LGBTQ History

Remembering Gary Dotterman: Anti-racist Oklahoman, Vietnam vet for peace, and irrepressible gay Communist

June 22, 2023 By C.J. Atkins

These were just a few of the many lives lived by Gary Wayne Dotterman (1944-2023).

‘Home Front’ probes race, gender and sexuality in post–World War II era

February 8, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

"It’s shocking that, more than 70 years after WW II ended, questions about states’ right to ban interracial marriage have resurfaced.”

Gay baseball star Glenn Burke: What could have been, except for…

June 17, 2022 By Mickey Gallagher

Andrew Maraniss’s superb biography, Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, gives a full and insightful account of the life of the first openly gay professional baseball player.

‘The Red Raven’: A quartet of crime fiction novels ends in AIDS-era L.A.

December 27, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon

The literary world has lost an important voice that spoke not just to the LGBTQ community but to any reader who loves a good crime story with a redemptive ending. Steve Johnson’s work survives him.

Being Black and gay in the USA: Interview with dancer Diego Mugler

June 29, 2021 By Maicol David Lynch

“I was afraid of being feminine. I just mastered this balancing act at 32 years of age. The things you may hide from some people are the same things that other people will celebrate and love,...