydov became the first person to be charged with violating Russia's 2013 anti-gay law after he displayed a sign that read "being gay is normal" at a children's library? (2025-01-27)
... that the New Zealand goose Thomas has been described as an "icon of the LGBT community"? (2025-01-24)
... that there were "jubilant" cheers from the courtroom audience when three students were acquitted of the murder of Fernando Rios? (2025-01-24)
... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes(pictured) created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth? (2025-01-17)
... that the CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group described insider dealing as "the poster child of market abuse"? (2025-01-13)
... that Kim Kitsuragi was praised as one of the best video game characters of 2019? (2025-01-10)
... that political consultant Jim Rivaldo said that moving to San Francisco made him realize that "there were gay lawyers, gay businessmen—a lot of people like me"? (2025-01-08)
... that scholars have suggested that bædlings may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society? (2025-01-08)
... that Renildo José dos Santos, a Brazilian councilman, was murdered in 1993 after publicly coming out as bisexual? (2025-01-07)
... that a review described He Fucked the Girl Out of Me as being about "all the ways in which American society fails its most vulnerable"? (2024-11-20)
... that Come In was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones? (2024-11-02)
... that following the success of Jools Lebron's "demure" videos, she stated that she was able to use the proceeds to pay for her gender transition? (2024-10-21)
... that Ogeretsu Tanaka was inspired to create the manga series Happy of the End after taking a morning walk in Shinjuku? (2024-10-19)
... that the author of Sugar Dog Life ended up buying and raising a cactus after drawing one in the manga? (2024-09-17)
... that the angel's wings in the live-action television-drama adaptation of One Room Angel took about a month to construct? (2024-09-13)
... that Sachi Narashima came up with the idea for the manga Cosmetic Playlover after her friend, who worked as a beauty consultant, mentioned that there were male beauty consultants? (2024-09-10)
... that Belgian hardcore DJ Liza 'N' Eliaz was named a "spiritual leader" in France's free party movement? (2024-08-31)
... that Billie Eilish first served "Lunch" during a private party at Coachella? (2024-07-02)
... that after the original Stonewall Inn(modern building pictured) closed in 1969, its space was used by a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, and a clothing store? (2024-06-28)
... that a graphic novel for teens was among the 10 most challenged books in the United States in 2023? (2024-06-13)
... that the Egyptian-Sudanese singer Nxdia took the "queer anthem" "She Likes a Boy" into the UK Singles Sales Chart? (2024-05-27)
... that the Robyn Gigl novel By Way of Sorrow, which features a transgender lawyer as the protagonist, was described as "quietly groundbreaking" by The New York Times? (2024-05-25)
... that "Not Strong Enough" by Boygenius describes conflicting mental states of self-hatred and self-importance? (2024-05-19)
... that Yuu Nagira, the author of My Beautiful Man, did not expect readers to love one of the main characters because she had written him to be creepy? (2024-05-05)
... that scholars debate whether Anactoria, mentioned in Sappho's poems, was a real person, a pseudonym, or an invention of Sappho? (2024-05-04)
... that several ambiguously gendered figurines from pre-Columbian Ecuador can be analyzed through the lens of transgender archaeology? (2024-05-03)
... that the posthumously released documentary Clean centered on the life of Sandra Pankhurst, a former sex worker, drag queen, and crime scene cleaner? (2024-05-03)
... that home repair and maintenance educator Mercury Stardust and her friend Jory Vizcaino have raised more than $4 million for transgender healthcare through their TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare? (2024-04-28)
... that the live-action drama adaptation of Our Dining Table was filmed in the hometown of one of the lead actors? (2024-04-26)
... that in just one night, thousands of books on the experiences and medical care of transgender people in Nazi Germany were burned (pictured) for being "un-German"? (2024-04-10)
... that as a result of the medicalisation of sexuality, sexual disorders like erectile dysfunction have been used as a "penile health gauge" to measure general wellbeing? (2024-03-14)
... that trans women in Cape Verde are colloquially referred to as tchindas, named after Tchinda Andrade, the first trans woman in the country to come out publicly? (2024-03-13)
... that Nicki Minaj, who receives a shoutout from Ben Shapiro in his song "Facts", congratulated him when it reached number one on the iTunes chart? (2024-03-08)
... that Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa has been described as "the world's first openly gay imam"? (2024-03-03)
... that New Zealand wrestler Leilani Tominiko (aka. Candy Lee) has a signature move called the Candy Crush? (2024-02-25)
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star? (2024-02-24)
... that the performers in the Thai drag show Calypso Cabaret impressed Lady Gaga with their ability to be open about their identities? (2024-02-19)
... that Ireland's 2024 Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug describes their musical genre as "ouija pop"? (2024-02-18)
... that Anjali Lama, Nepal's first transgender model, worked with Calvin Klein in 2019? (2024-02-16)
... that sales from Dieux du Stade, a nude calendar produced by the French professional rugby union club Stade Français featuring photos of its players, helped to finance the club for many years? (2024-02-14)
... that Claire Rousay(pictured) creates music using everyday sounds she records? (2024-02-04)
... that Minecraft YouTuber SkyDoesMinecraft, once the eleventh-most subscribed creator on the platform, attempted to sell their YouTube channel for nearly a million dollars? (2024-02-03)
... that one academic described the introduction of femboys to Myanmar as a tactic to achieve an "ideological revolution"? (2024-01-25)
... that in 2014, BBC Three cancelled a debate on being gay and Muslim featuring Asifa Lahore, a Muslim drag queen, citing security concerns at the mosque where it was filmed? (2024-01-24)
... that the musician Salute has an inclusion rider on their contracts for live performances? (2024-01-23)
... that Koh Masaki was one of the first gay pornographic film actors in Japan to openly appear in adult films without obscuring his identity? (2024-01-20)
... that Jerónimo Saavedra was the first openly gay politician to serve in several high public offices in Spain? (2023-12-12)
... that Japanese actor Kouhei Higuchi prepared for his role on the television drama adaptation of My Personal Weatherman by learning from a weather forecaster? (2023-11-28)
... that Erin Swenson was the first mainstream Protestant minister known to have undergone gender transition while in ordained office? (2023-11-28)
... that the song "Lacy" is about a girl whom Olivia Rodrigo finds "sexy" and describes as a "Bardot reincarnate"? (2023-11-11)
... that Toshiki Seto was cast in the television adaptation of Senpai, This Can't Be Love! because, according to the creator, he could express emotion through his stare? (2023-11-08)
... that when Sarah Jane Baker was released after 30 years, she was the United Kingdom's longest serving transgender prisoner? (2023-11-08)
... that Scholastic requested Maggie Tokuda-Hall remove the phrase "virulent racism" from the Author's Note in Love in the Library, a children's book about Japanese-American internment camps? (2023-09-02)
... that Shaparak Khorsandi asked for her book to be removed from the Jhalak Prize longlist, which she considered to be "a sticker for being brown"? (2023-08-24)
... that Palmire Dumont, a pioneer of LGBT nightlife in "Gay Paree", was among the first members of the French Bulldog-Owners Club (her dog pictured) and met other bulldog owners in her lesbian bar? (2023-07-17)
... that Lil Uzi Vert(pictured) told the crowd at one of their concerts that they were all "going to hell"? (2023-07-16)
... that Precious Brady-Davis and her husband were the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate? (2023-07-13)
... that unicorn hunting is the practice by a couple, usually a man and a woman, of seeking a third partner for the relationship, usually a bisexual woman? (2023-07-12)
