LGBTQ History

The History of Lesbians and Sports

Athletes like Billie Jean King and Megan Rapinoe have significantly impacted women's sports and LGBTQ+ history.

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Corporate America’s Embrace of LGBTQ+ Rights Shaped History

Bob Witeck, a pioneering LGBTQ+ business leader, helped American Airlines and other companies embrace DEI and LGBTQ+ inclusion.

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Bayard Rustin

There was no civil rights leader who quite looked or spoke like Rustin. He was the Rev. Martin Luther King’s…

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A Cross-Country Odyssey

Gay historian JD Doyle’s new book chronicles pre-AIDS gay life in America.

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Portrait of a Pioneer

A new Monica Roberts mini-mural graces a busy Montrose intersection.

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The Secret Queer History of Flowers

From Sappho to Wilde, flowers have always been used by LGBTQ people to communicate.

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Lawrence v. Texas Was Just the Beginning

Twenty years after a breakthrough Texas case launched a new era of gay rights, trans people are still in the…

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Patrick Haggerty, Trailblazing Gay Country Star, Dies at 78

Haggerty, the pioneering queer septuagenarian country crooner, died Monday, several weeks after he'd had a stroke,

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The Banner Project Adds Two New LGBTQ Heroes

A large-scale visual depiction of significant moments and people in Houston’s LGBTQ community, the project unveiled two new banners in…

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Sam Smith and Kim Petras Make LGBTQ History

Sam Smith and Kim Petras have made history after becoming the first openly nonbinary and transgender artists to top the…

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