Plus national treasure Walter Borden is onstage in Toronto

Tarot legend and comics writer Rachel Pollack’s legacy is epic

The ArQuives celebrates 50 years of liberation and advocacy

The trans synth pioneer changed music—and the world—forever

In the wake of drag icon Paul O’Grady’s death, it’s time to excavate Britain’s radical drag history

Dianna Boileau’s life is being celebrated in the small northwestern community of Fort Frances

U.S. researchers uncover hundreds of queer and trans protests from 1965 to 1973

From Lisa Ann Walter’s character Chessy to “Tie-Dye Girl,” the ’90s classic is a beloved entity for queer folks

After an incident of homophobic harassment, learning about my local park’s LGBTQ+ history gave me the confidence to keep going out for daily walks

The remembrance comes after years of campaigning from activists

A surge of proposed drag bans, which would bar “male or female impersonators” from appearing where children could see them, form part of a very contemporary moral panic—but the ideologies at their core are nothing new

After more than 30 years, the queer-coded album still thrills

In a world where only the loudest and most powerful voices get heard, the preservation of historical documents give voice to the unrepresented

The first filmed kiss was a queer milestone, and a pivotal moment in the history of cinema, but almost nobody has heard of it. How did this happen?

The beloved activist coined the term “sex work”

The director’s radical HIV film premiered at Sundance three decades ago

The famous Historica Canada series features an icon in trans history

EXCERPT: Kirsty Loehr’s playful new book, “A Short History of Queer Women,” introduces us to women across history who weren’t just friends

History

Rachel Pollack’s vision of spirituality may be her greatest accomplishment

What is a photograph?

Living sound forever: The genius of Wendy Carlos

British drag has always been radical

A pioneering Canadian trans woman is being commemorated with a plaque in her hometown

The queer comfort of ‘The Parent Trap,’ 25 years later

German parliament centres LGBTQ+ experiences on Holocaust Memorial Day for the first time

Authorities have been trying to suppress public gender nonconformity for centuries—and now the U.S. is stepping up the attacks

The deviant, danceable liberation of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult’s ‘Sexplosion!’

Indian activists embrace the power of queer archiving to rebalance history

Cinema’s first-ever kiss was between two women

Sex worker, artist, activist and icon Carol Leigh dies at 71

30 years and a pandemic later, Gregg Araki’s ‘The Living End’ remains poignant

Trans singer Jackie Shane spotlighted in latest Heritage Minute

What Queen Anne and Marie Antoinette had in common (rhymes with thespian dove)