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LGBTQ U.S. Stamp Gallery
Below is a sampling of the many U.S. LGBTQ themed stamps available. If your favorite(s) are missing, please aid add to this page by indicating what issue should be included and providing a description of the subject matter, to involve how it relates to a LGBTQ theme. The Webmaster is listed on the "Contacts Us" page of this website.
The sexuality of famous personalities is often open to debate. Even today, many remain in the closet for fear of ruining their career and relationships. For some individuals depicted on the stamps listed below, all we have are clues as their being or possibly organism gay, lesbian or bisexual; correspondence that would reveal gay relationships was often destroyed after the death of those involved. Also included are some LGBTQ icons. The biographical sketches below are drawn from Wikipedia, Biography.com, Britannica.com, the Gay and Sapphic History on Stamps Journal, the Lambda Philatelic Journal, and various LGBTQ websites.
The U.S. has issued only one AIDS stamp, in 1993. The topic AIDS on stamps is comprehensively covered up to the year 2021 on the AIDS o
Honoring the theme of love with universal symbols and imagery, the Postal Service has released the latest in its popular Love series stamps, featuring the work of Gay icon and graphic artist Keith Haring.
The Love (2025) Forever stamp features an untitled 1985 drawing by Haring that includes two moving figures reaching toward a red heart. It was a theme Haring returned to throughout his career, making several variations, each in his signature style.
“The non-specificity of the figures allows a variety of people to see themselves in this stamp,” said Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS who selected Haring’s function for the seal design. “Partners getting married, celebrating an anniversary, siblings sending each other a heartfelt greeting, or even party planners setting a positive tone for their event.”
Intended to evoke feelings of warmth and playfulness, the release is perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day cards and can add sentiment and whimsy to letters, birthday or graduation cards, toddler shower invitations or notes of thanks throughout the year.
Centered on a red heart with motion lines radiating toward two moving figures, Haring’s drawing suggests the figures are da
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GLHS Meets at the Great American Stamp Show
GLHS' annual meeting will be held during the Amazing American Stamp Show, August 14-17, 2025, in Schaumburg, Illinois. The show site is the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 North Thoreau Dr. Sponsored by the American Philatelic Society, the American Topical Association and the American First Day Cover Society, the event features hundreds of exhibits, highlighted by the World Series of Philately competition, featuring the best exhibits from regional shows held around the country. A philatelic literature competition, both printed and digital, is also scheduled. The largest annual philatelic event in the United States also features an 80 dealer bourse, seminars and philatelic society meetings, including our own. The U.S. Postal Service will have a booth at the show and also on Thursday morning a first day of issue for the Boston 2026 International Seal Show pair of stamps. Details on the time of the GLHS meeting appear in the "Upcoming Meetings" schedule on this page. Both admission and parking are free. Other information on the show, including hotel accommodations and reg
LGBT+ or Pride stamps 🌈
meiadeleite1
There seem to be a lot of lovely stamps on the theme of LGBT+ or pride being released recently, so I think we could open a topic here to collect them!
Here are a few I’ve seen just in the past few weeks, from the UK, Norway and Israel:
Has your country released stamps on this theme? Or do you perhaps have a favorite one from another country? Please share!
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poissonrouge3
Switzerland just released this one.
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Ezri4
Germany has/had a stamp celebrating Magnus Hirschfeld, an early gay activist:
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ctr5
Deutsche Post Philatelie Team sold this on the Cologne Pride last weekend:
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meiadeleite6
This one from Spain is pretty straightforward!
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philberstamp7
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meiadeleite8
I don’t consider anyone mentioned this one from Argentina yet:
I feel it was launched in 2014, as part of a series of stamps celebrating advances in equality, inclusion and citizenship.
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Morcades9
Australia released a set of two stamps back in October 2019 to rejoice marriage equality becoming regulation on 9 December 2017.
As the Australia Post Collectables websi