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# Celebrating LGBTQIA History


## Celebrating LGBTQIA History


* ![Act Up Protest At FDA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3c431f8399d41e4/698a3b07d075330d5ee6dd34/ACT-UP-FDA-1988-Protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 11, 2023  
## [Queer People Must Use History as a Guide to Fight Hate](https://time.com/6261949/queer-history-fight-hate-nan-goldin-chase-strangio/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Nan Goldin and Chase Strangio
* ![Jessi Hempel, pictured in 1981, was the first in her family to come out. Soon, her father, mother, sister, and brother all followed, each coming out in their own way.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6964fee53580bdc/698a35fe096a94a48c6ad030/jessi-hempel-the-family-outing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2022  
## [Jessi Hempel on Why Coming Out Is For Everyone](https://time.com/6218200/jessi-hempel-coming-out-day/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Anisha Kohli
* ![Joel Kim Booster](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc1a38350355779d/698a32f509208fcb55419452/JKBCS_Unit_03343_R.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2022  
## [Joel Kim Booster on the Power of Chosen Family](https://time.com/6218183/joel-kim-booster-chosen-family/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Moises Mendez II
* ![Saucy Santana](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e5dc90868a5c24e/698a331f457a52693fd668e8/SAUCY_BROLL_UHD_PR422.mov.01_03_38_12.Still001.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2022  
## [Rapper Saucy Santana Is Opening a Door](https://time.com/6218199/saucy-santana-lgbtq-history/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Jenna Caldwell
* ![Jitaraphol “Jimmy” Potiwihok and Tawinan “Sea” Anukoolprasert topbill the GMMTV Boys Love series Vice Versa.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf451691b3329736f/698a34d109208f5706419796/VICE-VERSA-thailand-boys-love-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2022  
## [The Commercial Appeal of Thailand’s BL Dramas](https://time.com/6208817/thailand-bl-dramas-popularity/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Chad de Guzman  
* ![queer-as-folk-3](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf457807a6591eed0/698a32ec47ca3828293b9b44/queer-as-folk-3.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2022  
## [How Queer as Folk Became a Defining Gay Show](https://time.com/6188510/queer-as-folk-gay-television/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Lindsay Lee Wallace
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte215b018b85d182a/698a3260e76ad2607e63a22b/Best-LGBTQ-movies-final1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2022  
## [16 LGBTQ Movies to Watch This Pride Month](https://time.com/6183107/lgbtq-movies-pride-month/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Lindsay Lee Wallace
* ![Just tell queer stories](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ce9d7569c1636df/698a2face76ad2615d639d62/queer-characters-and-telling-queer-stories.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2022  
## [Just Tell Queer Stories](https://time.com/6155025/queer-characters-tv-euphoria-yellowjackets/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Jill Gutowitz
* ![A Kiyoshi Kuromiya portrait](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9309e8e1010c40dd/698a1dca457a5278afd65980/Kiyoshi-Kuromiya.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 21, 2021  
## [Kiyoshi Kuromiya Helped AIDS Patients Get Life-Saving Info](https://time.com/6105139/kiyoshi-kuromiya-aids-activist/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Olivia B. Waxman and Joey Lautrup
* ![Gladys Bentley](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e4c9249838fb9e/698a1d9edb298709ee266f65/gladys-bentley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2021  
## [The Overlooked LGBTQ+ History of the Harlem Renaissance](https://time.com/6104381/lgbtq-history-harlem-renaissance/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Olivia B. Waxman and Arpita Aneja  
* ![Author Casey McQuiston.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdd28aaac9b235e2/698a19bf011682ceb7980a34/caseymcquiston-author-profile-onelaststop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2021  
## [Casey McQuiston Is Writing the Queer Rom-Coms She’s Always Wanted to Read](https://time.com/6050860/casey-mcquiston-one-last-stop/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Annabel Gutterman
* ![Elliot Page](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13960274bd2e982a/698a17ef4ee2621f8c3187cd/time-elliot-page-wynne-neilly-featured.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2021  
## [Elliot Page Is Ready for This Moment](https://time.com/5947032/elliot-page-2/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Demonstrators Protesting Treatment of Homosexual in the Military](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a07156ea9f4b864/698a1571011682b4cc980265/lavender-scare-white-house-picket.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2020  
## [The Anti-Gay 'Lavender Scare' Not Taught in Schools](https://time.com/5922679/lavender-scare-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Suyin Haynes and Arpita Aneja
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29a7a978465fd6ef/698a156d8fd2ee3cc936217a/your-name-engraved-herein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2020  
## [The Story of Taiwan’s Biggest LGBTQ Film](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Kat Moon
* ![Transgender Men in television](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf972bfdfc83c5d94/698a038122fb850ac7e29e58/transgender-men-television.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2019  
## [Transgender Men Are Finally Getting Their Time on TV](https://time.com/5686290/transgender-men-representation-television/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Trish Bendix

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