homophobia News and Stories

Nirvana Pushed Back Against Homophobia and Kink-Shaming at This 1992 Benefit Concert

Nirvana played a 1992 benefit to stop an anti-gay ballot measure. During the show, Kurt Cobain kissed a guy and talked about burning down GOP headquarters

This Couple Tried to Create an All-Gay, Hate-Free City in Nevada

In the 1980s, a man named Fred Schoonmaker dreamed of establishing Stonewall Park, an all-gay city where LGBTQ folks could live free without homophobia

If You’re Attracted to Men But Afraid of Effeminacy and Anal Sex, You Might Be a G0Y

If you’ve never heard of the g0ys, they’re a bunch of gay and bi dudes who don’t like those labels and share a lot in common with hate groups

The Sad But True Story of San Domino, Fascist Italy’s Island for ‘Immoral’ Gay Men

San Domingo was Mussolini’s gay island where he deported ‘immoral’ queer men during Italy’s fascist heyday before World War II, and few folks know about it