History
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Gay News
Memorial for Gay Holocaust Victims in Tel Aviv
Israel announced that it is to erect a monument in the honour of gay victims of the Holocaust, the first…
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LGBTI News
The Irish Same Sex Marriage Referendum
The Republic of Ireland held a referendum on same-sex marriage on May 23, 2015. Dublin crowds celebrated the referendum result…
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LGBTI News
COC Nederland
COC Nederland is a Dutch organization for LGBT+ men and women which was founded in 1946, and it is understood…
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LGBTI News
Exploring the History of LGBTI with 7 Examples
Last year, projects on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) themed seem to have taken place more than any…
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Transgender News
Italy becomes fifth country in the world to allow trans people to change gender without a doctor
Italy has become the fifth country in the world to acknowledge that trans people are allowed to identify as trans…
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Transgender News
A Transvestite Encounter in Post-Roman Gaul
One day in the summer of the year 590, the experienced and wry divine Gregory — Metropolitan bishop of Tours…
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LGBTI News
A progressive history of gay rights in Taiwan
Gay Star News talks to Taiwanese gay rights activist Nelson Chen who is suing Taipei City Council to register his…
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LGBTI News
The Spirit & The Flesh: Sexual Diversity In American Indian Culture
American Historical Review 93 (February 1988):218-219 By skillfully integrating historical and anthropological literature with the results of his own unique…
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Intersex News
Two-spirit People Of Indigenous North Americans
Many Native American indigenous cultures have traditionally held intersex, androgynous people, feminine males, and masculine females in high respect. The…
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Transgender News
Transgender Identities in the Ancient Mediterranean
The interaction between religion and a society’s construction of gender has important ramifications for transgender communities within that culture. This…
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Transgender News
Transgender History: Timeline of Significant Events
1907 Harry Benjamin Meets Magnus Hirschfeld 1910 Magnus Hirschfeld coins the term “transvestite” 1919 Magnus Hirschfeld founds the Institute for Sexology in…
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LGBTI News
The Gay, Lesbian, and Feminist Backlash
The modern era of the gay & lesbian rights movement is usually marked as starting on a hot July evening…