Gay History
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Gay History – WATCH: The 1993 “Angels in America” Broadway Press Reel – Video
For those of you who don’t know Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is enjoying a return Broadway after…
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Gay History: Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)
Bisexual Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become an international icon for the power and intensity of her art, and the…
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Gay History – July 12, 1972: First Gay Delegates Speak at the Democratic National Convention. Sort Of.
In 1972, after the Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club delivered one-third of the signatures needed to secure George McGovern the first…
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Gay History – July 11, 1966: Twenty-Six Oklahoma City Teachers Forced to Resign For Being Gay
On July 11th, 1966, Oklahoma County Attorney Curtis Harris revealed that 26 teachers and school administrators in Oklahoma City had…
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Gay History – July 9, 1550: Italian Humanist and Historian Jacopo Bonfadio Convicted of Sodomy and Beheaded
Jacopo Bonfadio was born in Garda, Italy in 1508 and was educated at Verona and Padua. Beginning in 1532, he worked as secretary for various members…
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Former President Jimmy Carter: ‘I believe that Jesus would approve of gay marriage’
Former U.S. President Carter said on Sunday he believes “Jesus would approve of gay marriage.” “I think Jesus would encourage…
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Gay Literature & Porn History 101 – Song of the Loon (1970)
Song of the Loon is a classic gay love story made in 1968 and released in 1970 that was based…
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Gay Disco Music History – July 7, 1979: France Jolie Fills In For Donna Summer On Fire Island and Becomes A Star (Video)
Disco star France Jolie literally lived the old “42nd Street” movie line “of you’re going out a youngster but you…
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The Gay Forgotten – July 6, 1602: Martyred Flemish Sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy
The Flemish artist Jérôme Duquesnoy was, in his day, regarded as one of the finest sculptors of the seventeenth century.…
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Gay History – July 5th: Jean Cocteau, The Central Park Rambles Gay Bashing Spree of 1978, and Gay Soldier Murdered At Fort Campbell
July 5th: 1889: Jean Cocteau, French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist avant-garde French artist, is born in Maisoms-Lafitte, France. Cocteau…
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