Stories by Matt Baume

The Mattachine Society Helped Lay the Groundwork for Queer Liberation

The Mattachine Society was eventually seen as too reserved, but it laid the groundwork for the entire LGBTQ rights movement

In the Early 1950s, U.S. Feds Tried to Kill the First Gay Magazine

After ONE Magazine debuted in 1953, the U.S. government harassed its writers and put it on trial for obscenity, just because it was gay.

Before Stonewall: How the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Sparked the LGBT Civil Rights Movement

Everyone already knows about the Stonewall Riots, but in August 1966, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco was an early blow for LGBT rights

Here’s What Science Has to Show for a Half-Century of Searching for Homosexuality’s Causes

While scientists still don’t know for sure what causes homosexuality, over the past 50 years, we’ve discovered a number of leads