In 2018, Nicole Maines became the first trans person to play an explicitly transgender superhero on television. Fifty years prior, another trans femme quietly took on a role on the opposite side of the coin.

The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers, trans folk like us helped eradicate the Nazi menace...only to be left behind by our allies at the end.

The United States is tearing itself apart, and the occupying forces have made it clear that queer folk and minorities have no stake in this new world. Nearly a century and a half ago, a trans man for the Union sent his own response to that sentiment in lead.

For all of the nonsense about tradition, religion, and you-don’t-belong we all hear from our conservative relatives this time of year, historical Christmas traditions sure have a lot of genderqueer entities ready to feast on the bastards of this world. Here's some of them.

In November 1990, LIFE Magazine ran a now-legendary photograph of AIDS activist David Kirby’s last moments. Just out of frame was another eventual victim of AIDS, and the reason Therese was in the room at all; Peta, a two-spirit caretaker with their own story to tell. 

Synth pioneer Wendy Carlos has given us eighteen albums, a massive website of personal writings and archival recordings, and a generation of trans synthesizer enthusiasts in her wake. For Halloween, we’re taking a look at her writings, her work, and the queer musicians she’s influenced.

In 1992, a millionaire playboy died in Mexico in the ruins of his Love Joy Palace Ashram. Almost thirty years prior, he handed Dr. Harry Benjamin a blank check and set the stage for trans healthcare as we know it today.

In the 1970s, a young trans man dug through newspapers and history to unearth the life and times of Jack Bee Garland, Thirty years later, a team of archivists did the same with his own story.

California recognized August as Transgender History Month in 2023. In challenging times, reclaiming our history is more urgent than ever.

Mira Lazine wrote that an offensive op-ed opposing trans medical care by a gay man made major errors in its interpretation of the history of the gay rights movement and the APA.

Right-wing media reject attempts to celebrate the queerness in stories about an ancient Roman emperor who presented as a woman.