Late 1800s: The etymology of the phrase "drag queen" is debatable, but many scholars believe that the phrase was coined in the 1800s as a reference to the hoop skirt. As seen in this photo, hoop skirts would "drag" along the ground. The term "queen" was used as a derogatory slur towards homosexuals...

“I was driving when I heard ‘The President Sang Amazing Grace,’” Joan Baez told The Atlantic, “and I had to pull over to make sure I heard whose song it was because I knew I had to sing it.” The 77-year-old folk legend included the song in her final album, Whistle Down The Wind, released in early Ma

James Ivory — one half of the legendary production company Merchant Ivory Productions, which gave us The Remains of the Day, Howards' End, and A Room with a View — visited TIFF days after his historic Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay (Call Me by Your Name). Ivory is now the oldest Academy Award

On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court court issued a 5-4 ruling declaring the 14th Amendment requires all states to perform same-sex marriages and recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidel

Boxer briefs, shorts, drawers, Schenti, knickers, underwear. Gruff + Tumble digs into the interesting, and often hysterical origins of mens underwear. Necessity, fashion, ego, and actual support. All played key roles in the historic journey of why we humans wear underwear. We explore the global infl...

Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch. The historic liftoff occurred Friday morning,July 8th, 2011, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight. Four astronauts are riding Atlantis to orbit. The shuttle is bound for the International Space Station, making on...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) took to the House floor on Friday and delivered a rip-roaring presentation against the “bigots” in North Carolina and their anti-LGBT bathroom bill HB 2. The speech was also historic and groundbreaking, according to the office of the U.S. House Communications Director, which

Twenty-seven years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman in
space on Jun 18, 1983. She accomplished this historic milestone when
she flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger as a mission specialist for
the six-day STS-7 mission. Ride, a southern California native, was also
a mission specia...

The exhibition marks an historic moment, when treasures from around the world can be seen together. Tate’s The Snail 1953 is shown alongside its sister work Memory of Oceania 1953 and Large Composition with Masks 1953 at 10 metres long. A photograph of Matisse’s studio reveals that these works were

An exclusive sneak preview of Fellow Travelers, starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. Fellow Travelers is, at its core, a decades-long romance between two men: Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (Magic Mike‘s Matte Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Bridgerton‘s Jonathan Bailey). But it’s also a fascinating “trave