... that the Japanese manga series Minato's Laundromat originated as a story titled Wash My Heart! that was posted on Pixiv? (2023-07-03)
... that as a young adult, lesbian novelist Lee Winter disliked the poor quality of lesbian fiction, preferring autobiographies by lesbian people? (2023-06-27)
... that Arnie Roth debuted as a gay Marvel Comics character at a time when the publisher maintained a "No Gays in the Marvel Universe" policy? (2023-06-23)
... that in 1987, Michael Denneny started Stonewall Inn Editions at St. Martin's Press, the first LGBT trade paperback imprint at a major publishing house? (2023-06-09)
... that a university student sought counseling from his pastor after attending a guest lecture on sexuality by lesbian and former noviceJoanne Marrow? (2023-06-08)
... that a photograph inspired by one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings shows 14 Israeli soldiers and was described as a "homoerotic challenge to Israeli machismo"? (2023-05-18)
... that Percy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstage Beatrix Potter's home"? (2023-05-05)
... that Jay Versace went from poking fun at SZA's music to producing songs for her? (2023-05-05)
... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"? (2023-05-01)
... that all three of Jane Severance's books for young readers include lesbian characters, including her first book, which was the first picture book to include such characters? (2023-03-28)
... that Claude Vivier was inspired to compose Shiraz after hearing two blind singers in a market? (2023-03-24)
... that before getting their own office space, independent children's publisher Lollipop Power stored books "under beds, in attics, [and] under ping-pong tables"? (2023-03-23)
... that Josiane Lima won Brazil's first Paralympic rowing medal? (2023-03-10)
... that Cherry Valentine hid his Romani heritage because he feared he might receive "hate or backlash"? (2023-03-10)
... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused on female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women? (2023-03-08)
... that the writer of Poison Ivy: Thorns felt the titular DC Comics character was "tailor made for [her] interests as a nature-loving, gay makeup enthusiast"? (2023-03-08)
... that Kloe was a headliner at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in 2014, despite not being old enough to attend most shows there? (2023-03-01)
... that Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry was once demerited for "very disorderly humming"? (2023-02-20)
... that Grace Lavery's autobiography Please Miss discusses her transition but also the "paradigmatic concept of the penis"? (2023-02-15)
... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake? (2023-02-14)
... that before Paul Goodman became known for his views on education, he wrote an autobiographical novel about a teacher's sexual relationship with his student? (2023-01-28)
... that the cremated remains of AIDS activist Ortez Alderson were thrown onto the South Lawn of the White House in the ACT UP Ashes Action of 1992? (2023-01-22)
... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"? (2023-01-22)
... that when Australian Brihony Dawson debuted as the first non-binary host of reality TV franchise The Challenge, they decided not to imitate the "ominous" style of the U.S. host? (2023-01-22)
... that before Sarah Elmaleh voiced the player character in the video game Anthem, developed by BioWare, she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game? (2023-01-19)
... that Japanese bookstore employees recommended Candy Color Paradox as one of the best yaoi manga titles in 2016? (2023-01-16)
... that París Galán, who introduced a style of drag performance in Bolivia, became the first-ever transgender individual to win elective office in the country? (2023-01-14)
... that although it was rejected by the lesbian mainstream when it was first released, Kamikaze Hearts has since been called a milestone in queer cinema? (2023-01-13)
... that when baker Ruby Tandoh(pictured) publicly came out, she mocked critics who suggested that she had romanced a male contest judge? (2023-01-11)
... that Lady Gaga said she was in a dark state of mind when writing the song "Free Woman" but got over it after completing the song? (2023-01-09)
... that Fuccbois' crew won awards, while Fuccboi's prose received both praise and criticism? (2023-01-04)
... that the writer of the 2022 comic book miniseries Poison Ivy, starring the eponymous Batman villain, described it as a "love story" that features "plant-based body horror"? (2022-11-11)
... that the titular monster from 2014 horror film The Babadook was later adopted as a gay icon in internet memes after being listed as an "LGBT film" by Netflix? (2022-11-07)
... that Jordan Gray added the technical name for spider silk to her name due to the UK not having a process to change honorific from Mr to Miss? (2022-11-03)
... that the Roman emperor Hadrian was so grieved by the death of his male lover Antinous that he made him into a god and founded a city in his honour? (2022-11-01)
... that, among migrants, transgender asylum seekers are more likely to be subjected to physical and mental abuse? (2022-10-22)
... that Juan José Cabezudo was a notorious gay chef and street-food seller in 19th-century Lima? (2022-08-23)
... that the 1985 manga series Tomoi contains the first depiction of HIV/AIDS in any literary medium in Japan? (2022-08-22)
... that since 2018, IKEA's stuffed toy shark Blåhaj(pictured) has become a popular Internet meme and an icon of the online transgender community? (2022-08-22)
... that PJ and Thomas were the first gay couple to host an HGTV show? (2022-08-18)
... that although some casting directors found Jack Ferver difficult to believe as an 18-year-old, Ferver would later portray Little Lad in a Starburst advertisement? (2022-08-10)
... that the book Love Falls On Us, about the LGBTQ movement in Africa, was praised by author Uzodinma Iweala for "elevating the extraordinary ordinariness of L.G.B.T.Q. Africans"? (2022-07-30)
... that the perceived tameness of LGBT Pride Month gave rise to Wrath Month? (2022-07-22)
... that the Indy Bag Ladies, one of the oldest AIDS fundraising organizations, is a group of activist drag queens in Indianapolis who have raised more than $1 million for AIDS patients? (2022-07-21)
... that in the 1980s, international LGBT organizations organized protests in Europe and the Americas in support of Belgian teacher Eliane Morissens? (2022-07-06)
... that Red Jordan Arobateau adopted "Red" as his first name after dyeing his hair red because he thought the color represented sensuality and eroticism of his work? (2022-07-02)
... that Lebanese LGBT rights activist Sandra Melhem, one of the foremost promoters of drag culture in Beirut, was awarded for her humanitarian relief work after the 2020 Beirut explosion? (2022-07-01)
... that transgender pioneer Barbara Ann Wilcox(pictured) proposed to her husband on the day she met him? (2022-05-11)
... that Johannes zu Eltz, who decided to become a Catholic priest after earning his doctorate in law in law, has advocated blessings of same-sex marriages by the Catholic Church? (2022-05-06)
... that in response to Disney's support for Florida's House Bill 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, Pixar employees stated that Disney removes LGBT references from the studio's films? (2022-04-21)
... that manga artist Keiko Takemiya intentionally submitted her manga Sanrūmu Nite immediately before its publication deadline to avoid it being edited? (2022-04-18)
... that Mary Renault was encouraged by J. R. R. Tolkien to write a novel set in medieval times, but she burned the manuscript because she felt it lacked authenticity? (2022-04-17)
... that in 2013, McNally v R upheld a conviction for sexual assault via gender deception? (2022-04-15)
... that following a 1964 police raid on a gay bar, Chicago newspapers published the names and personal information of several of those arrested? (2022-04-13)
... that the House of Brag organized a "Monstrous Pride" event to clash with London's pride parade? (2022-04-05)
... that Victoria Brownworth was the first open lesbian to write a column in a daily newspaper in the United States? (2022-04-03)
... that Macy Rodman's 2021 album Unbelievable Animals was described as combining "radio-rock shine with dirt-punk roots" and "a dash of Ray of Light–esque experimental pop"? (2022-03-25)
