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LGBT History Month: A History of LGBTQ Bookstores

by Jason Villemez on October 4, 2019

Until the 1970s, when LGBTQ publishing first began and activists like Barbara Gittings pushed for representation in libraries, the few queer books available were limited mostly to anti-gay medical texts. So, as the first wave of bookstores like Giovanni’s Room opened.

LGBT History Month — October 24: Ann Northrop

Pioneering AIDS Activist & Journalist

by Equality Forum on October 24, 2018

Ann Northrop is a pioneering journalist and news producer who spearheaded media strategy for ACT UP and AIDS awareness during the height of the epidemic

LGBTQ trailblazing women from the history books you should know

These women helped create a better world than the one they found

by Jeff Taylor / Social Media Editor on March 23, 2018

Here are six, of too numerous to count, badass women who helped shape the world into a more accepting and progressive place.

Jesse’s Journal: Equality March

For Unity and Pride

by Jesse Monteadudo on June 2, 2017

On Oct. 14, 1979, over 100,000 people (including this author) took part in the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Since then, LGBT people and our allies marched on Washington in 1987, 1993, 2000 and 2009.