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A rainbow display at the Queer Zine Archive Project, curated by QZAP interns Cole Lehto, Clementine Penner, and Kit Gordon in the summer of 2023.
libraries

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

In private collections and public libraries, the pages of these handmade publications hold a wealth of queer history and community.
Emma Cieslik March 31, 2025
Floral games and nudity were a big part of a spring festival in Ancient Rome.
festivals

Sex Work Throughout History: Our Favorite Reads

Before ‘Anora,’ there was Ancient Rome.
Roxanne Hoorn February 28, 2025
The latest version of clue includes a more diverse cast that some observers have noted codes as queer.
games

From Family Game to Cult Film to 'Thirst Trap,' Clue Has Been Through It

The latest glow-up of the iconic board game draws on a wealth of cultural touchstones.
Adrienne Raphel March 5, 2024
bars

Podcast: Café 't Mandje

Learn about a woman who provided a safe haven during World War II via her quirky bar in Amsterdam's red light district.
The Podcast Team November 13, 2023
How do historians piece together long-lost stories of those who would be considered part of the LGBTQIA+ community?
victorian

5 Overlooked LGBTQ Stories to Celebrate Pride Month

How do you learn—and save—a history that was often too dangerous to write down?
April White June 16, 2023
Paris, France

Vaslav Nijinsky’s Grave

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.
amusement parks

Podcast: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Summer in New York City doesn't really kick off until the nautical procession gets underway.
The Podcast Team September 1, 2022
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women marched along Pennsylvania Avenue, one of the earliest protest marches in the nation's capital.
politics

Mary Edwards Walker and the Queer Suffragists Who Changed History

They wore pants, advocated for free love, and refused to back down.
Sarah Durn July 20, 2022
List

7 Bars and Restaurants That Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community

These establishments have a proud history.
Diana Hubbell June 15, 2022
One of Jerry Weller's photo albums, with notes that Patti May gave to GLAPN identifying people in the pictures.
history

The Precious, Precarious Work of Queer Archiving in the Pacific Northwest

Local legacy-keepers are working to ensure that the histories aren't lost or forgotten.
Emma Banks April 14, 2023
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
The original entrance to legendary Mountain Studios.
Montreux, Switzerland

Mountain Studios

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.
The book was a guide to London's "cottaging" scene.
maps

The Queer History of a 1937 Guide to London's Public Loos

The slim volume on city toilets directed in-the-know readers to discreet hookup spots.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 7, 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.
Loop-the-Loop named themselves after the popular Coney Island coaster.
amusement parks

The Singular Queerness of Old Coney Island

Drag kings, queer burlesque, and bathhouses abounded.
Sabrina Imbler June 28, 2019
This photo, taken on the Minnesota frontier, depicts Regina Sorenson and three others "dressed in men's suits."
wild west

The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West

It was a frontier in more ways than one.
Sabrina Imbler June 21, 2019
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