After holding posts in numerous federal agencies, in 2009, John Berry became the 1st openly gay head of a federal agency when he became Director of the Office of Personnel Management. He later became US Ambassador to Australia. #LGBTHistoryMonth #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berry_(administrator)
#lgbthistorymonth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lgbthistorymonth, aggregated by home.social.
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During the course of her public service career, Tammy Baldwin became the first out lesbian to serve in various legislative bodies including the WI state assembly, the US House of Representatives, and the US Senate. #history #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin
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After a lengthy public service career including just under 4 years in the US Senate, Harris Wofford became the 1st former US Senator to come out as being in a same-sex relationship in 2016 when he announced their plans to marry. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Wofford
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We'wha, a Zuni lhamana (an individual assigned male at birth but who performed female social & ceremonial roles), was part of a delegation to travel to Washington, DC where they met with President Grover Cleveland. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27wha
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After a couple of initial unsuccessful runs including one in which he was outed, Mark Takano became the 1st gay person of Asian descent serving in Congress upon assuming office in the House in 2013. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Takano
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Addie Viola Smith was the 1st female Foreign Service Officer as well as the 1st female trade commissioner, serving for over two decades in China. She later held various roles with international organizations including the UN. #LGBTHistoryMonth #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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My wife noticed my new pronouns – her response brought me to tears
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My wife noticed my new pronouns – her response brought me to tears
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Really good talk for #UK #LGBTHistoryMonth at #UniversityOfYork about her book "Before #Gender
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My late friend Darryl W. Bullock’s book ‘David Bowie Made Me Gay’ is still having an impact. So incredibly proud of him, and I think he’d be happy that his work has outlived him. #LGBTHistoryMonth
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My wife noticed my new pronouns – her response brought me to tears
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My wife noticed my new pronouns – her response brought me to tears
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We went through IVF at 19 – even doctors judged us
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/14/went-ivf-19-even-doctors-judged-us-26834861/
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We went through IVF at 19 – even doctors judged us
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/14/went-ivf-19-even-doctors-judged-us-26834861/
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«February is LGBT+ History Month…» 🏳️🌈🎞
Short video (⏳≈2min) by the ALEX Project (🇬🇧 org, but this is applicable globally). ^~
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There's a transcript below, if you'd rather read it straight than watch. :3
Original at:
🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/ask4alex.bsky.social/post/3mduzidkfkc2n#SexWorkSaturday #LGBTHistoryMonth #AlexProject #ShortVideo #Video #LGBTIQA #LGBTIQ #LGBTIB #LGBT #LGBTQ #SexWork #History #UK #GB
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Therapists Against Conversion #Therapy and #Transphobia (TACTT) "Shocking Treatment! Is the media erasing trans history?" #LGBTHistoryMonth guest post from Hel Spandler, professor at the University of Lancashire, for LGBTQ+ history month https://therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2026/02/05/shocking-treatment/ #AversionTherapy #ConversionTherapy
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The UK’s First Gay Quarter : LGBT+ History Month in Liverpool
The start of February marks the beginning of LGBT+ History Month. And Liverpool is the perfect place to…
#Liverpool #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU ##LGBTHistoryMonth #Britain #GreatBritain
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/741884/ The UK’s First Gay Quarter : LGBT+ History Month in Liverpool ##LGBTHistoryMonth #Britain #England #GreatBritain #Liverpool #UK #UnitedKingdom
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February is LGBT+ History Month, a time to remember and celebrate the rich and diverse history and achievements of LGBTQ+ people and communities around the world. We also remember the struggles and obstacles faced along the way, and the activism and perseverance that guided us toward progress.
Who's your LGBTQ+ hero from history?
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTQHistory #TransHistory #QueerHistory #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI #LGBT #Queer
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2/2 Heute mit dem ersten Tag des Februars beginnt der LGBT+ History Month und der Black History Month!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎➡️ Queere und BIPoC Geschichte sind eng miteinander verbunden. Insbesondere Schlüsselmomente der queeren Geschichte wie die Stonewall Aufstände wurden maßgeblich von BIPoC geprägt.
