These six icons capture the experience of queer Black folx from the post-Civil War Era through the Harlem Renaissance and Stonewall Riots to today. As we celebrate their legacies, we also honor the voices that history has yet to fully acknowledge.

In the ten years since, marriage equality has transformed the social, legal, and cultural fabric of the country. Over a million same-sex couples have tied the knot, many celebrating openly for the first time in history.