... that Dianna Agron auditioned for Glee using a high voice because she interpreted her character as a perfectionist who would not want a deep voice, something for which Agron had been teased at school? (2022-03-12)
... that the 1992 documentary film Daddy and the Muscle Academy, which focuses on the life of gay erotic artist Tom of Finland, has been broadcast on Finnish television multiple times? (2022-02-08)
... that there is disagreement about whether Lots of Mommies, in which a girl is raised by four mothers, should be considered to be an LGBTQ picture book? (2022-02-05)
... that in Africa, the criminalization of homosexuality was a colonial imposition and the decriminalization of homosexuality is resisted as a neocolonial imposition? (2022-01-28)
... that as a result of the Röhm scandal, a Nazi became the world's first openly gay politician in 1932? (2022-01-16)
... that belief that homosexuality can be acquired has motivated Nazi persecution, discriminatory age-of-consent laws, censorship of LGBT publications and employment discrimination? (2022-01-15)
... that many Germans' belief that homosexuality was a communicable disease limited the success of the first homosexual movement? (2022-01-14)
... that two nude bathers in Arnold Comes of Age were "nearly obliterated"? (2022-01-13)
... that besides their usual pop fare, the Glee cast sang hymns in traditional arrangements on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album? (2021-12-24)
... that the conservative organization Moms for Liberty wants a book about Galileo Galilei to be taught in a way that is more positive towards the Catholic Church, for balance? (2021-12-19)
... that The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes discusses the history of transgender man Ewan Forbes and his 1968 legal case to inherit his family's baronetcy that was silenced from public records? (2021-12-17)
... that Dan Finnerty was cast in Single All the Way so that he could cross the Canada–U.S. border and join his wife, Kathy Najimy, on the set of the film? (2021-12-17)
... that the Greenlandic novel Homo Sapienne was written in only one month? (2021-12-01)
... that Witi Ihimaera(pictured) decided to become a writer after reading a short story that was "so poisonous" he threw the book out of the window? (2021-11-24)
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg(pictured) wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries? (2021-10-27)
... that the Frente de Liberación Homosexual viewed all forms of oppression as interconnected, and believed that homosexuality was subversive because it challenged patriarchy? (2021-10-26)
... that to animate conquistadors in Jungle Cruise, frogs were recorded in a Costa Rican forest? (2021-09-20)
... that Wayward Son was described as "a delirious candy-coated romp"? (2021-09-14)
... that Miao Poya successfully campaigned to change her high school's uniform policy before becoming one of the first Taipei city councillors to be openly lesbian? (2021-08-22)
... that residents at the queer community known as the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch carry firearms and wear body armor while tending to their alpacas due to threats from right-wing militias? (2021-08-14)
... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the LGBT community in Argentina(parade pictured) is now the most accepted in Latin America? (2021-08-02)
... that Lee Erwin spent six years scoring every one of Buster Keaton's silent features? (2021-07-30)
... that the book Deal With It! was written by the creators of Gurl.com? (2021-07-30)
... that Jo Inkpin was Australia's first openly transgender Anglican priest? (2021-07-26)
... that, after being elected as the first transgender city councilor of Belo Horizonte, Duda Salabert was fired from her job as a teacher when the school where she worked received a threatening email? (2021-07-22)
... that Kake has been described as "a sort of Johnny Appleseed ... spreading the seeds of liberated, mutually satisfying, ecstatically explicit gay sex"? (2021-07-18)
... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico? (2021-07-05)
... that by being the first travesti to become a national celebrity, entertainer Cris Miró increased the visibility of the transgender community in Argentine society during the 1990s? (2021-06-29)
... that when Hollyoaks changed Juliet Nightingale's appearance for a storyline involving drugs, actress Niamh Blackshaw was glad to get rid of her character's side ponytail? (2021-04-28)
... that Harry Daley, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1925, was the first openly gay British police officer? (2021-04-26)
... that Debra Humphris, the vice chancellor of the University of Brighton, advocated converting 18th-century army barracks into student residences? (2021-04-25)
... that San Francisco's "KYOU Radio" was the first terrestrial radio station to broadcast a program format consisting of podcasts? (2021-04-24)
... that Sailor Moon contributed significantly to the development of yuri, a genre of media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters? (2021-03-29)
... that the first episode of the British television drama series Ackley Bridge was re-edited following the Manchester Arena bombing, as scenes showed a student at the centre of a bombing hoax? (2021-03-18)
... that a 1994 manga series by artist Gengoroh Tagame(pictured) was the first gay comic in Japan to turn a profit? (2021-03-11)
... that the picture book Maiden & Princess, in which a maiden and princess fall in love, shares a fictional universe with Prince & Knight, in which a prince and male knight do the same? (2021-02-14)
... that New York New York is noted as among the first yaoimanga series to depict social realism in its treatment of gay identity? (2021-02-08)
... that the music video for Harry Styles's song "Lights Up" was interpreted as a "bisexual anthem" by critics and viewers due to it being released on National Coming Out Day? (2021-02-07)
... that Gore Vidal's novel Live from Golgotha has been called a "masterpiece of blasphemous vulgarity"? (2021-02-03)
... that the Japanese television drama Ossan's Love is credited with popularizing the boys' love genre for a general audience outside of anime and manga fans? (2021-01-25)
... that the two participants in a yaoi relationship are referred to as seme ('top') and uke ('bottom'), terms derived from martial arts that were later appropriated as Japanese LGBT slang? (2021-01-23)
... that according to one critic, video-game designer Kitty Horrorshow does not exploit the Lovecraftian "fear of the unknown", but instead the "fear of the familiar"? (2021-01-17)
... that "Macorina", the first erotic song dedicated to one woman by another, became a "lesbian hymn"? (2021-01-12)
... that while it is now considered a classic work of girls' comics, the 1974 manga series The Heart of Thomas was almost cancelled five weeks into serialization due to poor initial reader response? (2021-01-10)
... that DTM is the largest gay club in Northern Europe? (2021-01-07)
... that pioneering lesbian columnist Deb Price's same-sex wedding announcement in The Washington Post was one of the first in a major national newspaper? (2020-12-30)
... that cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen's graphic novel The Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States? (2020-12-23)
... that The Girls in 3-B(cover pictured) was one of the first pulp-fiction novels to give a lesbian a happy ending? (2020-12-11)
... that Arsenal footballer Vivianne Miedema(pictured) is the all-time leading scorer in the FA Women's Super League and has scored more goals at the international level than any other Dutch player? (2020-12-05)
... that Leda Valladares produced a "Musical Map of Argentina" to document her country's folk music traditions? (2020-11-26)
... that Women's Barracks(cover pictured), regarded as a classic of lesbian pulp fiction, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States? (2020-11-24)
... that Victor Jory's first major screen role as a lecherous landlord in the 1933 film Sailor's Luck was praised as "deliciously slimy" and "insanely funny"? (2020-11-22)
... that the Polish public-television film Invasion "depicted LGBT rights activists as a foreign-backed threat to Polish children, religion, values, and the very biological continuation of the nation"? (2020-11-20)
... that Anna Hájková says her research into LGBT people and the Holocaust "shows a more complex, more human, and more real society beyond monsters and saints"? (2020-11-18)
... that Georgies is known as "the gay Cheers"? (2020-11-14)
