# LGBTQ+ History

[Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career.](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/giants-pitchers-protested-pride-night)

San Francisco Giants players protested their team’s Pride Night and went unpunished. Throughout history, sports leagues have come down far harder on…

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[Dr. Ibram X Kendi Joins Me to Explain the Great Replacement Theory!](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/dr-ibram-x-kendi-joins-me-to-explain)

From France to Hungary to El Salvador, one recycled lie convinces ordinary people to ask strongmen for protection from a threat that does not exist.

May 26•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene) and [Ibram X. Kendi](https://substack.com/@ibramxkendi)

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[Straight Men Keep Calling Strangers Gay on Camera—The Reason Why Should Terrify Every Guy Watching](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/straight-men-keep-calling-strangers)

A Hawaii content creator's "gay or straight" street interviews have become an unintentional field study in how American masculinity still functions…

May 19•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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[Kid Rock Lip-Synced to an Empty Room While Bad Bunny Taught 130 Million People About Colonialism](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/kid-rock-lip-synced-to-an-empty-room)

One of the most politically charged halftime shows in Super Bowl history was so masterfully crafted that millions of Americans thanked Bad Bunny for…

Feb 11•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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[Gap Just Schooled American Eagle on Diversity—And Accidentally Won a Culture War](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/gap-just-schooled-american-eagle)

After American Eagle's controversial Sydney Sweeney ad (that was praised by Donald Trump), a multicultural girl group became a symbol of resistance.

Aug 22, 2025•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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[America's First Drag Queen Was a Black Man Born Into Slavery—And History Tried to Erase Him](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/americas-first-drag-queen-was-a-black)

World Pride 2025, the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in history, has come to Washington, D.C., with over 300 events stretching across three weeks.

Jun 4, 2025•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene) and [Uncloseted Media](https://substack.com/@unclosetedmedia)

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[\[Exclusive\] I Got a Behind-the-Scenes look into the Met Gala and Learned the History of the Black Dandy](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/exclusive-i-got-a-behind-the-scenes)

At a sneak preview of the Costume Exhibition hours before the Gala, The Met Showed Us the Story of the Black Dandy: from Frederick Douglass to Andre…

May 6, 2025•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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[Sylvia Rivera Warned Us: Gay Men Would Abandon Trans People—And She Was Right](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/sylvia-rivera-warned-us-gay-men-would)

Gay conservatives say trans rights aren’t their fight. But what happens when they’re next?

Mar 2, 2025•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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[Black Trans Man brutally tortured for weeks, killed amidst growing transphobia](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/black-trans-man-brutally-tortured)

“In my 20-year law enforcement career, this is one of the most horrific crimes I have ever investigated" - NY State Police Captain Kelly Swift

Feb 16, 2025•[Kahlil Greene](https://substack.com/@kahlilgreene)

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