#aktionstage #lgbthistorymonth #blackhistorymonth #queerweg #blacklivesmatter #pride #stonewallwasariot #VielfaltInThüringen #QueerWegWirkt
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1/2 Heute mit dem ersten Tag des Februars beginnt der LGBT+ History Month und der Black History Month!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎➡️ Queere und BIPoC Geschichte sind eng miteinander verbunden. Insbesondere Schlüsselmomente der queeren Geschichte wie die Stonewall Aufstände wurden maßgeblich von BIPoC geprägt.
#aktionstage #lgbthistorymonth #blackhistorymonth #queerweg #blacklivesmatter #pride #stonewallwasariot #VielfaltInThüringen #QueerWegWirkt
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Good to see a #bisexual meetup as part of #LGBT+ #History month at #UniversityOfBirmingham #LGBTHistoryMonth
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Jan 1: Today is LGBT History Month! https://www.cute-calendar.com/45228 #LGBTHistoryMonth
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Addie Viola Smith was the 1st female Foreign Service Officer as well as the 1st female trade commissioner, serving for over two decades in China. She later held various roles with international organizations including the UN. #LGBTHistoryMonth #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith
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After being elected as VT state auditor, Ed Flanagan became the 1st openly gay statewide elected official in the US and went on to win reelection until leaving office in 2001. Flanagan later served 3 terms in the VT state Senate. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Flanagan_(politician)
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After rising to the rank of Major in the US Army and being discharged due to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Anthony Woods in 2023 became the 1st openly gay man to head a state department in MD when appointed Secretary of Veterans Affairs. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Woods
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After a lengthy legal career, in Nov 2012, Nitza I Quiñones Alejandro became the 1st openly lesbian Latina appointed to a federal judgeship & currently serves on the US District Court in the Eastern District of PA. #LGBTHistoryMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitza_I._Qui%C3%B1ones_Alejandro
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In his 6th term in the US House, Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) came out as gay in 1996. A few years later, he became the 1st openly gay person to address the 2000 Republican National Convention. #LGBTHistoryMonth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kolbe
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While queer people abhor demonization in our real lives, many of us have come to identify with these disruptive outsiders and fiendish alter egos, especially if their cruelty is seasoned with flamboyance and “camp”.
And if you’re looking for camp — there’s no one like Freddy.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/who-does-the-monster-represent-if-the-final-girl-is-a-gay-boy-595d8031b27b?sk=c8b51d935ca081a9c42e01f8e16ea834#LGBTQ #October #LGBTHistoryMonth #SpookySeason #HorrroMovies
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After serving as an Assistant US Attorney & a law professor at Fordham, Deborah Batts became the 1st openly gay federal judge in 1994 & served on the US District Court for the Southern District of NY until her passing in 2020. #LGBTHistoryMonth #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Batts
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Plas Newydd, the welsh name for many large houses built in recent centuries (in English ‘new hall’) was the home of the Two Ladies of Llangollen in Denbighshire in north of Wales.
As LGBTQ History Month draws to a close, #today we just made it in time to visit the home of Eleanor and Sarah though their house & the crocus covered garden we saw there today would not have been recognised by the famous couple circa 1800.
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As LGBTQ History Month draws to a close, #today Feb 26, we just made it in time, to visit the home of the Two Ladies of Llangollen - though their house Plas Newydd and the crocus covered garden we saw there today would not have been recognised by the famous couple Eleanor and Sarah in 1800.
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"Hospitals run by lesbian couples during the world wars" is a nonfiction topic I keep coming across, and I am here for it.
#bookstodon #nonfiction #books #AmReading #history #lgbtq #queer #LGBTHistoryMonth
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This is my great grandmother's husband, a Prussian Count. At the time of this photo, in the 1920s, he was a Scharführer in the Nazi Sturmabteilung, Hitler's brown-shirts. This suggests that he was an ideological Nazi, not an opportunist or pragmatist. He was in it from the beginning. He ultimately climbed the ladder and was executed by the Russians.
