#queerhistory

[itgetsbetterproject]

Meet Marcus Arana (Holy Old Man Bull), a trans Indigenous-Mexican activist for over 50 years, who wants to tell you that he's proud of your rainbow color, beauty, vastness, and expansiveness in understanding who you are. 💜

For LGBTQ+ History Month, we asked some elders from our community what inspires them about today's queer youth, and what advice they would give.

Thanks to our pals at Outwords Archive for connecting us with these amazing voices!

Stay tuned for the next 👀

#itgetsbetter #lgbtqhistorymonth #lgbtqhistory #queerhistory #indigenous #mexican #transman #trans #transmasc #lgbtqelders #elders

[casadeguevara]

WeHo Pride on 35mm | June 2023

photos by Carlos Guevara

#queerculture #westhollywood #losangeles #documentary photography #photographer #35mm #35mm photography #queerhistory #gayart #queer art #gay #lesbian #queer #street photographer #portrait #portra400

[studsrn]

Trumpeter Ernestine 'Tiny' Davis and saxophonist Willie Mae 'Rabbit' Wong traveling with the International Sweethearts on a European USO tour. Davis was a member of The International Sweethearts of Rhythm band. They were the first interracial women's band in the United States. Founded in Mississippi, The Sweethearts did not get as much exposure to mainstream audiences in the South as the all-white, male big bands of their day because of their racial make-up and the atmosphere of violent racism in that region. When they did tour the Deep South, the three or four white women in the group would paint their faces dark so the police would not remove them from the bandstand and arrest them Tiny was with her partner, drummer Ruby Lucas for 40 years. Post credit @blackqueerstory #blacklesbian #lesbianhistory #blackhistoryfact #lgbtq #lgbt #retrolgbt #blacklesbians #vintagequeer #queerhistory #lgbthistory #blacklgbt #tinydavis #beyoualways❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7-ELFumah/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blacklesbian #lesbianhistory #blackhistoryfact #lgbtq #lgbt #retrolgbt #blacklesbians #vintagequeer #queerhistory #lgbthistory #blacklgbt #tinydavis #beyoualways❤️

[harvardfineartslib]

A collection of vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples from 1900 to 1960 celebrates love and pride during a period when coming out was risky. These photographs show couples posed in hand in hand and embracing each other with happiness. Happy Pride Month!

Invisibles : vintage portraits of love and pride Author / Creator Lifshitz, Sébastien, 1968-   New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. English Complemented by (work) Invisibles (Motion picture : 2012)  HOLLIS number: 990141600230203941

#LGBTQIAPridemonth #Pridemonth #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA+ #LGBT #Vintagephotographs #sebastienlifshitz #love #loveandpride #LGBTQhistory #LGBTQIAhistory #queerhistory #Photography #HarvardFineArtsLibrary #Fineartslibrary #Harvard #HarvardLibrary #harvardfineartslibrary #fineartslibrary #harvard #harvard library #harvardfineartslib #harvardlibrary #photography

[nerdlifeisbetterthanreallife]

#30DaysofPride: Day 11: Crystal LaBeija

Crystal in The Queen Today’s #30DaysofPride is Crystal LaBeija—the mother of ballroom and founder of the house of LaBeija. In the 60s, Crystal began competing in the pageant circuit in Manhattan (a majority white female impersonation contest) the original name she was going by was Crystal LaAsia but changed it to LaBeija because Latinx queens were calling her “la Belleza”. She was featured in…

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#30DaysOfPride #activism #ballroom #Black Trans Lives Matter #crystal LaBeija #lgbt #LGBTQIA #queer #queerhistory #trans #Trans Lives Matter #transvisibility #visibility #Vogue

[historic-queer-cruising]

From a Mattachine paper in the late-60s--guess how I found this article ;D

Anyway, a LOT of my research points to one place being a cruising and pickup hotspot: the Macy's men's room. I have long told people that if they just go to their Macy's or Macy's equivalent they could get their public sex fix and here's proof it's a longtime fact.

#mature #gayhistory #queerhistory

[mattachinesocial]

Today is Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birthday. Let’s all honor his memory, and martyrdom and punch a fascist in the face every chance we get. #pierpaolopasolini #happybirthday #queerhistory #antifascist #film #art (at Los Angeles/Hollywood California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpbBFd0Sows/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pierpaolopasolini #happybirthday #queerhistory #antifascist #film #art

[archivelgbt]

51 years ago, on this day in 1972, the Gay Activists Alliance and Gay Liberation Party demonstrated at the Statue of Liberty. I was not able to find more details on the purpose of the demonstration (yet), but the FBI and National Park Service surveilled it leaving this fragment of information to follow.

