queer activism

Urvashi Vaid

LGBTQ Activist, Author, Leader Urvashi Vaid Dies at 63

Known for her extensive career as an advocate for LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, anti-war efforts,…

POP culture classroom

POP Culture Classroom, Stonewall Riot Comic Interview

Pop Culture Classroom, a Denver-based nonprofit, created a new progressive way to get students interested…

Jewelle Gomez on Queer Activism, Feminism, and Founding GLAAD

New York City–1983. A multiracial, semi-closeted, 35-year-old lesbian was working at the New York State…

Gays Against Guns Stage “Die In” to Protest Gun Violence

Following this weekend’s tragic church shooting in Texas, Gays Against Guns staged a die-in inside Hart Senate…

The Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire

Giving back to the Colorado Queer Community for 44 Years Forty-four years ago, the Imperial…

#MeToo Cathartic for Some, Triggering for Others

If you’ve been on a social media hiatus and are preparing to jump back into…

Compton’s: Three Years Before Stonewall, Trans Women Fought Back

Compton’s Cafeteria was a greasy spoon, hole-in-the-wall diner in San Francisco. Decades ago, when transgender…

The Shoulders We Stand On: A Look at Deb-Ann Thomson’s Relentless Advocacy

Not long ago, Deb-Ann Thomson was sitting in her office, shredding file after file after…