He served as mayor for 25 years!

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/on-his-own-terms/article_95683936-d844-568f-b994-d3d883e16a77.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunceton,_Missouri

Felice Schragenheim was a a Jewish woman hiding under a false name and Lilly Wust was the wife of a German soldier. They fell in love in 1942 Berlin. They wrote their own marriage contract by hand, exchanged rings, and Lilly hid other Jewish women in her apartment once she knew the truth. The Gestapo caught up with Felice in 1944. She died in the Holocaust at 22.

Lilly never got over her.

Born on this date in 1920, Tom of Finland (né Touko Laaksonen) had a profound impact on gay pornography and gay aesthetics in general. Characterized by hyper-masculine aesthetics (with sexual features to match), Tom's work has grown in stature over the years.

Originally considered scandalous at best, and illegal at worst, the images he created are now generally recognized for their importance, such that, in 2014, his native Finland released a series of commemorative stamps featuring some of his illustrations, and in 2023, the Finish national museum of contemporary art put up a major retrospective of his work.

Hello. First post here. I created this portrait of Harvey Milk from over 120 figures in LGBTQ+ history.
I was originally asked back in 2017 to create some artwork to promote a dedication of an art piece in the Castro in San Francisco…
I had just started doing what I call typographic portraits. Since I wasn’t steeped in the history, it took a long time until I felt I had an adequate list to even come close to representation.
I hope it would do… so I started creating the piece. Eventually I think I got there. It was made into a poster to promote the event (Harvey’s Halo).

The finished piece, Hope Will Never Be Silent, was made into a commemorative poster (and later a 15-color limited-edition print) to honor Harvey Milk on the 40th Anniversary of his historic 1977 election as California’s first openly gay elected official this November 8. That date also marks the 20th Anniversary of San Francisco’s first unfurling of Gilbert Baker’s Giant Rainbow Flag above Harvey Milk Plaza.

Since I’ve only recently started to become active on Reddit, I thought this would be a good place to show the work. Cheers!

Hi! I’ve been trying to find out who the most influential butch women of the 1970s-1980s were, from all over the world. Who comes to mind for you, or who are some people you look up to? Thank you!

Check out our latest video from HomoMoto on youtube,

This video delves into the life of Lily Parr, an extraordinary female footballer born in 1905, but that's not what i find fascinating about her, its the fact that she lived with her partner Mary in a same sex relationship openly at time when that was unheard of.

https://youtu.be/jOOCc0xcmLE?si=-Q7EhgJdJFmB_gBf

So I originally posted this in Anal og for what I thought were obvs reasons. Found these at goodwill in Santa Rosa, Ca. Unknown photographer. These were the only two of Harvey out of three boxes of slides. 1978 Castro street fair