The “It Gets Better Project”
On September 21, 2010, the “It Gets Better Project” was launched by gay activist and journalist Dan Savage in response to the suicide of gay teenager Billy Lucas, and other queer teens who took their...
View ArticleLabels and Sexuality
The heart of today’s newer generation of LGBT members beats a little differently than its predecessors. The stereotypical assumptions of queer people have started to fade as more and more of our youth...
View ArticleVincent Cianni: Gay in the Military
Documented photographer and educator Vincent Cianni, Graduated from Penn State University, the Maryland Institute College and SUNY New Paltz. Currently teaches at Parson The New School of Design in...
View ArticleLynn Conway: Innovator and Social Reformer
LGBT activism takes many different forms. Some people feel that taking to the front lines of the fight is the right way to go. You can do this by participating in pride parades, picketing, protesting,...
View ArticleRenée Vivien 19th Century Poet
Renée Vivien was born in 1877 in England and shortly after moved to Paris where she and her sister attended school. When Renée was nine her father died and she was forced to move back to England until...
View ArticleTaxi Zum Klo
The film “Taxi Zum Klo” is a semi-autobiographical movie from the year 1980, and is about an elementary school teacher who is forced to live a triple life at work and then at night. It was written and...
View ArticleStone Butch Blues
In March of 1993, transgender activist Leslie Feinberg published a coming of age novel titled Stone Butch Blues. It is the fictional story of a young woman named Jess Goldberg and the many problems she...
View ArticleTimeless love — Love is Strange
Love is strange. It is strange because it can make two totally unrelated people become the most important one in each other’s life. It is strange because people can be bonded together no matter their...
View ArticleThe Kids Are All Right, But How Are The Adults?
“The Kids Are All Right” is a 2010 film directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo. It tells the story of married, lesbian couple Nic (Bening) and Jules...
View ArticleVanity Fair’s Not So Relatable Special Edition Issue
This “special edition” magazine was created by GQ, the New Yorker, Vogue, Glamour, and Vanity Fair and published on August 18, 2015. The issue of this magazine features a bunch of transgender women and...
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