... that Marla Berkowitz considers herself a Sumain, meaning someone who communicates using their hands? (2020-11-09)
... that 47 people, including bystanders and an amateur reporter, were arrested in Warsaw at a protest against the detention of LGBT activist Margot in August 2020? (2020-10-30)
... that If You Could Be Mine was the first novel to win first prize in two different categories in the same year from the Publishing Triangle? (2020-10-24)
... that the Inuit identity of sipiniq referred to individuals who were believed to have changed their physical sex at the moment of birth, but were socialized as members of their original gender? (2020-10-19)
... that reprinted editions of the 1989 manga series Okama Report contain a postscript from an LGBT-rights group noting that the series contains exaggerated and inaccurate depictions of LGBT people? (2020-10-11)
... that on the single "Bra Off" from Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren asserts that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or sexism when they do not wear a bra? (2020-09-19)
... that the founder of the pornography zineS.T.H. once joked that it was "the only gay-sex magazine funded by the U.S. government"? (2020-09-13)
... that the Polish activist Bartosz Staszewski created a series of photographs of LGBT people who live in "LGBT-free zones"? (2020-09-12)
... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a pink-collar job? (2020-09-11)
... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first gay film, was discovered in 2019 after having been lost for 40 years? (2020-09-08)
... that Jarosław Kaczyński, an adviser to the prime minister of Poland, claimed that equality marches(example pictured) are "a real threat to ... the Polish state"? (2020-08-19)
... that the LGBT Centre Mongolia was legally registered in 2009, after being told more than ten times that its name did not suit "Mongolian traditions and customs"? (2020-08-06)
... that two versions of each episode of The Titan's Bride are produced: a version that airs on broadcast television, and an online-only "premium edition" featuring explicit content? (2020-08-04)
... that the Russian group Occupy Pedophilia filmed themselves committing more than a hundred anti-gay attacks between 2012 and 2014? (2020-07-27)
... that Die BIF(cover pictured) was the world's first lesbian magazine where only women were in charge? (2020-07-26)
... that in the 1950s, Slovene transgender lawyer and writer Ljuba Prenner used the introduction: "I am Dr. Ljuba Prenner, neither man nor woman"? (2020-07-23)
... that Real Life, Brandon Taylor's debut novel, is an American campus novel about a gay, black doctoral student in a mostly white PhD program? (2020-07-22)
... that the 1994 film Fresh Kill is noted for its influence on hacker subculture, with a 1995 article about the film containing one of the first recorded uses of the term "hacktivism"? (2020-07-20)
... that "Oye Mujer", a song certified 14× Multi-Platinum (Latin) in the US, was composed by Mexican musician Raymix while he was participating in a NASA educative internship? (2020-07-19)
... that a same-sex kiss, broadcast in January 2020, between the Casualty characters Marty Kirkby and Jack Ward received 111 complaints? (2020-07-19)
... that the picture bookOrca's Song has received both praise for its depiction of a lesbian relationship and criticism for how it adapted a First Nations story? (2020-07-17)
... that Irish milliner Philip Treacy said of the controversy surrounding his "pretzel hat" for Princess Beatrice, "I thought I would find myself with my head on a spike outside the Tower of London"? (2020-06-09)
... that production on the first season of The House of Flowers was shut down twice—after an earthquake injured one of the leads, and when a store objected to homosexual content being filmed there? (2020-06-07)
... that interior designer Valerian Rybar's dining room was lined with 400 fake books with titles about episodes in his life, including International Boredom, allegedly about his ex-wife? (2020-05-28)
... that the developer of Hardcoded wanted to create a game that would appeal to cisgender people with a futanari fetish? (2020-05-24)
... that Leeds Civic Trust has created a trail of rainbow plaques(example pictured) to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of Leeds? (2020-05-21)
... that Edgar Wright, director of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, thinks that the film is different from other comedies because it has "a lot of funny women in it"? (2020-03-24)
... that Pride in STEM wants to "queer up science spaces and science up queer spaces"? (2020-03-14)
... that Asumiko Nakamura, the author of the manga series Classmates, sought to create a story about a "slow, serious love" that was "cliché" and "almost hackneyed"? (2020-03-02)
... that William Dorsey Swann was the first American on record who pursued legal and political action to defend the LGBTQ community's right to gather? (2020-02-20)
... that Dua Saleh's debut single "First Take" was recorded in a single take? (2020-02-19)
... that after examining serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga's mobile phone, police discovered more than three terabytes of digital video evidence of his assaults? (2020-02-13)
... that Jen Wang wrote The Prince and the Dressmaker in part because she wanted to tell the story of a superhero who could create clothes that transformed those who wore them? (2020-02-10)
... that artist and illustrator Rune Naito, credited with pioneering the culture and aesthetic of kawaii, also contributed erotic illustrations to the gay men's magazine Barazoku? (2020-02-03)
... that BECAUSE is the longest-running and largest conference for the bisexual community in the United States? (2020-01-26)
... that the manga series Our Colors was inspired by author Gengoroh Tagame's desire to create a story about gay characters that was not centrally focused on romance or sex? (2020-01-02)
... that Miley Cyrus gained over 2.3 million likes on the video-sharing platform TikTok when she danced and lip-synced with Cody Simpson to "Stupid" by Ashnikko? (2019-12-31)
... that the television series The Bold Type is inspired by the life and career of former Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief Joanna Coles? (2019-12-12)
... that more than 100 interviews were conducted for the 2019 documentary Queer Japan? (2019-11-17)
... that the first chapter of Go For It, Nakamura! was commissioned to fill a gap of empty pages in the manga magazine in which it was published? (2019-11-05)
... that Józefa Joteyko believed that wages should be based upon scientific research and the amount of effort required to do a job, rather than arbitrary factors like gender? (2019-10-23)
... that the grand prize of the Miss'd America pageant was once a Burger King crown and a bouquet of dead roses? (2019-10-22)
... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man? (2019-10-16)
... that What Did You Eat Yesterday? was one of the first pieces of mainstream Japanese media to substantially depict a cohabiting gay male couple? (2019-09-20)
... that 19-year-old mxmtoon, who records lo-fi songs in her parents' guest bedroom, reached 100 million streams and nearly sold out an international tour before releasing her first album? (2019-09-15)
... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships(depicted on map)? (2019-09-11)
... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega(pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals? (2019-09-08)
... that following the release of "You Need to Calm Down", GLAAD reported an "influx" of $13 donations? (2019-08-08)
... that some LGBTQ activists have opposed the use of the term "lesbian erasure", because it has sometimes been used in opposition to transgender rights? (2019-07-28)
... that Canadian photographic artist JJ Levine is known for portraits in which the same model depicts both the male and female members of a couple? (2019-07-24)
... that the Irish musician Gregory Gray, who started his career in a boy band, became the cult indie musician Mary Cigarettes? (2019-07-15)
... that after Christian bakers refused to decorate a cake in support of gay marriage, the UK Supreme Court ruled that no one could be forced to promote a message with which they disagree? (2019-06-25)
... that LGBT rights activist Melissa Ede wanted to become the first transgender woman on Mars? (2019-06-14)
