Joseph Bennington-Castro

Joey is a Hawaii-based journalist who has written more than 900 articles for the general public on a wide range topics, including history, health, astronomy, archaeology, artificial intelligence, and more.

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LGBTQ+ History

7 Early Pioneers of the Gay Rights Movement

Before the Stonewall Riots, these activists helped set the stage for advances in the LGBTQ civil rights movement.

Author/gay activist Larry Kramer, founder of ACT UP, snuggling w. his friend, author & AIDS victim Vito Russo, as he tries to comfort him while petting his dog at home
1980s

How AIDS Remained an Unspoken—But Deadly—Epidemic for Years

Health officials first became aware of AIDS in the summer of 1981, but U.S. leaders remained largely silent for four years.

How the AIDS Quilt Allowed Millions to Memorialize the Epidemic
1980s

How the AIDS Quilt Allowed Millions to Memorialize the Epidemic

The AIDS Memorial Quilt—with 1,920 individual panels, each inscribed with the names of people lost to AIDS—was displayed for the first time on October 11, 1987. It has grown ever since.

Protestors in the "Flower Power" protest camp out at the police department following a raid at the gay bar The Patch
LGBTQ+ History

7 LGBTQ Uprisings Before Stonewall

The 1969 Stonewall Riots marked a historic turning point for gay rights, but several smaller uprisings preceded Stonewall as LGBTQ communities pushed back against harassment and inequality.

LGBTQ+ History

The Supreme Court Rulings That Have Shaped Gay Rights in America

The Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ rights as early as 1958.

Portrait of Alan Turing. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
LGBTQ+ History

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a British mathematician and logician whose work laid the foundation for modern computer science and artificial intelligence. He was instrumental in breaking Nazi communication encryptions during World War II.