Find Your Queer BDay: https://myqueerbirthday.com/ Queer history isn’t just about survival—it’s about strategy. From Stonewall riots to pie-throwing, die-ins, and fire-eating dykes, this episode explores the top ten bold, brilliant protest tactics queer people used to fight back long before social media. Let’s look at how queer resistance shaped history—and how we can use them right now. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinqueerhistory Newsletter: https://twiqh.ck.page/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThisWeekinQueerHistory TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twiqueerhistory REFERENCES https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html https://www.villagevoice.com/full-moon-over-the-stonewall/ https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/comptons-cafeteria-riot https://www.vogue.com/article/compton-cafeteria-rebellion https://www.nps.gov/ston/learn/historyculture/julius.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/julius-bar-1966.htm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-15/the-american-psychiatric-association-removes-homosexuality-from-its-list-of-mental-illnesses https://digitalhistory.hsp.org/pafrm/doc/speech-dr-henry-anonymous-john-fryer-american-psychiatric-association-125th-annual-meeting https://www.sageusa.org/news-posts/they-marched-in-americas-first-pride-demonstrations-in-1970-theyre-still-out-loud-and-proud/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-14/anita-bryant-hit-in-the-face-with-pie https://www.glbthistory.org/primary-source-set-briggs-initiative https://www.glbthistory.org/briggs https://boundarystones.weta.org/2025/07/29/1988-act-demonstrators-occupied-fda-headquarters-demand-action-aids https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/11/act-up-hiv-aids-1988-fda-protest https://www.actuporalhistory.org/actions/seize-control-of-the-fda https://www.actuporalhistory.org/actions/political-funerals https://actupny.org/diva/synAshes.html https://www.hivplusmag.com/entertainment/2021/6/08/pose-finale-ashes-protest-lawn-act-up-inspiration-real-life-true https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/06/17/lesbian-avengers https://www.lesbianavengers.com/images/video/1992_shrine_eating_fire.shtml https://www.villagepreservation.org/2014/11/12/eating-fire-a-brief-history-of-the-lesbian-avengers-in-nyc/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/before-occupy-how-aids-activists-seized-control-of-the-fda-in-1988/249302/

Join the mailing list: https://twiqh.ck.page/ Long before Hollywood dared, a silent film in 1919 told a powerful gay love story—and fought for LGBTQ rights. Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others) is the first known gay-themed movie in history, and it was almost completely erased. Let’s reclaim this lost piece of queer cinematic legacy together. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinqueerhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThisWeekinQueerHistory TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twiqueerhistory Newsletter: https://twiqh.kit.com/ REFERENCES https://www.jhiblog.org/2019/05/28/projecting-fears-and-hopes-the-1919-anders-als-die-andern-controversy/ https://www.mqup.ca/blog/queer-history-month-anders-als-die-andern/ https://ceureviewofbooks.com/review/different-from-the-others-queer-mobilization-before-stonewall/ https://www.openculture.com/2014/10/different-from-the-others-1919-the-first-gay-rights-movie-in-history.html https://theconversation.com/the-enduring-appeal-of-a-century-old-german-film-about-queer-love-211254 https://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/language/en/info/p4_Anders-als-die-andern.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327862353_Sexology_Popular_Science_and_Queer_History_in_Anders_als_die_Andern_Different_from_the_Others_Sexology_Popular_Science_and_Queer_History_in_Anders_als_die_Andern https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/fm_00154_7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_from_the_Others https://monthlyreview.org/product/magnus_hirschfeld/ https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/magnus-hirschfeld-and-the-institute-for-sexual-science/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_attitudes_toward_homosexuality https://www.history.ac.uk/events/anders-als-die-anderndifferent-others-roundtable https://www.reddit.com/r/Lost_Films/comments/lph2vc/1919_different_from_the_others_anders_als_die/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009878/ https://silentfilm.org/different-from-the-others/ https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Different_from_the_Others https://makinggayhistory.org/podcast/magnus-hirschfeld/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6282845/ https://www.the-berliner.com/film/more-than-just-30-years-of-lgbt-film-anders-als-die-andern/ https://www.weimarcinema.org/essay/Mayer https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1473&context=ugtheses https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/48389/1/2014BrownSLPhD.pdf http://silent-volume.blogspot.com/2009/03/different-from-others-1919.html https://theoldshelter.com/anders-als-die-andern-1919-the-first-queer-film/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/30C0889CDAA31351EE9DBDEA9B6672B8/S0008938923001255a.pdf/afterlives_of_anders_als_die_andern_and_of_weimar.pdf https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Germany-so-divided-on-gay-rights https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2021/02/09/persecution-of-gay-people-in-nazi-germany/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend/comments/uyeokf/some_surviving_scenes_from_the_first_progay_film/ https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/1919-anders-als-die-andern-e-altri-cortometraggi/ https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/celebrating-queer-joy-in-1920s-berlin/ https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/context/student_scholarship/article/1985/viewcontent/Homosexuality_during_the_Transition_from_the_Weimar_Republic_to_the_Third_Reich.pdf