Flashback Friday

The LGBTQ community lost one of its staunchest advocates this year with the death of LGBTQ activist Connie Kurtz due to liver cancer.

The playwright María Irene Fornés was a Cuban-American queer woman with a 40-year career had influenced other writers even as she blazed a trail of her own.

Jinx Beers, founder of The Lesbian News and a community activist for more than 40 years, died on October 4 at the age of 84.

The Welsh artist Gwen John is not as well-known as her other male contemporaries. Fortunately, John is now receiving the recognition due to her work.

Chicago's LGBT community lost a leading light last week with the passing of Marcia Lipetz at the age of 71 due to cancer.

Called the "cleverest woman in Europe," Vernon Lee-- English essayist, novelist, and lesbian-- has been mostly forgotten. Now she's making a comeback.

Soni Wolf, a founding member of the Dykes on Bikes of San Francisco and a legend in the lesbian community, recently passed away at the age of 69.

This is a love story of English writers Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, in a time before we were able to come out of the shadows.

Helene van Zuylen van Zuylen came from one of the richest families on Earth. But she wanted her own life and she found it with Renee Vivien, writing, and motor racing.

Helen Grace James was kicked out of the military for being a lesbian. Now she's won back her pride after she won her lawsuit against the US Air Force.