... that the Killing Eve episode "Don't I Know You?" was generally praised for including diverse LGBT+ characters, but also criticised for how one was killed? (2019-06-04)
... that a columnist for the British Internet magazine Spiked created the fictional Twitter user Titania McGrath in order to mock contemporary "woke culture"? (2019-04-19)
... that the writer of the play Why We Have a Body was inspired by Harriet the Spy, whom she viewed as the first lesbian she had ever encountered? (2019-01-11)
... that when creating the television drama Butterfly, the playwright Tony Marchant aimed to dispel the myth that transgender children transition in order to be "trendy"? (2019-01-01)
... that artist Go Mishima selected his pen name as a tribute to his friend, the writer Yukio Mishima? (2018-12-19)
... that the publisher of the first picture book with lesbian characters wanted to change the names of Megan and Shannon, lest readers believe that "only women with Irish heritage were lesbians"? (2018-12-05)
... that Fredy Hirsch saved the lives of children at Auschwitz by impressing SS guards, even though he was Jewish and openly gay? (2018-09-11)
... that despite homosexuality being punishable by death, Iranian LGBT activists celebrate IranPride Day(logo pictured) by secretly photographing themselves holding rainbow flags in Tehran and other cities? (2018-09-09)
... that in 1394, John "Eleanor" Rykener was apprehended for committing a "detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" in Cheapside and later confessed to having had sex with both friars and nuns? (2018-08-16)
... that the YouTube channel ContraPoints releases humorous, left-leaning educational videos responding to the arguments of the growing community of right-wing YouTubers? (2018-08-07)
... that New Jersey musician 070 Shake was featured in a Vogue essay on rising queer stars in rap music? (2018-07-04)
... that Princess Vera Gedroits(pictured)—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield laparotomy? (2018-06-30)
... that funding for Celia Brackenridge's research into child protection in football was ended because the sport "was not ready for a gay former lacrosse international rummaging through its dirty linen"? (2018-06-28)
... that Emily Riehl, former bassist for the band Unstraight, wrote about "unstraightening" in her research as a professional mathematician? (2018-03-28)
... that according to writer Charlie Brooker, the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" was set in California as a "fuck you" to people complaining that the show would become Americanised? (2018-03-14)
... that the appearance of Ash Lynx, the main character in the manga Banana Fish, is based on tennis player Stefan Edberg and actor River Phoenix? (2018-03-12)
... that Emma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of the Nez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer? (2018-03-08)
... that Harry Bush obsessed that if anyone found out he was a gay erotic artist he would lose his American military pension? (2017-12-19)
... that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS? (2017-12-09)
... that Irish rugby referee Joy Neville was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match? (2017-11-19)
... that Luca Guadagnino, who directed the romantic drama film Call Me by Your Name, was first hired as a location consultant for the film? (2017-11-12)
... that Caroline B. Winslow opened the Homeopathic Free Dispensary, the first facility in Washington, D.C. where women doctors could practice side-by-side with their male colleagues? (2017-10-01)
... that, in 1895, Orelia Key Bell dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in Atlanta? (2017-09-24)
... that cowboy Little Joe Monahan's gender became a national news story in 1904? (2017-09-23)
... that the season two premiere of the Canadian television series 19-2 featured an uninterrupted, 13-minute single-camera sequence of a school shooting, based on the 2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal? (2017-09-22)
... that Thomas Lyle Williams had the idea to create the first mascara, Maybelline, after seeing his sister Mabel use a mix of petroleum jelly and burnt cork to darken her eyelashes? (2017-08-26)
... that the 2008 film Dostana inspired several fashion trends in India, with Priyanka Chopra's silver sari, worn in the song "Desi Girl", becoming very popular? (2017-08-02)
... that episode 5276 of the BBC soap opera EastEnders features a transgender character being rejected by his mother? (2017-07-31)
... that Paul Abels, the first openly gay minister to serve in a major Christian denomination in the United States, was nearly removed from his pastorate after he came out in the 1970s? (2017-07-19)
... that Ray Hill has married 12 prisoners' loved ones for them by proxy on his radio show? (2017-07-17)
... that Dutch politician Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello was the first person to introduce protection of lesbian rights and anti-discrimination measures at an official UN conference? (2017-07-13)
... that Virginia Apuzzo was a nun until shortly after the Stonewall riots, when she left her convent and became a gay rights and AIDS activist? (2017-07-10)
... that despite his role as a medic to the Decepticons, the character of Knock Out in Transformers: Prime was created as a foil to Bumblebee? (2017-07-09)
... that Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay federal-level legislator in Asia? (2017-07-07)
... that Helen Sandoz sometimes wrote editorials for the lesbian magazine The Ladder from the perspective of her cat? (2017-06-23)
... that Peter Bonsall-Boone and his partner personally appealed to the Australian Prime Minister to legalise same-sex marriage? (2017-06-21)
... that Frieda Fraser and Edith Williams corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941? (2017-06-20)
... that Judge Rinder is not a judge? (2017-04-01)
... that the bisexual journalist Edith Shackleton Heald was W. B. Yeats' mistress, and lived with the openly lesbian artist Gluck for 32 years? (2017-02-03)
... that drag queen Violet Chachki's EP Gagged was inspired by her time working as an assistant to a dominatrix? (2017-01-15)
... that Swedish radio presenter Roger Nordin revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was homosexual? (2017-01-13)
... that mathematician Moon Duchin was inspired to break gender barriers in mathematics by a book on baseball player Jackie Robinson's struggles against racism? (2017-01-10)
... that Caleb Orozco, who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016 David Kato Vision and Voice award? (2017-01-07)
... that Jason Graae had to use his ad libbing skills when a fake moustache "started to take on a life of its own" on the opening night of Little Me? (2016-11-04)
... that Helen Richardson-Walsh and her wife Kate were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey? (2016-10-17)
... that David Carritt discovered a Fragonard misattributed at auction, a van der Weyden in a cottage, a Tiepolo on an Egyptian embassy ceiling, and five Guardis rolled up in a Dublin shed? (2016-10-15)
... that Paralympian shot putter Angela Madsen(pictured) has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? (2016-09-16)
... that Billie Ert and Antonio Molina, a drag queen and former football star, respectively, in 1972 became the first same-sex couple to be married in Texas? (2016-07-30)
... that Stassybot's 2016 video game Fragments of Him was compared to That Dragon, Cancer due to the "emotional" settings and "gloomy visual tones"? (2016-07-23)
... that Omar Mateen, who in June 2016 committed the deadliest mass shooting in the United States by a single gunman, previously appeared in the documentary film The Big Fix? (2016-07-01)
... that a 1980s slide show of Asian lesbians in history and literature created by June Chan and Katherine Hall has been called "grassroots scholarship"? (2016-06-27)
... that motsoalle is the term for socially acceptable, long-term relationships between Basotho women in Lesotho? (2016-06-26)
... that one of the few nearly-complete poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho, preserved on a papyrus (pictured) from the third century BC, was published in 2004? (2016-06-20)
... that in 1988 Ruth Lockhart oversaw campus AIDS education programs like "Love Carefully Day", when flowers, candies, and condoms were distributed to students to give to "that special someone"? (2016-06-12)
... that game developers changed the victory pose for the Overwatch character Tracer, after a fan noted that her original pose was over sexualized? (2016-06-06)
