Nothing but the utmost respect and love for Dale Olson.
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #history #QueerHistory #1954

19. März: Buchpräsentation in der #buchhandlunglowenherz Hans P. Soetaert "he Scattered Library" - über das Nachleben von Magnus Hirschfeld in Frankreich und der Tschechoslowakei
https://www.loewenherz.at/buchpraesentation-mit-hans-soetaert-im-maerz-2025.php #lgbtiq #queerhistory #termine

Die erste Professorin in Europa: Anna Tumarkin

Mit 17 Jahren kommt sie 1892 allein aus dem russischen Zarenreich in die Schweiz, wo Frauen studieren können. An der Universität Bern macht sie dann Karriere: Sie wird die erste vollberechtigte Professorin, etwas das vor ihr noch keine Frau geschafft hat. Das ist ihre Geschichte.

https://www.srf.ch/audio/zeitblende/die-erste-professorin-in-europa-anna-tumarkin?id=AUDI20250308_NR_0002#autoplay

Have you ever heard of Public Universal Friend? In 1776 they had a spiritual awakening and announced that they were neither male nor female and changed their name to Public Universal Friend. They were a preacher who travelled through the USA, preaching about their spiritual awakening.

Read more: https://wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/public-universal-friend/

Transgender people have always been around in society. Willmer ‘Little Ax’ Broadnax was a popular gospel singer in the 1940s. People only found out that he was transgender following his death.

You can read more about Little Ax at http://www.blackrevolutionarytheatreworkshop.org/bhm-heroes-willmer-little-ax-broadnax/

Well, feck. Please donate, if you are in a position to support GCN magazine - Ireland's longest-running publication by and for our LGBTQ+ communities.

Whatever your circumstances, please share this appeal widely.

https://gcn.ie/team-gcn-magazine-print-schedule-2025/

Help us save history before it's gone!

LGBTQ+ history is at risk. Materials are being erased, resources removed, and stories lost. That’s why we’re preserving queer history—but we need your help. If you have:

Old LGBTQ+ newspapers, flyers, or zines
Photos from past Pride marches, protests, or events
Event posters, programs, or memorabilia
Copies of government research or records

Send them our way!

"Girl and Pug in an Automobile," Gerda Wegener, 1927.

Wegener (1885-1940) is someone I've featured before, but she's always worth featuring. I love this Art Deco painting, which on the surface is mild and inocuous...a woman and her dog in a car, on what seems to be an early spring day. What could be more everyday?

All is not what it appears. The woman is Lili Ilse Elvenes, aka Lili Elbe, Wegener's partner, who was trans and one of the earliest known successful recipients of gender-affirming surgery, in 1930. However, for a couple of decades Wegener had been painting haunting portraits of a sexy, almond-eyed femme fatale...and it was a bit of scandal when it emerged in 1913 that this gorgeous woman was assigned male at birth.

Elbe sadly passed away in 1931, from complications of an attempt to transplant a uterus into her body. Wegener remarried briefly, and her painting style fell out of fashion. She died poor and half-forgotten, but her work has been rediscovered and acclaimed.

From a private collection.

There's one week to go until the LGBTQ+ editathon at Brixton Library! Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ+ history from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information and build representation.

https://tinyurl.com/38axcxu3

https://apnews.com/article/stonewall-transgender-trump-3add180f5cfcde156f8d809d24e830a6

What a slap in the face.
#lgbt #queer #trans #lgbtqia #queerpride #transgender #LGBTQIA2S #lgbtqia #lgbtqpride #lgbtqrights #lgbthistory #qpoc #transrights #transphobia #transrightsarehumanrights #TransJustice #transpride #queerhistory #queeractivism #queerpunk #stonewall #stonewallriots #stonewallnationalmonument #resistfascism #resisttrump #transphobia #transphobiaingovernment #transphobiclegislation #transphobiaingop #existanceisresistance #fightback #FightLikeHell #FightForOurLives #fightfascism #FightForJustice

I'm working on a #zine for Florida teens about the existence of #ThirdGender in pre-colonial societies and found this article about #hijras in #India. Extremely beautiful, powerful and fascinating. https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/case-studies/gender/third-gender-and-hijras
#LGBTQ #queerhistory #transgender #artasactivism #artasresistence

Yes we know it's not quite February, but we love our history Thursdays here at TransActual.

If you've not heard of Lou Sullivan, look him up. He was a gay, HIV positive, trans man and he did a huge amount for our community in the US and beyond. Lou lobbied for gay, trans men to be given access to medical transition. He was visible so that other gay, trans men could see that they weren’t alone.

#TransHistory #LGBTHM (nearly) #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary

“Born This Way, Digital, is our program specifically designed to preserve materials that are created (or born) digitally. If you are a digital content creator and would like 1. backup storage space for your files and 2. to have your files digitally archived with Invisible Histories, visit our site: https://invisiblehistory.org/born-this-way-digital/.

Who is this project for?
* Bloggers
* Digital Creators
* Graphic Designers
* Vloggers
* Digital Artists
* Social Media Influencers
* Web Designers

…Who are LGBTQ and were born in, raised in, or spent significant time in the US South.”

I’m not affiliated with them, but this is a very cool archival project. Boosts welcome!

FUCK YOU ANITA!

June 26, 1977, San Francisco Pride

2025 Invisible Histories Hackathon:

January 17th from 6-8pm CST
a "hackathon" via zoom to preserve LGBTQ digital records (websites, articles, & other online sources) controlled or influenced by US federal or state governments in the South. The goal is to preserve and document websites & digital histories at risk of being taken down, censored, and deleted.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyDb9CxzQ4DtdFgLW0-FplmtfN9R-6RGstZFRTNGS_dh2xqw/viewform

https://invisiblehistory.org/

No one is going to drag us back to pseudo-moral uniformity, frightened silence, stigmatizing hate and cultural monotony.
https://buff.ly/3Zyu4Ia

TIL there was a popular lesbian magazine in Germany from 1924 to 1933:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Freundin

It was shut down in 1933 along with all other openly queer activity because voters and non-voters decided to allow Hitler into power.