LGBTQ History #19: Transgender Soldier Enlists in the Union Army
The word “transgender” didn’t emerge until the 1970s, but Civil War combat veteran Albert Cashier might have identified with the term if it had existed in his time. Cashier was
LGBTQ History #18: Transgender Activist and Stonewall Legend Sylvia Rivera
Sylvia Rivera was a bisexual, transgender activist. Fiery and unapologetic, she was at the forefront of many movements during the 1960s and 1970s. She is known for her relentless work
LGBTQ History #16: Eleanor Roosevelt Writes to Her Female Love
The wife of the 32nd U.S. president built her own vibrant political career and personal life shaped, in part, by her decades-long intimate friendship with a pioneering female journalist. Eleanor
LGBTQ History #15: The First Dyke March
Over twenty thousand people descended upon Washington, D.C. in 1993 for the first dyke march. A group of activists known as The Lesbian Avengers planned the march out of anger