371 AD An elite 300-man army is created in Central Greece comprised of 150 gay male couples, named the Sacred Band of Thebes. They are picked based on ability and merit, but are valued for the strength in their relationships. They are undefeated until 338, when they are destroyed by the forces of Philip II
With just one more day until the window for enrolment on Australia’s landmark same-sex marriage plebiscite is closed, interest groups on either side of the debate are focusing hard on mobilising turnout. Advocates in the LGBTI community have been at turns frustrated and appalled at the expensive and non-legally binding nature of this voluntary
Quist and the U.S. National Park Service have teamed up to make LGBTQ historic locations across the country more accessible. One year ago, Quist launched the 2.0 version of their free mobile app that included a map feature for the first time. In addition to browsing over 1,000 LGBTQ historic events by date or keyword, users
This guest post is by Rodney Wilson, founder of LGBT History Month and GLSEN-St. Louis. As the first openly-gay public school teacher in Missouri, his story was chronicled in a Teacher Magazine cover story, in local and national press, and on “Dateline NBC.” He now tutors and teaches history, politics, and comparative religion at a
October is LGBT History Month and chances are you have no idea how deep your gay/bi/trans heritage goes. Guys have been into guys for all time and they have some pretty fascinating stories to show for it. The free Quist app delivers a daily dose of LGBTQ history to the palm of your hand. Some of
Dearest Queer Person, Chances are you don’t even know that you are holy, or royal, or magic, but you are. You are part of an adoptive family going back through every generation of human existence. Long before you were born, our people were inventing incredible things. Gifted minds like the inventor of the computer Alan
Life pre-Grindr? Yes, there was such a time. In fact, most of time has been that way, but guys being into guys is certainly nothing new. Sure, there’s the “old-fashioned way” of meeting a guy in a bar, but that is actually hardly old-fashioned. The first gay bars didn’t exist until about 100 years ago, so what about
By Eric Gonzaba Recently, when St. Mary’s Academy in Portland decided to fire an academic advisor after learning she was a lesbian, students and alumni gathered and protested the high school’s decision. They painted homemade rainbow t-shirts that read, “Who am I to judge,” a reference to the Pope’s 2013 famous remarks about accepting homosexuality. The high
LGBT History Month is coming up in the U.S. (October) and the weather is starting to cool down enough to walk around without becoming dehydrated. Chances are that there is a LGBT history walking tour you can take near you, either self-guided or narrated. If there isn’t one, you can use Quist’s free map to
Much of Arizona’s LGBTQ history is unrecorded, due to our lack of written records from Native American communities pre-colonialism. What we do know about the tribes in the Arizona area from European-American “explorers” indicates that Two-Spirit individuals were common and revered. Gender and sexuality were treated differently than today and often in much more fluid