LGBT history
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LGBT history refers to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cultures around the world, dating back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love and sexuality within ancient civilizations.
Among historical figures, some were recorded as having relations with others of their own sex — exclusively or together with opposite-sex relations — while others were recorded as only having relations with the opposite sex. However, the history of the former, marked as it is by persecution and misunderstanding, has often been overlooked or suppressed. The field of LGBT history is thus relatively new.
In recent times, some countries have begun to observe "LGBT History Month" to recognize the contributions and events related to LGBT communities.
See also
- LGBT themes in classical mythology
- History of bisexuals
- History of lesbians
- Timeline of LGBT history
- GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco
- IHLIA LGBT Heritage, Amsterdam
- Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, Los Angeles
- June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, West Hollywood, CA
- Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Melbourne, Australia
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto, Canada
- Centrum Schwule Geschichte, Cologne, Germany
- Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago
- Legal Precedent (2009), Right to change legal names female to male and vice versa for people transgender and intersex by the approval of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.
- Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Minneapolis, MN
- History of Drag
- Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
- List of LGBT monuments and memorials
- List of LGBT political parties
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year
