Flashback Friday

The feminist icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the US Supreme Court, has died at her home in Washington, DC at the age of 87.

Singers and later lovers Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney were once a famous double act of the music hall from the 1920s to the 1930s.

Paris in the 1920s rivaled Weimar Berlin with its bohemian, sexually permissive lifestyle, and where the Paris-Lesbos, a vibrant lesbian community, thrived.

Brazilian LGBTQ activist Marielle Franco's legacy lives on with the release of a film that documents her life and her assassination.

Glee actress Naya Rivera's recent death sorely affected the lesbian community and led us to remember her strong portrayal of her character, Santana Lopez.

Sarah Hegazi, a lesbian activist imprisoned in Egypt for bearing a rainbow flag at a concert, took her own life during her exile in Canada.

The world lost another pillar in the lesbian community with the passing of Dr. Lu Elrod, age 84, last April 12 at her home in Monrovia, California.

LGBTQ activist Phyllis Lyon, who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis, has died at the age of 95 from natural causes at her San Francisco home.

Esther Eng became famous for the Chinese movies she directed and made for the American and Chinese audiences in the US in the '30s and '40s.

Not much is known about French writer Renée Dunan, who wrote books and stories about lesbians in 19th century France. This is what we know.