The gay bar has long been a place of solidarity but as many are closing, author Jeremy Atherton Lin wondered: What was the gay bar? And how have they shaped him? He examines this and much more in his new book, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out. https://www.npr.org/2021/02/11/966752896/gay-bar-tracks-the-wave-of-a-whole-culture-and-one-life
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“Bridgerton” actress Golda Rosheuvel
New LGBTQ library and archives in Iowa opens
The LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library opened last month in Iowa City. University of Iowa graduate student Aiden Bettine, one of the founders, says: “There’s a deep affinity that this place is here and it’s happening and it’s prioritizing Iowa in particular …You don’t find these books all together in a room, unless you’re in […]
Lasorda’s death starts a conversation about his son
LGBTQ travel for 2021
Aren’t we all looking forward to traveling in 2021! Travel Pulse, an online magazine put together many places where LGBTQI people are welcome. It is a lot of fun to see all the amazing places in the world. https://www.travelpulse.com/gallery/lgbtq/top-21-lgbtq-travel-destinations-for-2021.html?image=1
New debut novel “The Prophets” by Robert Jones Jr.
The debut novel The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr., a story of Black queer love between two enslaved men in 19th century Mississippi, is garnering rave reviews. Jones says that “oftentimes, from the heterosexual point of view, queerness is something traumatic that happens to you. The truth of the matter is queerness is just a […]
Columnist Deb Price dies at 62
Deb Price, who was the nation’s first syndicated lesbian columnist, dies in Hong Kong, where she lived with her wife, Joyce Murdoch. Deb Price was 62. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/business/media/deb-price-dead.html https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/11/28/deb-price-pioneering-columnist-lgbtq-issues-dead-62
Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrestling star, has died at 79
Oscar nominee Elliot Page announces he is transgender
“It’s Not Over” exhibit from ONE Archives documents early AIDS activism
The ONE Archives Foundation is launching a new exhibit, It’s Not Over: Posters and Graphics from Early AIDS Activism, to mark World AIDS Day. The exhibit features posters, flyers and other ephemera from the 1980’s and 1990’s curated from the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. According to Umi Hsu, a co-curator of the exhibit, […]