GEN: Cultural Calendar

LGBTQ+ History Month was founded in 1994 by Rodney Wilson, the first openly gay public school teacher in Missouri. The month of October was selected due to its historical significance: LGBT Marches on Washington were held on October 1979 and 1987, and October 11 is National Coming Out Day.

• ACLU: LGBT Rights
• Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN): LGBTQ History
• Equality Forum
• Landmark cases in the fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
• LGBT History Month
• LGBT History Month: Icon Search
• LGBT Historical Society Museum & Archives
• ​​​​LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History
• LGBTQ+ History - from the Smithsonian
• Library of Congress: LGBTQ+ Pride Month
• National Trust for Historic Preservation: LGBT History
• National Museum of American History: LGBTQ History
• National Park Service: LGBTQ Heritage
• The history of the Pink Triangle
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center National History Archives

LGBTQ+ Proportion of Population

Data and Statistics from the Library of Congress

LGBTQ+ Worldwide Statistics

2019 National Survey on  LGBTQ youth mental health - from the Trevor Project

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health - from the CDC

LGBT Youth Population in the United States

• Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
  Explores topics that host Jonathan Van Ness, of Queer Eye fame, is curious about.
• LGBTQ&A
  Documents modern LGBTQ+ history through weekly interviews with LGBTQ+ people.
• Making Gay History
  Documents oral histories of those on the frontlines of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
• Nancy
  Series hosted by Kathy Tu and Tobin Low that covers a variety of topics related to the LGBTQ+ experience.
• One From the Vaults
  Host Morgan M. Page shows the history of trans people throughout the world.
• Keep It
  Pop culture and politics podcast hosted by Ira Madison III, Louis Virtel, and Aida Osman.
• The Read
  Weekly pop culture podcast hosted by Kid Fury and Crissle.
• QUEERY with Cameron Esposito
  Host and standup comic Cameron Esposito interviews members of the LGBTQ+ community.