Polish-American athlete Stella Walsh posing for photographers at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 12 March 1930. Also known as Stanisława...
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) NEW YORK Film Director and screen writer Gus Van Sant poses in 1997 in New York City, New York.
Nancy Kulp: Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies. If Nancy Kulp hadn't been applauded so wildly during her impulsive show-business debut at the...
Texas attorney Barbara Jordan smiles and makes a V sign as she talks on the phone after winning the Democratic nomination to the Texas State Senate,...
United States Air Force Sergeant, Leonard Matlovich , holds his Honorable Discharge papers at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, 22nd October 1975....
American gay rights activist Jack Nichols followed by Frank Kameny and Lilli Vincenz, protesting with others outside the White House on Armed Forces...
Dozens of "queers" were locked up on charges of masquerading and indecent exposure at the National Variety Artists' Exotic Carnival and Ball held at...
Pauli Murray of New York, the winner of a 1946 Mademoiselle Merit Award for signal achievement in law is shown here. A graduate of Howard University...
San Francisco, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is pictured leaving her San Francisco hotel, July 29th, en route to Portland...
Ex-patriate American author and salon hostess Natalie Clifford Barney wears a cape and stands in front of a Greek-style temple in the garden of her...
Edith Morgan and American poet, playwright, and novelist Mercedes de Acosta , Suffragettes of the Woman Suffrage Party, march during the 'Wake Up...
Puerto Rican trans woman and actress Holly Woodlawn reclining in her Greenwich Village apartment in New York City, New York, 1970. Woodlawn appeared...
Portrait of American author, AIDS campaigner and gay rights activist Larry Kramer, founder of ACT-UP and the Gay Men's Health Crisis group, sitting...
American film director Dorothy Arzner and Alfred Gilks, her cinematographer, survey a scene as they stand by a camera on the set of her film, 'Get...
Author and 'Dear Abby' columnist Abigail Van Buren, seated at her desk, her hands on the IBM typewriter. She has counseled several generations of...
American actress and singer Christine Jorgensen getting off a Pan American Airways plane at New York International Airport , 1950s. Jorgensen was...
American actress and singer Christine Jorgensen being presented the 'Woman of the Year' award by chairman Harry Berglind of the Scandinavian...
Drag King performer Murray Hill campaigning for Mayor of New York in 1991 in New York City, New York.
Portrait of American transgender rights activist Sylvia Rivera , holding a cat, outside of the makeshift shelter where she was living, while...
American stage actress Helen Menken pictured following her arrest for appearing in lesbian-themed drama 'The Captive' in New York on February 9,...
American gay liberation activist Marsha P Johnson , along with unidentified others, on the corner of Christopher Street and 7th Avenue during the...
Robert Makowka celebrates after being married to his partner Jay Dabbs, both from San Francisco by Marriage Commissioner Bob Wertz inside San...
Portrait of American gay & lesbian activist and feminist Del Martin in her office at Glide Memorial Methodist Church, San Francisco, California, June...
Protesters picket outside of Independence Hall for the 1966 Annual Reminder for homosexual civil rights in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One woman...
'Colonel' Victor Barker or Valerie Arkell-Smith, also known as John Hill and Geoffrey Norton, 9th December 1934.
Book cover art to a "pulp" paperback that focused on lesbian or gay love as the subject matter. Artist unknown, 1956
American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin speaking at a Peacemakers meeting, at a lectern on which is written 'Refuse to be Drafted, Peacemakers,...
Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist Audre Lorde lectures students at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Lorde...
American textile artist & gay rights activist Gilbert Baker costumed as Jesus carries a cross as he marches with unidentified others on Market Street...
Colorized photo of patrons, a number of whom wear elaborate evening gowns, in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, France, 1927. The original caption contains...
View, from above, of onlookers and marchers, with a GMHC banner and another that reads 'Fighting for Our Lives,' on Christopher Street during the...
RuPaul Andre Charles holds a grass skirt over his head taken as part of the Club Kids collection in 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Daily News front page December 1, 1952 Headline: EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY Operations Transform Bronx Youth George Jorgensen Jr. Son of a Bronx...
April 1959: Writer and playwright Lorraine Hansberry poses for a portrait in her apartment at 337 Bleecker Street in April, 1959 in New York City,...
On the National Mall, a group of women gather, with several banners, before the Equal Rights Amendment March, Washington DC, July 9, 1978. One woman...
Group portrait of British band Skunk Anansie. Left to right are bassist Cass , lead singer Skin , guitarist Ace and drummer Mark Richardson in 1995.
British Surrealist painter and writer Ithell Colquhoun models the headdress she will wear to next month's Hampstead Arts Ball, 12th May 1949. The...
Clause 28 March in Manchester, people demonstrate against Clause 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 which states that a local authority 'shall not...
Laverne Cox attends the exclusive premiere event for Lifetime's new show "Glam Masters" with the cast and executive producer at Dirty French on...
Caroline 'Tula' Cossey, a model who is a transgender women, and has appeared in a James Bond film. She lost her European Commission case and she is...
British actor, writer and comedian Graham Chapman . Chapman is best known for his work with the Monty Python team.
American Folk and Rock musicians Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, both of the duo Indigo Girls, play acoustic guitars as they perform onstage during the...
At a press conference, from left, Ron Gold, Frank Kameny, Howard Brown, Bruce Voeller , and Nathalie Rockhill announce the formation of th National...
After pouring their drinks, a bartender in Julius's Bar refuses to serve John Timmins, Dick Leitsch, Craig Rodwell , and Randy Wicker, members of the...
Portriat of American gay rights activist Craig Rodwell as he holds a bumper-sticker sized sign that reads 'Gay is Good' over his eyes, New York, New...
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon cut their wedding cake during a reception after the couple was married by San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in a private...
British painter Gluck at work on a portrait in her studio in Hampstead, London, 4th November 1932. She has recently opened an exhibition at the Fine...
Miss May Belfort Welcoming', c.1895, . Portrait of the Irish singer, May Belfort, who lived and worked in Paris. She gained notoriety for her song,...
