No words. Just visuals.
Support queer comics with this daring kickstarter, where silence dominates the dream realm. Queer characters will face their hidden desires and, occasionally, their nightmares. #QueerComics #LGBTQstories
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🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Barney Frank (b. 1940)
One of the first openly gay members of the U.S. Congress. A fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and co-author of the Dodd-Frank Act. Proof that being out and powerful matters.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
🏳️⚧️ Trans Figure Spotlight Rachel Levine
The first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A leader in public health and a powerful voice for trans visibility and dignity.
#TransDayOfVisibility #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories
Social historian John Grindrod reveals the messy, moving, dark, and uplifting true stories of LGBTQ+ people living and loving in the UK’s suburbs.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#lgbtqhistory #lgbtqstories @grindrod.bsky.social
🌈 The first time we saw ourselves on TV
For a lot of us, it started here.
Not always clearly.
Not always perfectly.
But it was often the first place
we saw something that felt familiar.
❤️ Which moment do you remember?
#gayontv #gayculture #lgbtqstories #gaylife #gaymen
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Tracy Chapman (1964)
Quiet, powerful, and queer as hell. Gave us Fast Car and then just casually became one of the greatest storytellers in music. No notes.
#LGBTQStories #QueerHistory
🌈 Queer History — March 29
📰 1973 — LGBTQ+ marches spread beyond major cities
Following early Pride protests, more U.S. cities began organizing marches and visibility events.
It marked a shift—this wasn’t just a moment, but a movement.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Ally — Happy Birthday Lucy Lawless (b. 1968)
Best known for Xena: Warrior Princess, a show that became part of queer culture.
Lawless has supported LGBTQ+ rights and embraced the community that embraced her.
Your voice matters.
#QueerAlly #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Jean-Claude Brialy (b. 1933)
A key face of the French New Wave, working w/directors like Godard and Rohmer & helping shape an era of film.
Later in life, he spoke openly about being gay; that took courage.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Cy Twombly(b. 1928)
Influential American artist whose work pulls from mythology, poetry, & the human body
He lived openly as a gay man, & you can feel that sense of desire & emotion layered through his art
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure - Happy Birthday Christopher Rice (b. 1978)
Openly gay author. He’s carved out his own space in gothic & thriller fiction while continuing to center queer voices in his work.
A legacy name, but very much his own path.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
We're collecting stories of the small, everyday moments that make life that much better and more affirming. Hope grows when we share it. What's your story?💫💜
www.lgbt.foundation/share-your-story✨
#LGBTQCommunity #QueerVoices #VisibilityMatters #QueerStories #LGBTQStories
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🎉 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Amanda Plummer (1957)
Award-winning actress with a powerful presence on stage and screen, and openly queer relationships.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #ForgottenIcons
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🌈 Queer Figure
Happy Birthday Jeremy Clyde (b. 1941)! 🎉
Actor and musician, half of Chad & Jeremy, Clyde represents quiet bisexual visibility in an era that rarely allowed it. 🏳️🌈
#HappyBirthday #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #ForgottenIcons
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🎶 Arthur Russell (b. 1951)
Happy Birthday to queer figure Arthur Russell!
Avant-garde musician and disco pioneer whose work grew out of NYC’s queer club scene.
👉 A queer visionary whose influence still shapes music today. 🎧✨
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #ForgottenIcons
Social historian John Grindrod reveals the messy, moving, dark, and uplifting true stories of LGBTQ+ people living and loving in the UK’s suburbs.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#lgbtqhistory #lgbtqstories @grindrod.bsky.social
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Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Radclyffe Hall (b. 1880) 🏳️🌈
Lesbian author of The Well of Loneliness—so powerful it got banned. Imagine being THAT iconic.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
A black and white portrait of a woman with a thoughtful expression, resting her chin on her hand. She has short, styled hair and is wearing earrings.
Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Alberta Hunter (b. 1895) 🎤
Blues legend, Harlem Renaissance icon, and a woman who loved women—living her truth long before it was safe.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Henry Blake Fuller (b. 1857) 📚
Quietly writing queer themes into American literature before anyone was ready to talk about it.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Good morning, queers & weirdos! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤓
Are you caught up on Forgotten Queers? 👀
Have you reviewed? Told a friend? Told FIVE more?
DO IT NOW. I’m watching. 👀
Listen to Forgotten Queers:
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#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
When love stays after your worst day 🏗️🤍
#gaybear #bearcommunity #gayromance #workplaceromance #lgbtqstories
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📰 Queer Figure — Diane Anderson-Minshall(March 18, 1968)
Happy Birthday to Diane Anderson-Minshall
Journalist, editor, & powerhouse behind LGBTQ media helping shape the stories we tell about ourselves.
Representation matters. She made sure of it.
#LGBTQStories #QueerHistory
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🎭 Queer Figure John Kander (March 18, 1927)
Happy Birthday to John Kander 🎭
The genius behind Chicago & Cabaret helped define Broadway & slipped queer stories into the spotlight long before it was safe.
Icons don’t ask permission.
#QueerHistory #ForgottenIcons #LGBTQStories
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Good morning, queers & weirdos 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤓
Coffee in hand? Perfect ☕️
Now press play on Forgotten Queers your queer history podcast full of forgotten icons, #QueerLegacy & #LGBTQStories you need to know:
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ListenTell a friend 💋
I love you, take your fiber.
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🎙️#Podcast Forgotten Queers
#LGBTQStories #QueerHistory
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🎶 Shea Diamond (b. 1978)
Black trans singer and activist whose music (“I Am Her”) uplifts trans lives and experiences.
👉 A powerful trans icon using music as liberation. 🏳️⚧️✨
#TransJoy #QueerVoices #LGBTQStories
Grumpy boss… soft heart 😮💨💼🤍
#gaybear #gayromance #bearcommunity #officeromance #lgbtqstories
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Start your day with Forgotten Queers 🎙️
Today’s episode explores the independent life of Louisa May Alcott author of Little Women & the questions her life raises in queer history.
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#ForgottenIcons #ForgottenIcons #Podcast #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
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Good morning, queers & weirdos! ☕🏳️🌈
Play Forgotten Queers today. You don’t even have to listen—turn the sound down while watching TV. I’m shamelessly boosting my numbers. 😂
A queer history podcast. Available on all platforms.
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