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Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet. Abu Nuwas, “Father of Curls,” so named for his long flowing…
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Anti Gay Film: Boys Beware
Boys Beware (1961) may be retro, but that doesn’t mean to say it’s funny. Sometimes retro can be fun. It…
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Nazi Persecution of Gay Men and Lesbians
Thriving gay and lesbian communities had developed in Germany from 1900 to the early 1930s. This changed when the Nazis…
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The Tay Bush Inn Raid
On Sept. 14, 1961 242 patrons, nearly all of them men, were packed into the Tay-Bush Inn at the Corner…
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The Eldorado
The Eldorado was a famed destination in Berlin for lesbians, homosexual men, transvestites of both sexes, and tourists during the…
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The Gay Man in Margaret Thatcher’s Government
Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon, was born on 3 October 1930 and died on 17 August 1985, from Aids.…
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Harlem’s Hidden Gay History: The Rockland Palace Drag Balls
The Hamilton Lodge was a black gay social group that held extravagant drag balls in Harlem, New York, in the…
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The London Gay Teachers Group
The London Gay Teachers Group, known as Schools’ Out, was co founded by the late Paul Patrick, who came out…
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Gay Centres
During the 1970s era of gay liberation, gay centres were established usually by squatting in unused or unwanted, dilapidated premises…
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A Brief History of Homophobia in Russia
Stalin didn’t think much of gay rights. Dan Healy of the Moscow Times had given us a history of homophobia…
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