Why do we need a queer history of the Holocaust?
@ankahajkova.bsky.social explains the widespread homophobia in Holocaust survivor testimonies and shares her own discovery of Margot, a self-identified lesbian survivor of the concentration camps.
A digital illustration of two japanese lesbians flirting in a queer underground bar in the 80s. One of them wears a blue jacket, the other a suit, while in the background there's liquor and a multitude of little stickers and illustrations of lesbian and queer marks.
The full illustration I did for @taplingzines.bsky.social "We've Always Been Here"
The zine depicts queer couples throughout cultures and history and I had the honours of portraying a Japanese lesbian couple in an underground bar during the 80s✨
#queer #lesbians #illustration
To mark Lesbian Visibility Week here is a selection of articles from our queer history archive 🌈🗃️
First up is @sexhistorian.bsky.social discussing the slippery history of the dental dam and lesbian health activism.
The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.
Making Queer History is making a mascot! Specifically, one that will feature in short videos accompanying our podcast, and we want to hear from our audience along the way!
www.patreon.com/posts/155860...
Born in 1969 in Malaysia and raised in Singapore, Justin Chin came of age before establishing himself in San Francisco in the 1990s as a poet, essayist, and performer.
www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/202...
Join my Live-streaming Classes tier today, and you'll be able to join my class this evening at 8 PM ET with @harperhugodarling.bsky.social of @makingqueerhistory.bsky.social and myself: members.maryrobinettekowal.com/membership. A 7-day free trial is also available for new members.
Welcome back! After a long break, we are rebooting the podcast! This time they will be scripted and audio versions of the articles. Hope you enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/making...
So excited for this!!
Free books? Shouldn’t be radical— how NDN Girls Book Club is putting access first during increased censorship and book bans: givebutter.com/ndngirlsbook...
After a long break, we are rebooting the podcast! This time they will be scripted and audio versions of the articles. Hope you enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/making...
Book cover for Blessed By The Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret
Second Trans Rights Readathon read!
Born Sacred by Smokii Sumac book cover
First Trans Rights Readathon read!
Titled "Asexual Resonances in History", this queer history zine contains quotes from historical figures who may have been asexual or on the asexual spectrum.
www.patreon.com/posts/asexua...
Herculine Barbin’s life is often introduced as a “case” — a nineteenth-century medico-legal puzzle that forced doctors and judges to decide what, exactly, made a person male or female.
www.patreon.com/posts/151350...
The admin banned the trans-inclusive rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument, and now Gilbert Baker's standard rainbow flag.
The Nazis also came for homosexuals, as documented in “The Nazi Era." If history doesn't repeat itself, it's echoing loudly.
makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...
Plant-filled reading room with a sofa and bookshelves forms the backdrop for a giveaway graphic. Five LGBTQIA+ book covers are on the graphic. Large yellow text reads: “Win a selection of beautiful queer, Trans+ and history books!”.
🌈 Your TBR pile just got a lot more queer
Win a stack of queer and Trans+ history books by entering our prize draw with JKP Books 📚
Enter here 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-slection-of-quee...
Now that they've gone ahead and removed the Pride flag from Stonewall, it feels like time to reshare this article I wrote for @slate.com last year, when the Trump administration removed the word "transgender" from the Stonewall website. slate.com/news-and-pol...
I am looking to read more queer classics, which ones should I pick up first?
The cover of MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND by Hugh Ryan, on sale May 26, 2026. The bright yellow cover features a marble stature of two men suggestively wrestling, on top of which sits an unspooling mix tape.
If you pre-order MY BAD from the @hachettebgusa.bsky.social website, get 20% off with the code MYBAD20. Pre-orders make a huge difference in the life of a book so please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
