The Book of Queer
This new five-episode series features fun reenactments about notable queer personalities and their impact on history.
Tag: black
About THING Magazine
Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life in November 1989. Robert Ford described his zine as a “black gay and lesbian underground arts journal and magazine […]
THING Spring 2022 Commemorative Issue
Get a beautiful, full-color copy of our Commemorative Issue: Celebrating the Fabulousness of THING. Purchase copies online through MagCloud.com
Subscribe: Artists and Alternative Magazines, 1970-1995
On display Dec 11, 2021–May 2, 2022 at the Art Institute of Chicago Beginning in the early 1970s—as underrepresented groups were demanding new forms of visibility following the emergence of […]
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How’s the Hair?
by Trent Adkins, 1988 Black is back! Not that African Americans had ever really gone anywhere. Hopefully, Black Power was, is, and always will be. But now it’s much nearer […]
Serving You Realness!
House of Thing is a platform for Black LGBTQ+ arts and culture and a safe space to identify and discover one’s own fabulousness.
2022 LGBTQ State of the Union Address
Angelica Ross, the “Pose” and “American Horror Story” star, delivered the 2022 LGBTQ+ State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. Ross delivered an amazing speech that addressed the […]
ALL Black Lives Matter
Violence against Black trans people is often left out of the national conversation. If you’ve been supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s important to include LGBTQ+ people in your […]
THING: She Knows Who She Is
Excerpts from the Chicago History Museum’s Thing magazine online exhibit at Google Arts & Culture. What is THING? Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life. As such, […]
Thirty Years Ago, a Black Queer Zine Captured the Scene that Birthed House
by Leor Galil for the Chicago Reader, June 2021 – In February 2021, dance-music site Selector republished a list of 100 important house records taken from a 1992 issue of […]
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