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‘Hidden Figures’ Slays the Big Screen & Educates the Masses

Most of us know the name John Glenn. His accomplishments as an American aviator, engineer,…

National Park Service releases report on queer landmarks

On Tuesday, National Coming Out Day, the National Park Service released its first-ever report on LGBT…

180 in the Highlands

In 1973, Lynn Pender was nearly kidnapped. Twelve at the time, Pender was walking through…

LGBTQ History

O, Dem Golden Slippers!: Gender variance and the Mummers Parade

Hundreds of men used the bastion of the Philadelphia Mummers’ New Year’s Day Parade to create a space where they could defy expectations about gender.

LGBTQ History

Scores of LGBT sites eyed for landmark status

A National Park Service project has identified hundreds of potential LGBT sites across America that could someday win federal landmark status.

A Brief LGBT History of Colorado

Colorado, like any state, has it’s own rich and deep history around LGBT rights

Liberation vs. Assimilation: Can the LGBT community achieve both equality and cultural identity?

Should we remain distinctly defined, sacrificing none of our rituals and traditions for the sake of “belonging” to society as a whole? And what should that distinct community, perfectly envisioned, look like? Or, should we, as some wondered, strive to be assimilated into the mainstream culture – fully part of greater society and equal?

From civil disobedience to civil unions: 40 years of Colorado out activism

This publication – founded in 1976 and 37 years old this month – was just a twinkle in founder Phil Price’s eye when the birth pangs of our Colorado community sounded out 40 years ago, in October 1973.