Gay Rights | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/gay-rights/RSS feed for Gay RightsenTue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:23 +0000A Guillotine Goes on Display in Marseille, Where the Execution Device Was Last Used 48 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/guillotine-goes-on-display-in-marseille-where-the-execution-device-was-last-used-48-years-ago-180987505/A museum in the city is honoring the legacy of Minister of Justice Robert Badinter, who fought to repeal the death penalty in France once and for allTue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/guillotine-goes-on-display-in-marseille-where-the-execution-device-was-last-used-48-years-ago-180987505/'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' Started Out as a Critical Flop. Fifty Years Later, the Beloved Film Is a Cultural Phenomenonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-started-out-as-a-critical-flop-fifty-years-later-the-beloved-film-is-a-cultural-phenomenon-180987393/Creator Richard O’Brien reflects on how the 1975 movie musical became a haven for the "marginalized and disenfranchised"Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:38:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-started-out-as-a-critical-flop-fifty-years-later-the-beloved-film-is-a-cultural-phenomenon-180987393/Frank Kameny Helped Chart a Path to Liberation for Millions of Gay Americanshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/frank-kameny-helped-chart-part-liberation-millions-gay-americans-180987148/Personal notebooks reveal what life was like for the Washington activist who spent decades advocating for equal rights in the federal government and elsewhereThu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/frank-kameny-helped-chart-part-liberation-millions-gay-americans-180987148/America Deported Her for Publishing a Book Titled 'Lesbian Love.' Years Later, She Was Murdered by the Nazis for Being Jewishhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/america-deported-her-for-publishing-a-book-titled-lesbian-love-years-later-she-was-murdered-by-the-nazis-for-being-jewish-180986864/Eve Adams, an immigrant and the proprietor of a 1920s lesbian tearoom, was imprisoned for disorderly conduct and obscenity, then sent back to Europe, where she became a target of the HolocaustThu, 26 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/america-deported-her-for-publishing-a-book-titled-lesbian-love-years-later-she-was-murdered-by-the-nazis-for-being-jewish-180986864/Rejected by Museums Around the World, This New Art Exhibition Explores the Historical Roots of the Term 'Homosexual'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rejected-by-museums-around-the-world-this-new-art-exhibition-explores-the-historical-roots-of-term-homosexual-180986632/"The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939" is a sprawling collection of more than 300 works at Chicago's Wrightwood 659 galleryThu, 15 May 2025 18:23:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rejected-by-museums-around-the-world-this-new-art-exhibition-explores-the-historical-roots-of-term-homosexual-180986632/Five Ways Pope Francis, Religious Leader Who Pushed to Modernize the Catholic Church, Was a Man of Firstshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-ways-pope-francis-religious-leader-who-pushed-to-modernize-the-catholic-church-was-man-of-firsts-180983379/The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms either went too far or not far enoughMon, 21 Apr 2025 11:17:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-ways-pope-francis-religious-leader-who-pushed-to-modernize-the-catholic-church-was-man-of-firsts-180983379/Eight Historic Moments That Took Place at the Waldorf Astoria New Yorkhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/eight-historic-moments-that-took-place-at-the-waldorf-astoria-new-york-180986439/The famous hotel reopens this spring after an extensive renovation that began in 2017Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:25:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/eight-historic-moments-that-took-place-at-the-waldorf-astoria-new-york-180986439/Sphen, Australian Penguin of Famous Same-Sex Couple, Dies at Age 11https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sphen-australian-penguin-of-famous-same-sex-coulple-dies-at-age-11-180984965/Sphen and his longtime partner Magic got together at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in 2018. They successfully hatched two foster chicks and became "international queer icons"Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:29:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sphen-australian-penguin-of-famous-same-sex-coulple-dies-at-age-11-180984965/Who Was 'Lisa Ben,' the Woman Behind the U.S.'s First Lesbian Magazine?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-lisa-ben-the-woman-behind-the-uss-first-lesbian-magazine-180984596/Edythe Eyde published nine issues of "Vice Versa" between June 1947 and February 1948. She later adopted a pen name that doubled as an anagram for "lesbian"Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-lisa-ben-the-woman-behind-the-uss-first-lesbian-magazine-180984596/Plans for Museum Honoring Victims of Pulse Nightclub Shooting Have Been Canceledhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-honoring-victims-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting-will-not-move-forward-180983193/The city of Orlando has agreed to buy the nightclub property, where a permanent memorial will eventually openMon, 06 Nov 2023 19:01:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-honoring-victims-of-pulse-nightclub-shooting-will-not-move-forward-180983193/