Songtress Melissa Etheridge. 🥂🥂

Lucas Gage

Fascinating. Designer Filippo Sorcinelli

Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was a director of a funeral home, which Alison and her family called the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.

A zigzag path to LGBTQ+ pride. Her journey begins in a small Michigan town where she grew up in the 1960s and ’70s when “queer” was a word used denigrate.

“Everything gets better when you come out.“ Sir Ian McKellen

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. A novel of humanity's outcasts, as seen through the wondering and knowing eyes of a very young girl, is a landmark in American literature. Many consider it McCullers' masterpiece.

Fruit Fly — "Sharp, dark and humorous, it's a real nail-biter." Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.

After stealing the spotlight as a teenaged Broadway performer at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, she took Paris by storm. In WW II she became a spy for the French Resistance, & hid spies in her entourage & secret messages in her costumes. She later joined the Civil Rights movement in the US.

Gabe Montesanti’s memoir about drag culture, and more.

Gladys Bentley, 1907 – 1960, was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer who became a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance. She is remembered for breaking barriers in jazz, blues, and gender identity.

Jason Virgo, newly elected MP, South Australia

Leeds, England. Councillor Stephen Holroyd and his consort, Simon Mapals, yesterday became the first openly gay couple to hold the office of Lord Mayor and Lord Mayor’s Consort of Leeds.

Jason Gould - singer, actor, filmmaker, and son of Barbra Streisand.

Ancient Greece’s greatest lyrical poet

Dr. Antonia Pantoja, pioneering educator & civil rights leader who dedicated her life to empowering Latino youth. 1st Puerto Rican woman to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Mesmerizing, heart wrenching… The Ayatollah’s Gaze: A Memoir of Being Forbidden and Fabulous in the Islamic Republic. An unflinching memoir about growing up in Iran where homosexuality is punishable by death, and yet underground, hidden from Sharia law, is a vibrant gay scene…

Yes.

Samira Wiley, Emmy award winner. Orange Is the New Black The Handmaid’s Tale

Lyricist Howard Ashman, who wrote iconic songs for The Little Mermaid Beauty And the Beast Little Shop of Horrors Aladdin

Beautiful novel.

1950s, Atlanta, Georgia and Queens, New York. Excellent.

On his birthday. “Philosophy's founding architect, Plato built the frameworks we still think within today—inventing the university, creating philosophical dialogue, and asking the questions that define civilization.”

Though imperfect, a trailblazer. RIP

The Queer Thing About Sin — all about the origins of homophobia.

Grace Jones, music legend.

Thomas Higgins was an American writer and gay rights activist credited with coining the term Gay Pride. He is best known for pushing a pie into the face of anti-gay activist Anita Bryant on live television in 1977, which effectively derailed her anti-LGBTQ crusade.

Jaynes Black. The Trevor Project’s CEO just landed on TIME’s 2026 Philanthropy list, but Black says the honor belongs to LGBTQ+ youth fighting to survive. After helping raise more than $20 million when federal support was cut, their message is clear: “We are not going anywhere.” From Gayety

Abraham Lincoln‘s “intimate friend”Joshua Fry Speed. The two shared a bed for several years.

Henry Gerber. 1892–1972, from Bavaria, was an early gay rights activist in the US. Inspired by the work of Germany's Magnus Hirschfeld, Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights in 1924, America’s 1st known gay organization, and Friendship and Freedom, the 1st known American gay publication.

Henry Gerber. 1892–1972, from Bavaria, was an early gay rights activist in the US. Inspired by the work of Germany's Magnus Hirschfeld, Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights in 1924, America’s 1st known gay organization, and Friendship and Freedom, the 1st known American gay publication.

Sally Ride, beloved astronaut.

Lena Waithe

Jim Coco Iwamoto, Japanese-American and the first openly transgender state legislator in Hawaii's history.

From London to Paris to NY, and more. “Independent bookshops are the unsung heroes of queer liberation, providing friendship, solidarity, and sanctuary through the ages.”

Fashion icon, Alexander McQeen

Broadway star & Tony winner, Matt Doyle.

Truman Capote - American novelist, screenwriter, playwright. Other Voices, Other Rooms Breakfast at Tiffany's In Cold Blood

Finance guru, Suze Orman

Legendary photographer Richard Avedon.

American actress and singer Stephanie Beatriz.

What a title! Excellent writings by radical woman of color, edited by scholars/writers/activists Gloria Anzaldua and Cherrie Moraga. Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color and feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

The brilliant poet, Emily Dickinson

Isaac Cole Powell of “The Beauty”.

Excellent global Queer history.

Fire From Heaven, from Mary Renault’s Alexander the Great trilogy.

Stonewall icon, Marsha P. Johnson

Jason Collins — the first out NBA player — has passed away.

Iris Duane and Q Manivannan were elected to the Scottish Parliament marking the first time openly transgender members have been elected in the Parliament’s history.

Atmosphere, by the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Excellent!