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It's #LGBTHistoryMonth in the UK. So here's my list from last year's Pride Month detailing thirty LGBTQIA+ authors, from old to new. Enjoy, and remember: they brought us great art.
https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/2024/06/30/summary-30-days-of-pride/
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Anyway, happy #LGBTHistoryMonth to all. I can't believe it's been two years since my queer history book was published!
TWENTY-EIGHT is a collection of 28 works from different contributors, edited by me, telling the story of the UK's "don't say gay" law of the 80s and 90s - and the long shadow it still leaves to this day.
There are a couple of stories in there from my teen years. Go on, you know you want to read them.
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I have seen some history/classics/antiquitues academics posting about #AncientBlackness for #BlackHistoryMonth in the US. In the UK it is #LGBTHistoryMonth and I would love to see posts from academics about those who fall outside of "straight" or the gender binary throughout history.
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Trans Pride Southampton wishes everyone a very happy and productive LGBT History Month for all of our LGBTQIA+ followers, volunteers and affiliates. We value all of you, we celebrate the rights that have been hard won for queer people across the world and we support the rights of those in the community which are under threat or yet to be won.
Image description: a square post saying “Happy LGBT History Month”, these words are surrounded by images of:
Sylvia Rivera, an American trans sex worker activist with the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) banner, an organisation she co founded with another Stonewall Veteran Marsha P Johnson
A logo of Solent Pride, a several day long pride event across the Solent, which ran from 1992 - 1994
James Baldwin, an American writer and civil rights activist
The Lesbian And Gays Support The Miners banner, from the 1980s in the UK which stood alliance with the National Union of Mineworkers during a year long strike.
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California
Christine Jorgensen, the first person to become famous after receiving sexual reassignment surgery in the United States, she was named Woman Of The Year in 1953
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBT #Pride #LGBTHistory #LGBTQ #LGBQTIA #Trans #Transgender #Gay #Bi #Lesbian #Bisexual #Queer -
We wish all our readers, contributors & affiliates a very happy & productive LGBT History Month. We celebrate the rights hard won by the community and support the ongoing fight for members of the LGBTQIA+ community across the world who are still fighting. #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBT #Pride #LGBTHistory
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February is #lgbthistorymonth and one of our best-sellers and readers’ favourites is a novel set in the 18th century LGBT+ community.
The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West is a witty, heartfelt book which we recommend without hesitation, in stock here in your #localbookshop. -
Jan 1: Today is LGBT History Month! https://www.cute-calendar.com/43710 #LGBTHistoryMonth
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A #Missouri #teacher #founded #LGBTHistoryMonth 30 years ago.
October is LGBT History Month, the creation of #history #teacher #RodneyWilson. He began working on the #idea while completing #graduatestudies at the #UniversityofMissouri-#StLouis in 1994. It’s now in 20 countries
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Missouri #Education #History #Representation #Culture
https://www.kcur.org/history/2024-10-09/lgbt-history-month-october-rodney-wilson
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with the weather perfect for our second trans pride portsmouth BBQ on sunday we had a great turn out and far to much food and omg the buns, so much bread.
thank you all that came along for the event, we had fun, love, jokes and bonding, oh and a swan who sat with us most of the afternoon, the Valkyries where with us on the day#trans #transition #transgender #transgirl #transisbeautiful #transgenderrights #TransgenderHealthcare #transgenderawareness #transgenderlivesmatter #transman #transmasc #transpride #transproud #transpride🌈 #transprideflag #transwomenarewomen #transfemme #transfeminine #bisexual #instagay #gaymen #Queer #loveislove #TransRightsAreHumanRights #nonbinary #lesbianlove #sapphic #lgbthistorymonth🌈 #bi #TransWoman