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This Week in Queer History

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Creating hope and community by sharing fun, lighthearted, and educational stories about historical LGBTQ events and icons.

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 19h
"It's not for us. It's for people who come into West Hollywood and see those flags up every day of the year to know there is a place in the country." John Duran put the permanent rainbow flags on Santa Monica Boulevard. In our new Rearview Rendezvous interview, he explains who they were really f...
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New episode. Civil rights attorney and former West Hollywood mayor John Duran takes us to the rainbow crosswalk at San Vicente and Santa Monica and tells the story of the decade that forged queer LA: 104 friends lost between 1985 and 1995, the AB 101 march that grew from 35 people to 500 on this ...
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"You've got to give 'em hope." National Coming Out Day. October 11. Harvey Milk said it in 1978. It is still true today. Who gave you hope? #NationalComingOutDay #HarveyMilk #LGBTQ #QueerHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“We need, in every parliament and precinct and primetime, someone like you.” 2011: Anna Grodzka Elected As First Transgender MP, October 9 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On July 15, 2003, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy put five gay men in straight America's living rooms every week. Visibility was not the finish line. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/PtyWxQisLOI #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In what year did the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act become law? A. 2005 B. 2007 C. 2009 D. 2011 Drop your answer below! #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #MatthewShepard #HateCrimes
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
October 6, 1998. Matthew Shepard was beaten and left tied to a fence near Laramie, Wyoming. He was 21. He died six days later. 28 years later, his story still demands to be told. New episode: youtu.be/OpCOIPTrN7Y #MatthewShepard #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #HateCrimes
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In 1981 a palimony suit outed Billie Jean King and every endorsement vanished overnight. What she did in the twenty four hours after is the whole story. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/vT6D8rlAzro #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
B! Graham Chapman, co-creator of Monty Python's Flying Circus, came out as gay on live British television in 1972. He became one of the first mainstream celebrities in Britain to publicly identify as gay, at a time when homosexuality had only been partially decriminalized five years earlier.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He would be an amazing honorary gay. 😜
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1972, who became one of the first mainstream celebrities in Britain to publicly come out as gay on live television? A. John Cleese B. Graham Chapman C. Eric Idle D. Terry Gilliam Drop your answer below! #LGBTQ #Trivia #MontyPython #QueerHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1957 the US government fired astronomer Frank Kameny for being gay. In 2009 it apologized to his face. What he did in between changed everything. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“If the door won't open, build one that opens for you.” 2014: First Transgender Bodybuilding Competition, October 2 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On July 1, 1972, about 2,000 people walked from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in Britain's first Pride march. They had no guarantee of safety. They went anyway. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/8zWT6a5nOzI #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." September 30, 1924: Truman Capote is born. Openly gay, wildly brilliant, and one of America's sharpest literary minds. 102 years ago today. #TrumanCapote #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #ThisDayInQueerHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The answer is C. The Folsom Street Fair is held in SoMa, the South of Market neighborhood, named for Folsom Street itself, a historic leather bar corridor in San Francisco.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Folsom Street Fair is held in which San Francisco neighborhood? A. Castro B. Mission C. SoMa (South of Market) D. Haight-Ashbury Drop your answer below. #QueerHistory #FolsomStreetFair #SanFrancisco #LGBTQHistory #Trivia
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Marc Bolan dabbed glitter on his cheekbones for Top of the Pops in 1971 and handed a generation of British kids permission to shine.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The world is before you. Don't leave it the way it was handed to you.” 2019: Gender-Neutral Dolls by Mattel, September 25 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marsden Hartley lost his lover in 1914 and was not allowed to mourn him out loud. So he hid the entire eulogy inside an abstract painting. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The answer is B. The first Folsom Street Fair was held in September 1984, organized by the BDSM and leather fetish community in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What year did San Francisco's first Folsom Street Fair take place? A. 1978 B. 1984 C. 1991 D. 1969 Drop your answer below. #QueerHistory #FolsomStreetFair #LGBTQHistory #ThisWeekInQueerHistory #Trivia
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bonnie Bleskachek became the first openly lesbian fire chief of a major US city in 2004. Two years later she was demoted. She put the uniform back on anyway. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"No longer will our country be denied the service of thousands of Americans who want to serve their country, but were prevented from doing so because they were gay." 15 years ago today, DADT ended. Queer Americans could finally serve openly. #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #Military
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Born September 17, 1986, Sophie Xeon invented hyperpop, produced some of the biggest pop records of the 2010s, came out publicly as trans through her music, and changed what pop could be. She was a visionary.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pop quiz on queer history. When did Don't Ask Don't Tell officially end, allowing LGBTQ Americans to serve openly in the military? A. 2009 B. 2010 C. 2011 D. 2013 Drop your answer below
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dorothy Arzner was the only woman directing steadily in Hollywood for two decades. She wore suits, loved one woman for 40 years, and invented the boom mic. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone! There is all the difference." Today would have been Greta Garbo's 121st birthday. Born September 18, 1905, the Swedish-American screen legend was fiercely private about her personal life, which historians document include...
