Sharing LGBT History, One Instagram At A Time
Pride Month is a time for celebration, but it also serves as an opportunity to remember where we came from: The Instagram account LGBT History provides a daily history lesson with vintage photos from Pride marches, Gay Games, Studio 54, and more.
Partners Leighton Brown and Matthew Riemer said they started the account to share the pictures they felt a connection to and learn more about queer culture from the past, but as they gained followers and received grateful emails from viewers, they quickly realized there's a real lack of resources for LGBT history.
"Every queer person in every picture from every parade, protest, photo booth, house party, disco, picnic, AIDS ward, stage, jail cell, bar and everywhere else has a story," Brown, an attorney in D.C. told Mashable. "And too few of them are known... That’s why we started @lgbt_history."
Scroll through the gallery below to understand our history, and follow the account to get some Pride in your feed every day.