... that 76 people complained when the EastEnders characters Paul Coker and Ben Mitchell were seen topless together in a funeral parlour with a corpse in the room? (2016-05-01)
... that Randy W. Berry, who grew up on a cattle ranch in Colorado, is the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in the US Department of State? (2016-02-20)
... that Clara Henry(pictured) wrote the book I've Got the Period, So What? about female menstrual periods and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them? (2016-01-24)
... that Dragon Age: Origins has 68,260 lines of dialogue, and its quality assurance testers enabled a cheat to automatically skip dialogues during test runs? (2016-01-15)
... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother, Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash? (2015-12-31)
... that Minnesotan actor Odin Biron moved to Moscow speaking almost no Russian but went on to become a popular character on the top-rated Russian sitcom Interns? (2015-12-13)
... that the video game Life Is Strange was originally going to be called What If but was retitled due to the film of the same name? (2015-12-07)
... that some commentators credit Leelah Alcorn with inspiring "a flashpoint for transgender progress in 2014"? (2015-11-20)
... that Silvana Imam and her girlfriend Beatrice Eli performed together in 2015 under the stage name Vierge Moderne? (2015-11-06)
... that Swedish fashion designer Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson is known for his dragshow character Babsan (pictured)? (2015-10-15)
... that Saga Becker in 2015 became the first transsexual actress both to be nominated and win a Guldbaggen Award? (2015-10-03)
... that the lesbian romantic coming-of-age drama, Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), was the first film for which three artists received the Palme d'Or? (2015-09-30)
... that the music video for Demi Lovato's single "Cool for the Summer" is her "most sexually liberated video" and marks "a new chapter of her career"? (2015-08-03)
... that Ray Davies was forced to make a round-trip flight from New York to London to rerecord two words in "Lola"? (2015-07-31)
... that David K. Smith, a York University professor of chemistry, has been described as "one of the most visible out gay scientists"? (2015-06-27)
... that Lucien von Römer wrote in 1908 that homosexuality was innate, a view described by others as being "in conflict with morality and offensive to others"? (2015-06-26)
... that openly gay chemistry professor James Nowick taught a course called "Queer Science, Queer Scientists"? (2015-06-24)
... that Ximena Cuevas is the first Mexican videographic artist whose works were acquired for the permanent collection of New York's MoMA? (2015-03-24)
... that the directors of Quinceañera shot the film in their neighbors' houses and cast their cleaning lady in a role? (2015-03-20)
... that HIV activist Josh Robbins was diagnosed with HIV while participating in the HIV vaccine research study HVTN 505? (2015-01-09)
... that Maryat Lee's company Eco Theater developed plays from oral histories, using unpaid actors in productions often followed by discussions? (2014-12-23)
... that The Caravan Club in London claimed to be "the most unconventional spot in town" with "All night gaiety" and "Dancing to Charlie"? (2014-10-25)
... that the upcoming film Freeheld is based on the true story of a police officer's battle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner? (2014-10-23)
... that American singer ILoveMakonnen was named after the royal family of Ethiopia, but is in fact of African, Indian, Irish, Belgian, German and Chinese descent? (2014-09-18)
... that while working as a French teacher, the future Romanian art critic George Oprescu denounced the German occupation, prompting his arrest and deportation to an internment camp in Bulgaria? (2014-09-02)
... that "If It Wasn't True" from countertenor Shamir's 2014 Northtown EP was called "Your Favorite Breakup Song" by Vogue and "semidissonant pulses tickled by antsy snares and hi-hats" by Dazed? (2014-09-01)
... that filmmaker Michelle Parkerson has been called "a visionary risk-taker"? (2014-08-24)
... that according to the Lesbian Film Guide, She Must Be Seeing Things was a "deeply controversial film... dismissed outright by some as pornography"? (2014-08-09)
... that Autumn Sandeen was the first US service member to publicly have her gender identification changed on all her military records? (2014-08-06)
... that when the Weimar-era German magazine Frauenliebe was relaunched as Garçonne, the French title was thought to be "more modish"? (2014-08-05)
... that if somebody wants to employ a gender-neutral pronoun in Swedish, he/she can use hen? (2014-07-30)
... that in her quest to find a cure for leprosy, nurse Kate Marsden(pictured) travelled some 11,000 miles (18,000 km) across Russia? (2014-03-20)
... that Hugh Wheeler's Big Fish, Little Fish (1961) was one of the first Broadway plays to explore the theme of homosexuality in a sensitive and honest way? (2014-03-19)
... that Kansas House Bill 2453 would allow service providers in Kansas to refuse service to same-sex couples under the purview of religious liberty? (2014-02-28)
... that the song "Ice Cream Truck" by Cazwell was originally written for the 2010 film Spork, before it was suggested by his manager that a music video be done for the song? (2013-07-08)
... that the 1934 Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"? (2013-06-21)
... that Kristin Beck served as a Navy Seal for 20 years before revealing her gender identity as a woman? (2013-06-16)
... that Jeanne Galzy's novel Burnt Offering, winner of the 1930 Prix Brentano, explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student? (2013-06-16)
... that porn star Danny Wylde and his girlfriend contributed a film of themselves having sex to a website that aims to provide more realistic representations of sex than are found in hardcore pornography? (2013-06-03)
... that screenwriter Sally Wainwright was inspired by her mother's second marriage when writing Last Tango in Halifax, a story of romance between two widowed septuagenarians? (2013-05-08)
... that the novelPassing by Nella Larsen, with its focus on "jealousy, psychological ambiguity and intrigue" has been described as a "skillfully executed and enduring work of art"? (2013-04-04)
... that Walter Baxter wrote about the gay Batman–Kent relationship? (2013-04-01)
... that the creator of the TV series Homeland, Gideon Raff, is the son of a former Accountant General in Israel's Ministry of Finance? (2012-12-22)
... that the award-winning film Frank's Cock is split into quadrants to symbolise the "fragmentation of the body" experienced by those with AIDS? (2012-12-01)
... that staff from Company magazine devised an internship storyline for the soap opera Hollyoaks after watching Esther Bloom discuss fashion on-screen? (2012-11-25)
... that Brookside's producer Paul Marquess received letters complaining that Lance Powell, a character featured in the soap opera, was a "betrayal of all gay men"? (2012-11-03)
... that the producer, director, choreographer and writer of the upcoming Broadway musical Kinky Boots have all won Tony Awards, while its lyricist is a Grammy Award winner? (2012-10-18)
... that An Evening in Paris was the first lesbian-themed Indonesian short story collection? (2012-04-28)
... that "Snail" was the first woman to compete in an international motor race? (2012-04-27)
... that Keith Meinhold, who came out publicly in 1992, was allowed to stay in the US Navy after a 1994 court decision as long as he did not say he was gay again? (2012-04-08)
... that a review for the 2000 gay pornographic video A Young Man's World said its portrayal of fictional middle-aged men was demeaning to actual middle-aged men? (2012-03-10)
... that the lesbian German writer Christa Reinig stated in a poem, "Sometimes the gay shirt is closer to me than the feminist skirt"? (2012-03-08)
... that Friendship and Freedom, published in 1924, was the first gay-interest periodical in the United States? (2012-02-28)
... that Die Freundin, a German lesbian magazine published from 1924 to 1933, was temporarily shut down by the Weimar government? (2012-02-26)
... that English filmmaker Greta Schiller directed the 1976 short film Greta's Girls which is one of the first documentaries that focuses on lesbians? (2012-02-17)
... that Carina Vance Mafla's campaign to shut down "torture clinics" that try to turnlesbians straight began years before she was appointed Ecuador's Minister for Public Health? (2012-02-10)
