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The Rise of the Gay Mafia, a Powerful Cabal That Never Existed

Before the gay agenda there was the homintern.
Nathan Smith May 10, 2016
music

Before Bowie Or Prince, There Was Zeki Müren—Turkey's Gender-Bending Rock Star

As a new project, "Zeki Müren Hotline," shows, Turkey has never forgotten its own "Prince from Outer Space."
Cara Giaimo May 9, 2016
Permanently Closed
A portion of the ruins. This is a photo from the rear of the manor.
Summerville, Georgia

Corpsewood Manor

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
The erstwhile home and workplace of a renegade artist
Los Angeles, California

Tom House

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.
prohibition

In the Early 20th Century, America Was Awash in Incredible Queer Nightlife

Then Prohibition ended, and the closet was born.
Natalie Zarrelli April 14, 2016
cemeteries

The Only LGBT Cemetery Section in the World Was Inspired by J. Edgar Hoover

A section of D.C.'s Congressional Cemetery has become a gathering place for honoring LGBT activists.
Ella Morton March 30, 2016
sisters of perpetual indulgence : 2013
language

The Forgotten Secret Language of Gay Men

After a heyday in the '50s and '60s, Polari all but vanished.
Ella Morton March 25, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: UpStairs Lounge

An arson at a New Orleans gay bar is one of the worst LGBT mass murders in American history.
Lucas Adams March 11, 2016
film

How the ‘Einstein of Sex’ Kept the World’s First LGBT Movie Safe from Nazis

Sarah Laskow January 26, 2016
Chicago, Illinois

Leather Archives & Museum

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.