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An early pair of vibrating panties
Provincetown, Massachusetts

Toys of Eros

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Los Angeles, California

Lincoln Heights Jail

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.
Both the cover image of "Whoever Said Dykes Can't Cook?" and its contents emphasized how cooking can be a joyful, loving act.
food

How Lesbian Luminaries Put Together a Groundbreaking Cookbook

'Whoever Said Dykes Can't Cook?' combined art, food, and fundraising.
Rachel Hope Cleves April 26, 2021
women

Meet the Woman Who Trekked a 1,200-Mile Ice Age Trail in the Dead of Winter

Emily Ford is the first woman and first person of color to complete the grueling hike.
Gemma Tarlach March 29, 2021
Women kiss, celebrate, and hold up a banner for the Lesbian Herstory Archives in front of the Duchess Bar, then a popular lesbian bar in Greenwich Village, at Pride in 1982.
maps

This Project Maps 25 Years of New York's Lesbian Nightlife

The interactive tool allows readers to explore how queer social life has changed over time.
Reina Gattuso March 9, 2021
Green lights at Mäster Samuelsgatan and Drottninggatan
Stockholm, Sweden

Samkönade Trafikljusen

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate
York, England

Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate

This medieval church is not only notable for its architecture, but also its connection with LGBTQ+ history.
Riya Patel lives and works at the LGBTA+ Community Campus Rajpipla in Gujarat, India.
farms

How an Indian Prince Built a Queer Sanctuary in Gujarat

The LGBTA+ Community Campus Rajpipla occupies 15 acres of farmland where a palace once stood.
Jamie Fullerton June 9, 2020
The entrance of Café Lafitte in Exile.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Café Lafitte in Exile

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
Hilton Beach, a hub for the LGBTQ community.
animals

Tel Aviv’s Gay Beach, Dog Beach, and Orthodox Beach

A tale of unlikely neighbors.
Gitit Ginat March 9, 2020
“Desire is nothing new,” says Michael Bronski, a historian at Harvard University.
museums

Excavating a Queer History of Colonial Williamsburg

Historians are digging into the lives of 18th-century colonists who may have lived outside the norm.
Sabrina Imbler December 18, 2019
The plaque.
Mexico City, Mexico

'El Baile de los 41' ('Dance of the 41') Memorial Plaque

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.
An illustration of Eve, on the right.
bars

The Founder of America's Earliest Lesbian Bar Was Deported for Obscenity

Eve Adams was eventually murdered at Auschwitz.
Reina Gattuso September 3, 2019
Washington, D.C.

Annie's Paramount Steakhouse

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.
Permanently Closed
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Posing for a picture at Bloodroot restaurant, 1977 or '78.
restaurants

The Scholar Mapping America's Forgotten Feminist Restaurants

Challenging patriarchy, one eatery at a time.
Reina Gattuso June 21, 2019
Bluestockings storefront in 2006.
New York, New York

Bluestockings Bookstore

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
Women marching at Christopher Street Liberation Day, an early gay protest in New York City. June 20, 1971.
food

How Lesbian Potlucks Nourished the LGBTQ Movement

Now a queer stereotype, the lesbian potluck has radical roots.
Reina Gattuso May 2, 2019