LGBT History Month USA
Saturday’s LGBT icon is French author, activist and holocaust survivor Pierre Seel
Biographies
Day 5
Day 4’s LGBT History Month con is Mary Bonauto. For more than two decades, Mary Bonauto has served as the civil rights project director at… Read More »Day 5
LGBT History Month USA Day 4
Day 4’s LGBT History Month con is Katherine Lee Bates. Bates is best known for writing ‘America the Beautiful’. To read her biography go here
Allan Horsfall. An Obituary by Peter Tatchell
Allan was arguably the grandfather of the modern gay rights movement in Britain. He was first active for gay law reform in the late 1950s.… Read More »Allan Horsfall. An Obituary by Peter Tatchell
Allan Horsfall 1927-2012
Allan Horsfall To read a short account from Gay Star News of the life of Allan Horsfall, father of the LGBT rights movement, go here… Read More »Allan Horsfall 1927-2012
The Secret Life of Oscar Wide, by Neil McKenna
The Secret Life of Oscar Wide, by Neil McKenna 2004 Arrow Books ISBN 9780099415459 Reviewed by Tony Fenwick I took this biography with me… Read More »The Secret Life of Oscar Wide, by Neil McKenna
Asha Amma Dewi Given Moving Funeral
Asha ‘Amma’ Dewi, Malaysia’s oldest trans woman and a guide and counsellor to the country’s trans community was given a moving funeral in Kuala Lumpur on August… Read More »Asha Amma Dewi Given Moving Funeral
Chavela Vargas April 17, 1919 – August 5, 2012
Legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas has died aged 93. Born in Costa Rica, Vargas emigrated to Mexico at 14 to improve her opportunities as a… Read More »Chavela Vargas April 17, 1919 – August 5, 2012
The AG Says Goodbye to Sue after 13 Years
LGBT History Month co chair Sue Sanders was awarded a commendation on her last meeting of the London LGBT Advisory Group. Sue helped to found… Read More »The AG Says Goodbye to Sue after 13 Years