Past Out: Langston Hughes’ legacy Langston Hughes, a poet and writer, was friends with many gay and bisexual men, but his personal life remained a mystery.
By LIZ HIGHLEYMAN FEB. 27, 2004
WHO WAS LANGSTON HUGHES?
Acknowledged as one of the all-time great American poets, Hughes was a central
figure in the Harlem Renaissan... [more]
Past Out: Who was 36 years ago this month, successful gay playwright Joe Orton was killed by his longtime partner, Kenneth Halliwell.
JOE ORTON, DUBBED “the Oscar Wilde of welfare state gentility” by a London
newspaper, is regarded as one of Britain’s finest comedic play... [more]
Past Out: History Shifting notions of orientation and gender influenced the bisexual movement, from its birth in the early ’70s until today.
By LIZ HIGHLEYMAN AUG. 8, 2003
While people who pursue sexual or romantic relationships with women and men have
existed in all eras and cultures, the contemporary self-id... [more]
