LGBT History Month icons provide glimpse of heroes and trailblazers
Equality Forum's Annual Listing Showcases Rich Past and Present
LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender icons.
For museum curators, garments offer stylish storytelling
LGBT History Month: Clothing Items Share Vignettes of Those Who Wore Them
Curators working with the Oakland Museum of California on its first major LGBTQ exhibition, dubbed “Queer California: Untold Stories,” displayed a blue sequined jacket created by San Francisco designer Pat Campano and worn in 1985 by the gender-bending gay disco diva Sylvester.
SF trans cultural district slowly moves forward
LGBT History Month: Designations highlight diversity, lived experience
It’s been a little over a year since San Francisco designated the nation’s first transgender cultural district in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood.
LGBT History Month — October 31: Chely Wright
Award-Winning Country Music Star
Chely Wright is an award-winning country singer-songwriter and LGBT activist.
LGBT History Month — October 30: Perry Watkins
Pioneering Military Activist
Perry J. Watkins was an African-American soldier who won a landmark lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of his military discharge due to his homosexuality.
The Emma Jones Society Convention
LGBT History Month: Florida’s panhandle once hosted the largest LGBT gathering in the country
Emma Jones was one of the greatest LGBT allies in the 1960s in northern Florida. Too bad she didn’t actually exist.
LGBT History Month — October 28: Ethel Mary Smyth
Composer & Suffragette
Ethel Mary Smyth was a pioneering British composer who helped popularize opera in the United Kingdom.
LGBT History Month — October 27: Michelangelo Signorile
Journalist & Radio Host
Michelangelo Signorile is an outspoken American journalist, author and radio personality.
