There are several Broadway musical premiers in the Quist app, including RENT, A Chorus Line, The Children’s Hour, and West Side Story. Many of them represent gay or bisexual men’s contributions to the arts having written them. But there had never been a Broadway show with a lesbian protagonist… until now. Fun Home tells the
Queer history isn’t just really, really, really cool to learn. (Though of course it is.) It changes lives. When someone learns about their shared heritage they are connected to a sense of community they might not have been able to otherwise access. In a 2012 survey in the UK of LGBT people, “a sense or experience
Our community is outraged by the newly-released trailer for the movie Stonewall, and for good reason. Taking creative license is one thing, but completely eliminating our foremothers is too far. A movie about Stonewall must at least hit on the basic premise — that Stonewall was a rebellion started in large part by transgender women
[Please see our update below.] Quist, a LGBTQ history education organization, supports the youth-led boycott of the upcoming movie Stonewall. Please sign on here with others concerned about the whitewashing of our history that the trailer below shows. However, we also recognize many people will want to see if the film is like the trailer or other
Amsterdam is one of those places in the world that has been essential to LGBTQ rights progress over the years. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage (2001). A lot of pre-Stonewall LGBTQ rights work was done here, but earlier in Dutch history “sodomites” were hunted and executed at
[huge_it_slider id=”2″] Welcome to Quist 2.0! Our new features include: The option for daily push notifications A tutorial Choice of language (only Spanish is live so far, but sign up for our email list to find out as others are released) Dozens of new historical events, mostly from outside the U.S. Improved accuracy in
The Quist app has touched thousands of lives with users all over the world. As an organization, we’ve decided to take the next step. Founded as one product – the app – we are now expanding our work to related endeavors. Quist intends to register as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and develop other products that will make
This morning we made a statement through Facebook and Tumblr about the riots in Baltimore. https://quistapp.tumblr.com/post/117597929429/today-in-history We also reported from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the day of oral arguments in the marriage case that will have a huge national impact no matter which way it goes. Look to our YouTube later
Quist is excited to announce two new ways to get involved with our organization as we take our next steps in growth. If you have 5-10 hours per week to volunteer for Quist running your own section such as Historical Content or Underrepresented Communities, please apply to join the Quistory Committee. There are six open positions
I was invited to speak at the #unit Festival in Berlin but I can’t make it! If you can, you gotta go. #unit Festival is the only tech event – as part of Berlin Web Week – that actively promotes the visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals in the tech world and aims to bring together the