... that the role of football coach Shannon Beiste was created for actress and 15-time world arm wrestling champion Dot-Marie Jones after she ran into Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk while shopping? (2011-12-11)
... that Section 20A of South Africa's Sexual Offences Act, which prohibited all sexual acts between men at a party, defined "party" as "any occasion where more than two persons are present"? (2011-12-07)
... that Max Adler had no idea his one-episode jock character Dave Karofsky on Glee would become the "nuanced" role of a closeted gay ex-bully and bearded prom king? (2011-10-21)
... that the geosocial networking app Blendr expands on its gay-oriented predecessor Grindr to allow all people to connect with others nearby with common interests? (2011-10-18)
... that, in 1980, U.S. presidential candidate John Anderson wrote in the San Francisco Sentinel that, if elected, he would end federal government discrimination based on sexual orientation? (2011-10-17)
... that immunologist and AIDS advocate Robert Frascino considered himself privileged after being infected with HIV? (2011-10-17)
... that Bert V. Royal, who wrote the high school comedy film Easy A, did not attend high school? (2011-10-11)
... that the upcoming game Borderlands 2 allows players to throw their empty guns at enemies to injure them? (2011-09-04)
... that I Am a Camera is a 1955 British film that received an X certificate from the BBFC, but only after dialogue suggesting foot fetishism was removed? (2011-07-27)
... that Herlinatiens' first novel about lesbian relationships is considered the "coming out" for Indonesian writings about gays and lesbians? (2011-07-06)
... that a kiss between Dan Hamilton and Antoine Malick in the UK medical drama Holby City was criticised for "following the trend" of depicting gay relationships? (2011-06-25)
... that more than 4,000 people rallied in Portland, Oregon, for Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an assault on a gay couple? (2011-06-19)
... that Patricia Preece persuaded artist Stanley Spencer to divorce his wife, marry her, and sign his house over to her, but never left her lesbian lover? (2011-06-14)
... that Rebecca Black's "Friday", dubbed the "worst song ever" by some critics, has made Black a "viral star" with the video attracting over 80 million Youtube hits? (2011-04-06)
... that in 1984, while Queen's song "I Want to Break Free" charted within the Top 10 in Europe and South America, its video was banned in the US? (2011-02-23)
... that the Hindu deity Ardhanarishvara(pictured) is depicted with the right half as male, sometimes with an erect penis, and the left half as female with a well-developed breast? (2011-02-14)
... that after Rolling Stone published photos and addresses of 100 gays and lesbians under the headline "Hang Them", Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was awarded USh1.5 million in damages? (2011-02-08)
... that Baths' debut album, Cerulean, though recorded in his bedroom in two months, was acknowledged by "album of the year" lists? (2011-01-14)
... that the song "For a Friend" from The Communards' album Red was written in memory of Mark Aston, a friend of the band members, who died from AIDS? (2011-01-13)
... that the upcoming film My Idiot Brother went into production unusually quickly for an independent film, with a first cut to be completed less than a year after the script was picked up? (2010-11-18)
... that the controversial Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila started out as a music workshop at a local university? (2010-10-12)
... that Dutchdressage rider Edward Gal and his horse have been called "rock stars in the horse world" after setting multiple world records in top competition? (2010-10-07)
... that a practice in Afghanistan, where a daughter in a family without sons is dressed in male clothing and acts as a boy, allowing her to do things she could not do as a girl, is called bacha posh? (2010-09-30)
... that Canadian artist Will Munro became known for fashioning artistic works out of men's underwear? (2010-09-21)
... that Seymour Pine, who led the NYPD raid that triggered the Stonewall riots, later admitted that such raids were seen as an easy way to improve arrest numbers as the gays "never gave you any trouble"? (2010-09-20)
... that elderly Family Guy character Herbert's voice and design was inspired by a man that character creator Mike Henry met while working in a grocery store? (2010-08-31)
... that actor and mime artistJack Birkett, who was often billed as "The Incredible Orlando", continued to perform on stage and in films after becoming totally blind? (2010-06-10)
... that the same cast members starred in Robert Altman's 1982 Broadway and film versions of Ed Graczyk's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean? (2010-05-23)
... that Antony Grey, who died at the end of April, became Stonewall Hero of the Year in 2007, to mark the 40th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK in which he was instrumental? (2010-05-18)
... that Barbara Hammer's Tender Fictions, one of a documentary trilogy on LGBT histories, focuses on the "constructedness" of the self? (2010-05-15)
... that in coverage of a charity event for Darfur, the blog Gawker referred to attendee Micah Jesse, internet gossip blogger, as a "publicistgay"? (2010-05-03)
... that the American television show Glee was written with the aid of Screenwriting for Dummies? (2010-04-01)
... that in March 2010, Australia became the first country in the world to officially recognise a 'non-specified' gender, when Norrie May-Welby was found to be neither a man nor a woman? (2010-03-26)
... that when Dana Delany and Julie Benz shared a kiss scene for the Desperate Housewives episode "Lovely", Delaney noticed "crew members on the set that were never there before"? (2010-03-03)
... that John Scagliotti's 2003 film Dangerous Living was the first documentary about the experiences of gay and lesbian people in the non-Western world? (2010-02-16)
... that Emmy Award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh described one scene in Talk to Me where a teacher commits adultery with her 15-year-old pupil as "not so much about sex as about love"? (2009-09-30)
... that Freeheld is an Academy Award-winning documentary by Cynthia Wade that follows a New Jersey detective fighting for the right to pass on her pension to her female domestic partner? (2009-08-24)
... that according to LGBT interpretations, the Hindu fire god Agni's role in accepting sacrifices is paralleled by his accepting semen from other gods like Shiva and Soma? (2009-08-22)
... that the theme of pederasty in the 1977 German film Die Konsequenz was so controversial that one regional broadcaster refused to relay the transmission signal? (2009-08-20)
... that rapper Lil Wayne is said to have brought the phrase "no homo" into the mainstream of hip hop? (2009-08-18)
... that a June 5, 1981, report by Dr. Joel Weisman in MMWR about five gay men with an unusual illness is recognized as the start of the AIDS pandemic and "the first report on AIDS in the medical literature"? (2009-08-04)
... that a plot on the American soap operaOne Life to Live featuring sexually confused police officer Oliver Fish invited controversy when an actress objecting to the storyline was replaced? (2009-08-03)
... that DutchwriterHans Warren (1921–2001) published 21 volumes of his Secret Diary, a diary he kept until three days before his death? (2009-07-17)
... that in non-sexual images of two women, the presence of the Erotes(Anteros statue pictured), a group of winged gods and demi-gods associated with love and sex, has been interpreted to indicate a homoerotic subtext? (2009-07-15)
... that genderbendingChinese spy Shi Pei Pu, inspiration for M. Butterfly, had a sexual relationship with a French diplomatic worker who believed that he was a she and had given birth to their "son"? (2009-07-13)
... that, while filming Skins episode "Katie and Emily", actress Kathryn Prescott genuinely punched her co-star by accident during a fight scene? (2009-07-11)
... that in 1975 professional wrestlersSandy Parker and Jean Antoine had the first legal women's wrestling match in Oregon in 50 years? (2009-07-10)
... that a lake scene in the Skins episode "Naomi" had to be shortened when one of the actors was suspected to have hypothermia? (2009-07-09)
... that the 1749 pamphletSatan's Harvest Home blamed influences from France and Italy for promoting effeminacy and homosexual contact among British gentlemen? (2009-06-29)
