HOW QUEER BOOKSHOPS CHANGED THE WORLD by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social is LGBTQ+ history focusing on queer bookshops, booksellers & publishing. It's charming & funny, while also being incredibly well researched & informative, and is an absolute joy to read. Out now: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/h...

The @bklynlibrary.bsky.social just included WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER on their list of the 250 Most Influential Books in American History - an honor I never expected when I started working on this history 16 years ago. I don't tear up easily but... wow www.bklynlibrary.org/america-250/...

Spotted @sachacoward.bsky.social at Stockholm’s The English Bookstore this afternoon

Absolutely vile, particularly seeing how far backwards we've gone in terms of the fights for bodily autonomy, the right to sex education, and so forth in the last decade+

Hot take: in the queer community #Ownvoices is useful as a marketing term for the people who want to use it, but it is not the barrier art must cross to be deemed "queer enough".

Making Queer History is making a mascot! You've decided on our bold hyena's style: librariancore! They're really starting to come together, so let's decide their color scheme! www.patreon.com/posts/156936...

Making Queer History believes in human labour and paying people for their work. Become a patron to help us keep the sharing of queer history led by and for queer people. www.patreon.com/c/queerhistory

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY OF THE PAPERBACK VERSION OF MY BOOK

The lesbian science journalist from the Philippines using fiction to challenge harmful narratives about queer people From the archive for #LVW26

Jewish Germans Toni and Charlotte were among the first trans femmes to access gender-affirming surgery. They fell in love, fled the Nazis before being arrested at the height of the war. A powerful story from our first ever Trans+ History Week 🏳️‍⚧️ www.wearequeeraf.com/the-jewish-t...

Shoutout to all the fanfic writers who cite their sources and link to Making Queer History. Our analytics consistently show Archive Of Our Own as one of the main sources of referrals to our site.

Why do we need a queer history of the Holocaust? @ankahajkova.bsky.social explains the widespread homophobia in Holocaust survivor testimonies and shares her own discovery of Margot, a self-identified lesbian survivor of the concentration camps.

The full illustration I did for @taplingzines.bsky.social "We've Always Been Here" The zine depicts queer couples throughout cultures and history and I had the honours of portraying a Japanese lesbian couple in an underground bar during the 80s✨ #queer #lesbians #illustration

Why Black queer history belongs in Britain's classrooms www.wearequeeraf.com/why-black-qu...

"Asexual Resonances in History" - A Queer History Zine www.patreon.com/posts/asexua...

To mark Lesbian Visibility Week here is a selection of articles from our queer history archive 🌈🗃️ First up is @sexhistorian.bsky.social discussing the slippery history of the dental dam and lesbian health activism.

The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.

Love reading through the Lambda Awards: libro.fm/playlists/la...

Making Queer History is making a mascot! Specifically, one that will feature in short videos accompanying our podcast, and we want to hear from our audience along the way! www.patreon.com/posts/155860...

Something big coming soon... www.patreon.com/posts/155782...

Born in 1969 in Malaysia and raised in Singapore, Justin Chin came of age before establishing himself in San Francisco in the 1990s as a poet, essayist, and performer. www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/202...

Join my Live-streaming Classes tier today, and you'll be able to join my class this evening at 8 PM ET with @harperhugodarling.bsky.social of @makingqueerhistory.bsky.social and myself: members.maryrobinettekowal.com/membership. A 7-day free trial is also available for new members.

Welcome back! After a long break, we are rebooting the podcast! This time they will be scripted and audio versions of the articles. Hope you enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/making...

So excited for this!!

Free books? Shouldn’t be radical— how NDN Girls Book Club is putting access first during increased censorship and book bans: givebutter.com/ndngirlsbook...

After a long break, we are rebooting the podcast! This time they will be scripted and audio versions of the articles. Hope you enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/making...

Updates on behind-the-scenes of MQH www.patreon.com/posts/153740...

Second Trans Rights Readathon read!

First Trans Rights Readathon read!

Happy Trans Rights Readathon! www.patreon.com/posts/happy-...

"Queer Teachers Make History" Poster Series www.patreon.com/posts/queer-...

Titled "Asexual Resonances in History", this queer history zine contains quotes from historical figures who may have been asexual or on the asexual spectrum. www.patreon.com/posts/asexua...

This March marks 10 years of Making Queer History. www.patreon.com/posts/making...

Herculine Barbin’s life is often introduced as a “case” — a nineteenth-century medico-legal puzzle that forced doctors and judges to decide what, exactly, made a person male or female. www.patreon.com/posts/151350...

The admin banned the trans-inclusive rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument, and now Gilbert Baker's standard rainbow flag. The Nazis also came for homosexuals, as documented in “The Nazi Era." If history doesn't repeat itself, it's echoing loudly. makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...

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Now that they've gone ahead and removed the Pride flag from Stonewall, it feels like time to reshare this article I wrote for @slate.com last year, when the Trump administration removed the word "transgender" from the Stonewall website. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I am looking to read more queer classics, which ones should I pick up first?

Queer as in fuck ICE www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/201...

If you pre-order MY BAD from the @hachettebgusa.bsky.social website, get 20% off with the code MYBAD20. Pre-orders make a huge difference in the life of a book so please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...

Berto Pasuka www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/202...

We just donated all of these queer books to the Edmonton Pride Centre!

I think it’s an (understandable!) error to frame the way bigots talk about trans people as “invalidating” or as thinking we’re “not real” They know we exist! The point is that they want to exterminate us, in whatever ways they can, because they’re seeking a world where that’s no longer the case

As we close out 2025, I (Harper-Hugo) wanted to take some time to look back and see what we’ve accomplished. At the same time, I wanted to get personal, look to the future, and talk through where we want to go with Making Queer History. www.patreon.com/posts/making...

“In the life of a revolutionary, prison is an occupational hazard.” – Luis González de Alba www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/202...

In 2025 Google Removed Pride Month From Their Calendar. In response we shared a pay-what-you-can Google calendar integration full of queer history. 443 people added queer history to their calendar. So we did it again for 2026... www.patreon.com/posts/pay-wh...

Watch this to learn more about the books being banned in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs8j...

Westword's feature sharing our Queer Writers' Collective!

The perfect read for Halloween!

We love our local library! Don't forget to request queer books from your local branch before the end of the month!