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Every week, Kris Fitzgerald digs into the archives of LGBTQ+ history to uncover the moments, people, and movements that shaped queer life and culture. From landmark legal victories to unsung heroes, from underground parties to mass protests - This Week in Queer History celebrates the agency, resilience, and brilliance of queer communities across time. History isn't just what happened. It's who we are. Watch the video versions on YouTube: youtube.com/@thisweekinqueerhistory Join our community: thisweekinqueerhistory.circle.so
Kris with a K hosts This Week in Queer History, a history show with 101 episodes published.
On June 25, 1972, a schoolteacher from Queens named Jeanne Manford grabbed a piece of orange posterboard, wrote in marker that parents of gay children should unite in support of their kids, and stepped into the Christoph
At 5:01 PM on June 16, 2008, the doors of San Francisco City Hall swung open and two women walked in. Del Martin was 87 years old. Phyllis Lyon was 84. They had been together for fifty-six years. And they were about to b
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court told sixteen states they couldn't ban love anymore. When Richard and Mildred Loving won their case against Virginia, they didn't just win the right to stay married - they handed us a l
In June 1991, three thousand LGBTQ+ people wore red shirts to Walt Disney World. No sponsors. No corporate blessing. No permission. Just community - coordinated through word of mouth, built on trust, and showing up at th
On May 30, 1986, one of America's most influential fashion designers died at forty-six years old. His company said it was encephalitis. The newspapers printed it. And an entire industry exhaled - because nobody had to sa
What if a newspaper column could teach America that queer people deserve happy endings? On May 24, 1976, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City arrived in the San Francisco Chronicle - a serialized story about a boarding h
On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization endorsed the ICD-10 and quietly removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. It was, in the words of the activists who had fought for it, a seismic moment - the
On May 6, 1933, members of the German Student Union marched to the Institute of Sexual Research in Berlin - with a brass band. Like a parade. They stormed the building, seized tens of thousands of volumes, grabbed patien
On April 30, 1997, Ellen DeGeneres leaned into an airport PA microphone and said three words to 42 million people watching at home. In this episode, we go back to that night - the bomb threats, the pulled advertisers, th
What happens when the most famous man in England is told his love is a crime? In 1895, Oscar Wilde stood in a London courtroom and called love between men "beautiful" and "noble," refusing to apologize, recant, or run. T
In 1979, a group of queer activists in San Francisco put on nun habits as an Easter joke. Within a few years, they were saving lives. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence started as camp and irreverence, but when the AIDS
Ryan White never asked to be the face of AIDS in America. He was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion used to treat his hemophilia. He was thirteen years old. And when his schoo
In 1996, a new class of HIV drugs changed everything. The protease inhibitors, combined with existing antiretroviral treatments, turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition for people who could
A playwright. A bond trader. A college dropout. A teenager. These are the people who walked into the FDA in the late 1980s and early 90s and came out having redesigned how drugs get approved in America. This is Part 2 of
In 1987, there was one approved AIDS drug in the United States. It cost $10,000 a year. And the government's message to the people dying while they waited for more options was essentially: be patient. ACT UP was not pati
Palm Springs today looks like it was always a gay paradise. Sun-drenched streets, rainbow flags, elected queer mayors, world-famous events. But the real story is grittier, more complicated, and far more interesting than
Before the apps, before the bars were safe, before there were queer community centers in most cities, there were gyms. And for generations of LGBTQ people, the gym was not primarily about fitness. It was about finding ea
You probably know "The Little Mermaid" as a fairy tale about a girl who wants to live on land. But look at who wrote it, and the story takes on a whole new meaning. Hans Christian Andersen wrote some of the most beloved
Before there were gay bars in every city, before there was queer television or LGBTQ+ social media communities, there were show tunes. And for generations of gay people who grew up isolated, confused, or afraid, those so
What happens when the people most aggressively persecuting LGBTQ lives are secretly LGBTQ themselves? It is one of the most painful patterns in queer history, and this episode examines it honestly, with care, and without
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