#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #GayHistory #LesbianHistory #BiHistory #QueerHistory #OTD #Gay History #Lesbian History #Bi History #Queer History #history #on this day #OnThisDay

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Anyone who calls lgbtq+ folks “gr👀mers” deserves to be confronted with the fact that this was a Nazi talking point. Among the first books targeted for burning by the Nazis were about gender and sexuality, including the groundbreaking work of gay Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld (pictured in photo 2 having a Christmas party with his transgender friends). It’s unclear if anyone repeating this lie will care about this being a well-worn fascist talking point, but nonetheless it’s imperative that respond to attacks on lgbtq identity. They are the opening salvo of fascism. Christofascists would rather lgbtq+ people live in fear because then they can go back to their children believing there’s no future for them if they are lgbtq+ themselves. To them, “gr👀ming” is simply knowing that lgbtq people exist and can live happy, normal lives. #nazis #fascism #christofascism #rightwing #homophobia #gender #humansexuality #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #weimargermany #magnushirschfeld #transhistory #transgender #gayhistory #lgbthistory #queerhistory #transphobia #propaganda #jewishhistory #shoah #holocaust #nazism #gop #republican #trumpism https://www.instagram.com/p/ChU4aLguz4k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nazis #fascism #christofascism #rightwing #homophobia #gender #humansexuality #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #weimargermany #magnushirschfeld #transhistory #transgender #gayhistory #lgbthistory #queerhistory #transphobia #propaganda #jewishhistory #shoah #holocaust #nazism #gop #republican #trumpism

[gaycalgary]

Supporting the LGBTQ+ community for over 30 years! http://gaycalgary.com

#gay #lgbt #lesbian #calgary #yyc #gayyeg #yeg #edmonton #canqueer #queer #lgbtq #gayhistory #gaycalgary #gaymedia #queermedia #queerhistory #gaytravel #travel #gaypride #pride

[changoblanco]

The Feast of St Thom. Born on this day. 😇. The patron saint of pie 🥧 Anita Bryant, a singer turned spokeswoman for the Florida citrus industry, added "antigay crusader" to her résumé in 1977. A conservative Christian, she became enraged when the Miami - Dade County government enacted a gay rights ordinance that year. Not satisfied with campaigning for antigay discrimination in Florida alone, she took her crusade national. “As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children” On June 7, 1977, Bryant’s campaign led to a repeal of the anti-discrimination ordinance in Dade County, FL by a margin of 69 to 31 percent. The gay community retaliated against Bryant by organizing a boycott of Florida orange juice which she was a spokeswoman for. Gay bars all over North America took screwdrivers off their drink menus and replaced them with the “Anita Bryant”, which was made with vodka and apple juice.  Sales and proceeds went to gay civil rights activists and organizations to help fund their fight against Bryant and her campaign. At a press conference in Des Moines on October 14, 1977, gay rights activist Tom Higgins threw a pie in Bryant's face. She commented, "At least it was a fruit pie," then prayed for Higgins and burst into tears. Her antigay activism did serious harm in the short run but was counterproductive in the long run, providing an opportunity to educate the public about gay people. "In the weeks before and after Dade County, more was written about homosexuality than during the total history of mankind," Harvey Milk said later. #thomhiggins #gayhistory #gaypride #gayrights #queerhistory #anitabryant #anitabryantsucksoranges #knowyourhistory #boycottfloridaoranges #gay #queer #lgbtqhistory #gaysaints #gaypridemonth https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6VZkqLNwe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thomhiggins #gayhistory #gaypride #gayrights #queerhistory #anitabryant #anitabryantsucksoranges #knowyourhistory #boycottfloridaoranges #gay #queer #lgbtqhistory #gaysaints #gaypridemonth

[itgetsbetterproject]

Meet Josephine Baker, the bi, Black cabaret dancer, WWII spy, Civil Rights activist, and "lady lover" to blues singer Clara Smith!

From lavender.space on our Tiktok.