... that pioneering lesbian journalist Edith Eyde only assumed the pseudonym Lisa Ben after editors of the lesbian magazine The Ladder rejected her first choice, "Ima Spinster"? (2009-06-29)
... that the poet William Dickey finished a poem about the death of his mentor, John Berryman, shortly before his own death in 1994? (2009-06-28)
... that the publication of a rare memoir by concentration camp survivor Heinz Heger has been described as a turning point in the gay community's adoption of the pink triangle symbol (pictured)? (2009-06-28)
... that half of the regular advertisers for the ABC series thirtysomething pulled out of the episode "Strangers", costing the network some US$1.5 million, because it showed two men in bed together? (2009-06-14)
... that English actor Harry Andrews played the role of Laertes in the final production at the Lyceum Theatre before it closed in 1939? (2009-06-11)
... that a sex scandal in Boise, Idaho, in 1955 resulted in almost 1,500 people being interviewed and a list of 500 suspected homosexuals? (2009-06-09)
... that playwright Larry Kramer called Rodger McFarlane, the first paid executive director of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, someone who "did more for the gay world than any person has ever done"? (2009-05-23)
... that the South Park episode "Fishsticks" spoofed rapper Kanye West who said that his feelings were hurt by the show? (2009-04-14)
... that concert filmLiza with a Z was thought lost in the NBC vaults for almost thirty years, before its rediscovery and re-release in 2006? (2009-04-04)
... that the 2009 book Unfriendly Fire argues that bans on gays in the military were based on prejudices and fears, not empirical data? (2009-03-21)
... that the relationship between two gay men at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in Robert Chesley's erotic and emotional play Jerker takes place entirely over the telephone? (2009-03-15)
... that sexual activism group Sex Panic! criticized the efficacy of 1990s US anti-HIV campaigns that, they argued, demonized public sexual culture? (2009-02-28)
... that though it never made it on the air, Faze TV was planned as the first television channel in the United Kingdom specifically targeted towards gay men? (2009-02-28)
... that the Heian period Japanese story Torikaebaya Monogatari is the tale of a man who lives as a woman and his sister who lives as a man, who eventually swap places in order to lead happy lives? (2009-02-27)
... that when NBC pulled "Steve Burdick", an AIDS-themed episode of the medical drama Lifestories, gay and AIDS activists accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash? (2009-01-24)
... that The Pittsburgh Courier crusaded against the blue discharge, calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"? (2009-01-11)
... that ABC moved the Roseanne episode "December Bride", which featured a same-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"? (2008-11-29)
... that openly gay actor Robert La Tourneaux considered his role as the gay hustler in the 1970 film The Boys in the Band to be the "kiss of death" for his career? (2008-11-26)
... that for the 1967 television documentary CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree? (2008-11-22)
... that Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career? (2008-11-20)
... that the first same-sex kiss on an American soap opera was between fictional characters Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple? (2008-11-12)
... that Norwegian researchers published Gay Kids in November 2008 to educate children about homosexual love? (2008-11-12)
... that horror novelist Anne Rice has cited the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter as an inspiration for her own homoerotic vampire fiction? (2008-11-08)
... that George Gordon Byron drew up a will leaving Nicolò Giraud, his young companion while in Greece, £7,000, but later changed his mind? (2008-10-18)
... that gender identity disorder in children is a diagnosis formally recognized in 1980 that often involves controversial therapeutic intervention? (2008-07-08)
... that all four stars of Starved, an FXsitcom about eating disorders, struggled with eating disorders themselves, a fact unknown to producers until after casting? (2008-07-01)
... that Brazilian singerMaria Bethânia released her first recording the same year as her brother Caetano Veloso, even though he was four years older? (2008-04-04)
... that, inspired by Sylvester Stallone's experience selling the script for Rocky, actor/screenwriter J. P. Davis refused to sell his script for the film Fighting Tommy Riley unless he was guaranteed to play the lead? (2008-03-31)
... that Scottish nurse and serial killerColin Norris is thought to have killed his four geriatric victims because he had "a real dislike of elderly patients"? (2008-03-10)
... that LPI Media is the largest publisher of gay and lesbian material in the United States with its magazines alone having more than 8.2 million copies distributed each year? (2008-01-04)
... that eight human skeletons linked to suspected serial killerDaniel Conahan triggered the largest excavation of human remains in Florida history? (2007-12-31)
... that The Love of Siam director Chukiat Sakweerakul(pictured) intentionally sought to downplay the 2007 Thai film's gay love story in marketing materials, in hopes of the film reaching a broader audience? (2007-12-18)
... that gender-bending party promoterAndre J. appeared on the November 2007 cover of French Vogue wearing a women’s neoprene trench coat and ankle boots? (2007-12-08)
... that R Family Vacations offered the first all-gay and lesbian family vacation packages where LGBT parents can bring their children? (2007-11-29)
... that the first edition of Patience and Sarah, winner of the 1971 Stonewall Book Award, was self-published and all copies sold by the author after six publishers rejected it for not being marketable? (2007-08-22)
... that a slogan of the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire is "Prolétaires de tous les pays, caressez-vous" (Workers of the world, caress yourselves!)? (2007-05-27)
... that Nova Studios developed the "West Coast Look", a stylized and highly planned filmmaking style of gay pornography which dominated the genre through the 1980s? (2007-04-28)
... that a 1968 court challenge to the right of Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet, born "Elizabeth", to inherit his family baronetcy rested on the question of his gender? (2007-03-30)
... that George Cecil Ives created the Order of Chaeronea, a secret society to promote gay rights, and left 122 volumes of diaries and 45 of scrapbooks? (2007-03-01)
... that on December 20, 2006, two members of the Italian Radical Party controversially introduced two homosexual figures to the nativity scene at the Italian Congress? (2007-02-26)
... that the view that Jesus and John were lovers, considered a blasphemy, evolved during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries? (2007-02-20)
... that after one group he founded was banned, the neo-Nazi leader Michael Kühnen began a policy of regularly starting up new organizations in order to confuse the authorities? (2007-02-19)
... that Kalos inscriptions found on antique Attic vases (pictured), usually contain the author's declarations of love for the young man represented in the vase-painting? (2006-12-09)
... that Archibald Hall was the oldest prisoner on the original list of British murderers who were issued with whole life tariffs by the Government? (2006-08-04)
... that habitual con artist Amy Bock impersonated a man in early-20th centuryNew Zealand in order to marry and defraud her landlady's daughter? (2006-07-01)
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Chelsea Manning on 18 May 2017
Don Lemon at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes
Ethel Smyth
Eva Le Gallienne (mnwp.275003, cropped restoration)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron by Richard Westall (2)
Ivor Novello
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Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923
John Cage (1988)
Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra (Julie d'Aubigny)
Nadar - "Hermaphrodite" (Seventh Gallica image)
Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony. Three-quarter-length photograph, seated
Peter Tatchell - Red Wall - 8by10 - 2016-10-15
Sally Ride (1984)
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