March 1st: Boys Will Be Boys: 1642: The Plymouth Colony Court heard a case brought against Edward Michell and Edward Preston for “lewd & sodomitical practices tending to sodomy.” The precise wording was important: sodomy...
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI has released its 250-page file on Fred Phelps , the founder and leader of the “God Hates Fags” Westboror Baptist Church. The FBI files...
ITV is a commercial TV network in the United Kingdom launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to the BBC. Coming Out” which screened on ITV as part of Southern Television’s “Southern...
Don Slater: The Forgotten Hero (1923–1997) Impatient with the Mattachine discussion groups in 1951–53, Don Slater insisted that we needed to get our message out. In November, 1952, Don helped found ONE, America’s...
In 1975, the BYU Psychology Department administrators organized a Board of Review for Psychotherapeutic Techniques to recommend “policies governing the use of sensitive treatment techniques” on campus. Within a year, the review board...
Watch the official trailer for the new award-winning documentary MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE, which explores the life and tragic death of Matthew Shepard, the gay student brutally murdered in Laramie,...
Now we all know that Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” has been the quintessential anthem for the gay community since its release almost 40 years ago. But did you also know……… 1. The...
In the late 1960’s Steve Ostrow opened the famous Continental Baths in the basement of the landmark Ansonia Hotel, which at one time was home to such greats as Caruso, Stravinsky and Toscanini....
Some of the most historical gay property in America next to The Stonewall Inn, namely the business strip of the Fire Island Pines home to The Pavillion Nightclub, The Blue Whale, and the harbor-front...
