On a recent Tuesday night, as I descend the stairs into the damp basement air of Marie’s Crisis Cafe, a sense of calm settles in. The pianist is focused and sparrow-like, perched behind his instrument ...

After years of harassment from local police and state officials, the owners and patrons of San Francisco’s gay bar scene crowded into a hotel conference room in 1960, to hear in detail what a puzzling ...

Mr. Sullivan, an early advocate for gay marriage, writes The Weekly Dish on Substack. Ten years ago Thursday, the movement for gay and lesbian equality scored a victory that only a decade before had ...

The Stonewall riots sparked a new attitude and activism around LGBTQ rights. Half a century later, revisit the historic moment that began a movement and explore objects from the Smithsonian ...