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From DOMA to Obergefell: how marriage equality was won. Full episode: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #MarriageEquality #LGBTQ
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The answer is B. 1996. President Clinton signed DOMA on September 21, 1996, federally defining marriage as between one man and one woman and denying same-sex couples over 1,000 federal benefits. It took the Supreme Court's Windsor ruling in 2013 to start dismantling it.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pop quiz on queer history. In what year was the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) signed into law? A. 1993 B. 1996 C. 2001 D. 2004 Drop your answer below. Full story: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer: 44 years of love that changed America. Watch the full episode now: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #MarriageEquality #LGBTQ
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"I am so proud to be an American." Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer fell in love in 1963. Tomorrow on TWiQH: the story of how their 44-year love affair changed American law. youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #LoveIsLove #MarriageEquality
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"That I, Lili, am vital and have a right to life I have proved by living for 14 months." Lili Elbe, one of the first people to receive gender-affirming surgery, died September 13, 1931. Her memoir outlived every doubt. #QueerHistory #Transgender #LGBTQ
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One widow's tax bill brought down DOMA. Swipe for the story of Edie Windsor, who died on this day in 2017. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #EdieWindsor #MarriageEquality
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The answer is A. The Rejected aired September 11, 1961 on KQED San Francisco, the first American television documentary about homosexuality, featuring Mattachine Society members speaking openly on air.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The first American TV documentary about homosexuality aired September 11, 1961 on San Francisco's KQED. What was it called? A. The Rejected B. The Outsiders C. The Quiet Ones D. Behind Closed Doors Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #Trivia
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Your hiding will not save you.” 1882: Harry Allen: Notorious Figure in Northwest, September 11 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The answer is A. The Lesbian Avengers greeted the first day of school in Middle Village, Queens with lavender balloons reading Ask About Lesbian Lives, protesting the district's rejection of an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"At least I have the flowers of myself, and my thoughts, no god can take that" Born September 10, 1886, the bisexual poet H.D. cut poetry down to its sharpest edge and loved exactly who she loved. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Poetry
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On September 9, 1992, the Lesbian Avengers staged their first public action outside a Queens elementary school. What did they hand out? A. Lavender balloons B. Comic books C. Cassette tapes D. School supplies Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #Trivia
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Born September 6, 1860, Jane Addams opened Hull House in 1889 with Ellen Gates Starr, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and spent 40 years with Mary Rozet Smith. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH youtube.com/shorts/07ocM...
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"They gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." September 8, 1975: Air Force Sgt Leonard Matlovich came out on the cover of TIME. New episode: youtu.be/HixUphGlahU #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #LeonardMatlovich #Veterans
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"That's how I want to be defined: as one of the men who fought the war." GMHC. ACT UP. The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer turned rage into a to-do list, and it saved millions. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #ACTUP #LarryKramer
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Your closet is not freedom." Sept 6, 2018. India's Supreme Court struck down Section 377, a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual gay sex. 1.3 billion people. One ruling. The arc is long. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #India #Section377 #ThisDayInQueerHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sept 5, 1991. ACT UP draped a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms' house. This is what happens when petitions don't work. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #ACTUP #AIDSActivism #ThisDayInQueerHistory
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sylvia Rivera helped launch the modern gay rights movement, then got booed off its stage. She built a home for homeless trans kids anyway. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/IChMN7dBsDo #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"When no one will save them, it's up to you to build the railroad. Who knows, the next train could save you." In 2017, Canada granted asylum to 31 gay men from Chechnya through Rainbow Railroad. Communities fill the gap when governments won't. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #RainbowRailroad #ThisDayInQue...
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The answer is C. Southern Decadence began in 1972 as a small gathering in New Orleans and has grown into one of the largest LGBTQ festivals in America, drawing hundreds of thousands to the French Quarter every Labor Day weekend.
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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New Orleans hosts Southern Decadence every Labor Day weekend, one of the largest LGBTQ celebrations in America. What year was the first one held? A. 1965 B. 1969 C. 1972 D. 1978 Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Trivia #SouthernDecadence #NewOrleans
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