Here are the queer stories that you won’t find in most history books

This article originally appeared on Advocate: Here are the queer stories that you won’t find in most history books A ...
The Hour

CT film festival features East Coast premiere of new Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd movie

The Norwalk Film Festival is returning with a new film with a Jo Bro. The sixth annual Norwalk Film Festival will take place March 20-22. The event's opening day features a screening of “Little ...
KQED

Celebrating a ‘Long Lost History’ of California’s Black Trans Trailblazers

For the last few weeks, The California Report Magazine has been sharing conversations between transgender and nonbinary kids and the people in their lives who love and support them — a series called ...
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Meet the trans performer who took on the LAPD in 1960s Los Angeles

This story is the third in a Friday series from LA Public Press and Q Voice News exploring untold queer histories in LA for LGBTQ+ History Month. Sir Lady Java was a pioneering trans figure in LA who ...
Teen Vogue

Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist

In this op-ed, Raquel Willis offers advice to trans kids on resisting discriminatory times and calls on the strength and resolve of trans trailblazers throughout history. I want to apologize to you ...
The New York Times

Sir Lady Java, ’60s Drag Star Who Challenged the Law, Dies

Long before the term “drag queen” was widely used, her act was popular in the Black entertainment world but barred under a Los Angeles municipal code. By Alex Traub At first, it was lonely being Sir ...
Los Angeles Times

Sir Lady Java, pioneering transgender performer and activist in L.A. nightclub scene, dies

Sir Lady Java stood up to police harassment as a star in the Los Angeles nightclub scene of the 1960s. Friends hope to honor her legacy with a biopic film and other honors. Sir Lady Java, a pioneering ...
them

Lady Java, Storied Entertainer and Trans Nightlife Legend, Has Died

Lady Java, world-class entertainer and history-making titan of nightlife, died in Los Angeles on the evening of Saturday November 16, friends of the family tell Them. She was 82 years old. Known by ...
Billboard

New Little Richard PBS Doc Details Gay Origins of ‘Tutti Frutti’: ‘This Ain’t About Ice Cream’

The "American Masters" doc, "Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," will air on Friday night. By Gil Kaufman Little Richard knew exactly what he was doing when he sang the seemingly ...
Roger Ebert

Little Richard: I Am Everything

There are three key awards show moments in Little Richard‘s life, moments which explain the need for a documentary like Lisa Cortés‘ informative and emotional “Little Richard: I Am Everything.” Little ...
BuzzFeed

Here Are 50 Of The Most Famous People From History — If You Can’t Remember 35/50 Of Them, I’m Giving You An “F”

We all know what Albert Einstein looked like, but to pass this quiz, you’ll need to know a lot more than that.