#itgetsbetter #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #blackhistory #queerhistory #cabaret #josphine baker #wwii #bi #bi pride #bisexual #bi women #lgbtq tiktok

[casadeguevara]

BTS for Franz Szony project

by Carlos Guevara on Polaroid

#gay #gayaesthetic #gayart #photographer #polaroid #documentary photography #queetculture #queerhistory #art #photography #makeup #vintagephoto #losangeles

[sbelikeswords]

I was recently reading about the gallae, the transgender Roman priestesses of the goddess Cybele, and it blows my mind how utterly ridiculous cis people are when they write about us - even the ones who don't openly hate us. . The gallae castrated themselves and lived as women their entire lives, it's about as unambiguously trans as anything you'll find in the ancient world. So why do cis writers have such a hard time calling it as such? . One of the cis writers I read interpreted them as wanting to be free of the pressure of a male social role. Which, lol. Just lol. . Another said that a few of them might have felt trans, but they were probably mostly cis men who FELT THE SPIRITUAL CALL TO CYBELE. . And I'm sorry but never in the history of humanity has a cis man ever felt so religious that he castrated himself and lived as a woman. Never. . So why is that the default? . Why is it SO hard for cis people to believe that transness has always existed? . Why do otherwise intelligent, respectable writers and researchers tie themselves in knots to wave away transness that's more than a couple dozen years old? . . . . . #transhistory #transgenderhistory #lgbthistory #queerhistory #transbeauty #transwomen #transgirls #transgirlsrock #transgendergirl #transgenders #transgenderpride🌈 #transgenderfemale #transgenderwomen #transgenderawareness #transgendercommunity #transwriter #writersofig #writersofinstagram #writersden #queerlove #queerwomen #queerfemme #queergirl #lgbtaccount #lgbtq2s #queerwriters #transwoman #transwriters #transgirlsarerealgirls #transmotivation https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoLuGQuoyK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#transhistory #transgenderhistory #lgbthistory #queerhistory #transbeauty #transwomen #transgirls #transgirlsrock #transgendergirl #transgenders #transgenderpride🌈 #transgenderfemale #transgenderwomen #transgenderawareness #transgendercommunity #transwriter #writersofig #writersofinstagram #writersden #queerlove #queerwomen #queerfemme #queergirl #lgbtaccount #lgbtq2s #queerwriters #transwoman #transwriters #transgirlsarerealgirls #transmotivation

[harvardfineartslib]

     “When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, many African countries were still fighting for their independence from European colonialism, and black nationalism was at an all-time high. While Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia were slowly winning independence, South Africa’s fight for freedom against racialized oppression was quashed with brutal force by the apartheid state. 

     It is so unfortunate that, in most of those countries that gained independence before South Africa, homophobia, queerphobia, transphobia and lesbophobia are deeply entrenched, with African leaders criminalizing homosexuality and publicly projecting hate speech.

     As black lesbian women and gay men today we are resisting homophobia, queerphobia and transphobia simply by living our lives. We put ourselves at risk in the townships by coming out and being seen, but we refuse to comply and to deny our own existence.” – Zanele Muholi, Johannesburg, April 2014

Image 1: Left: Lebo Mashifane, District Six, Cape Town, 2009, Right: Linda Myataza, NY 147, Gugulethu, Cape Town, 2011

Image 2: Left: Thandeka Ndamase, Kwa Thema, Springs, Johannesburg, 2010, Right: Ayanda Magudulela, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2010

Zanele Muholi : faces and phases 2006-2014 Author / Creator Muholi, Zanele [photographer]   Göttingen, Germany : Steidl ; New York : Walther Collection, 2014. "In Faces and Phases 200614, Zanele Muholi embarks on a journey of visual activism to ensure black queer and transgender visibility. Despite South Africa’s progressive Constitution and twenty years of democracy, black lesbians and trans men remain the targets of brutal hate crimes and so-called corrective rapes. Taken over the past eight years, the more than 250 portraits in this book, accompanied by moving testimonies, present a compelling statement about the lives and struggles of these individuals. They also comprise an unprecedented and invaluable archive: marking, mapping and preserving an often invisible community for posterity." English HOLLIS number: 990144021650203941

#LGBTQIAPridemonth #Pridemonth #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA+ #BlackLGBTQIA #LGBT #LGBTQAfrica #ZaneleMuholi #Blackhistory #selfrepresentation #queerhistory #queerlife #Blackness #love #loveandpride #Photography #Portraits #queer #Blackwomenartist #Blacklesbianartist #visualactivism #LGBTQIAactivism #HarvardFineArtsLibrary #Fineartslibrary #Harvard #HarvardLibrary #harvardfineartslibrary #fineartslibrary #harvard

[nerdlifeisbetterthanreallife]

#30DaysofPride: Day 1 - Gia Love

Hello world, I’m back with my yearly installment of #30daysofpride. Day 1 is an important person to the trans community in NYC! Gia Love! Gia Love is a black trans Model and Activist from New York City. She is the former mother of the house of Juicy Couture and an activist who focuses on centering full figured black trans women in every conversation. In 2016, Love starred in Kiki, a movie about…

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#30DaysOfPride #activism #ballroom #Black Trans Lives Matter #lgbt #LGBTQIA #queer #queerhistory #trans #transvisibility #visibility #Vogue