Portal:LGBTQ


	The LGBTQ+ Portal

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LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. It is an umbrella term, originating in the United States, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, sex characteristics, and gender identities that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex.

In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the initialism LGB. Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT, as transgender people gained recognition. Around that time, some activists began to reclaim the term queer, seeing it as a more radical and inclusive umbrella term, though others reject it, due to its history as a pejorative. In recognition of this, the 2010s saw the adoption of LGBTQ, and other more inclusive variants. (Full article...)

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Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo network in July 2003, initially broadcast as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The series was created by executive producers David Collins and Michael Williams along with David Metzler through their company, Scout Productions. Each episode features a team of gay professionals in the fields of fashion, personal grooming, interior design, entertaining, and culture collectively known as the "Fab Five" performing a makeover (in the parlance of the show, a "make-better"): revamping wardrobe, redecorating, and offering lifestyle advice.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy quickly became a surprise success, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2004, with subsequent merchandising, international franchising of the concept, and a woman-oriented spin-off, Queer Eye for the Straight Girl. The series name was abbreviated to Queer Eye at the beginning of its third season to include making over individuals regardless of gender or sexual orientation. (Full article...)

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Alan Greg Rogers (September 21, 1967 – January 27, 2008) was an ordained pastor, a U.S. Army major and intelligence officer, a civil rights activist in the gay, lesbian and bisexual military community and the first-known gay combat fatality of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The subsequent coverage of his death in the media sparked a debate over the effect of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy and what information should be included in the biography of a gay military person killed in action. (Full article...)

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Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"

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—Jon Stewart

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Current events

23 January 2025: A law allowing same-sex marriages come into effect on January 23, 2025, in Thailand.
1 January 2025: A law allowing same-sex marriages come into effect on January 1, 2025, in Liechtenstein.
28 June 2024: On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2024
16 February 2024: Same-sex marriages come into effect on 16 February 2024 in Greece.
5 July 2023: Germany: Esslingen am Neckar hosts first Christopher Street Day
27 June 2023: France: Quimper, Finistère hosts second pride festival
22 June 2023: Estonian parliament passes legalization of same-sex marriage
20 June 2023: Wikinews interviews Tom Pashby, leader of campaign group Include Mx
12 June 2023: Tens of thousands march in 25th Tel Aviv Pride parade

See also: 2025 in LGBTQ rights

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Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931) was a German photographer living on Sicily in the late 19th century. He specialized in pastoral nude photography of the local youths, selling his prints to tourists such as Oscar Wilde. Caino (1902) is among his most famous works—an homage to the painting Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea (1832) by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin. Later photographers such as Cecil Beaton and Bruce Weber were influenced by von Gloeden's aesthetic.

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... that the Heian period Japanese story Torikaebaya Monogatari is the tale of a man who lives as a woman and his sister who lives as a man, who eventually swap places in order to lead happy lives?
... that in his 1999 book The Trouble With Normal, gay author Michael Warner argued that same-sex marriage is an undesirable goal for the gay rights movement?
... that the 2009 book Unfriendly Fire argues that bans on gays in the military were based on prejudices and fears, not empirical data?
... that sexual activism group Sex Panic! criticized the efficacy of 1990s US anti-HIV campaigns that, they argued, demonized public sexual culture?

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This month's birthdays

1 – Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), American poet, playwright and novelist
1 – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer and critic
2 – Renata Borgatti (1894–1964), Italian classical pianist
2 – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
3 – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
3 – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
4 – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer and musician
4 – Aribert Reimann (1936–2024), German composer
4 – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
5 – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer
6 – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Württemberg
6 - Tyler, The Creator (1991-), American rapper, producer, and singer
7 – Eva Brunne (1954–), Swedish Lutheran bishop
7 – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
7 – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer
7 – Wanda Sykes, (1964–) American comedian, writer and actress
8 – Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887–1963), English sculptor and translator
9 – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
9 – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
9 – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
9 – Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer and poet
10 – Jean Wyllys (1974–), Brazilian lecturer, journalist and politician
11 – The Lady Chablis (1957–2016), American actress, author, and transgender club performer
11 – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
11 – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
11 – Eudy Simelane (1977–2008), South African footballer
12 – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
12 – Edward Albee (1928–2016), American playwright
12 – Patricia Campos Doménech (1977–), Spanish football coach, and former naval fighter pilot
13 – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
14 – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer and spy
15 – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
15 – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer and politician
16 – Gabriel Attal (1989–), French politician, Prime Minister of France
16 – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
16 – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
17 – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
18– Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director and actor
18 – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
20 – Jan Cina (1988–), Czech actor
21 – Rosie O'Donnell (1962–), American talk show host, stand-up comedian, and actress
23 – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
23 – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
24 – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
24 – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor and producer
25 – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
27 – Pat Bond (1925–1990), American actress
27 – Margarethe Cammermeyer (1942–), Norwegian-American colonel, nurse and gay rights activist
28 – Lady Gaga (1986–), American singer, songwriter, and actress
29 – Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
30 – Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director, and socialite
31 – Camille Cabral (1944–), French-Brazilian politician, dermatologist & transgender rights advocate
31 – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
31 – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)