Before the 1900s to The Suffragettes
The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code
1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex
September 23, 1956
Nick Adams hangs out with Elvis Presley
On this trip he used the name Clint Reno, just like the character from his last movie, Love Me Tender.
In the evening Elvis was seen at the Memphis Fairgrounds with Nick Adams.
The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30
1965, India – Indian prince Manavendra Singh Gohil (born September 23, 1965), believed to be the only openly gay royal in the world, was born. His family disowned him when he first came out in the media in 2006. He has since been welcomed back. The Prince is the founder of an HIV/AIDS prevention charity. He runs a charity, The Lakshya Trust, which works with the LGBT community.
Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights
1970:
On the USA – CBS Television series Medical Center, a medical researcher announces, “I am a homosexual.” Although his “condition” is portrayed as unfortunate, the program is acclaimed as the first sympathetic treatment of a gay man in an American TV drama.
Ani Difranco (born September 23, 1970) is born. She becomes an articulate, intelligent, out bisexual punk folksinger with her own record label, Righteous Babe Records, in an industry dominated by multinational corporations. She’s proud that she not only writes and publishes her own songs, but also produces her own recordings, creates the artwork, and releases them.
Blogger Nina Notes, DiFranco first promoted as a lesbian folksinger, who then married a man and come out bisexual, at the same time as Michelle Shocked who is now anti-LGBT, and both lost the majority of lesbian followers
1972
Elton John edged up to 7 on the USA shong charts with “Honky Cat”
1977
David Bowie released ‘Heroes’ as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie’s signature songs.
1978
Olivia Newton-John scored her 18th career hit with at USA song chart #3 “Hopelessly Devoted To You” and 19th at six with “Summer Nights” from John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
THE LP charts saw the soundtrack to Grease returned to #1 on the Album chart after a one-week occupancy by Boston’s Don’t Look Back. That gave one of the last great musicals its eighth week at the top.
The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list
1980
Barbra Streisand released her great album Guilty on Columbia Records with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees
1984
First Folsom Street Fair takes place, organized by the San Francisco BDSM and Leather Fetish community.
90s: Listserves and Email distribution replaces telephone trees for activism
1998: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Abel v. United States of America rules that the government’s proffered reasons for passing “don’t ask,don’t tell” pass rational basis review, reversing the District Court.
Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time” was at #3.
1998
The first Lilith Fair concert outside North America took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
1999
Bi Visibility Day, aka Bisexual Day, was founded to celebrate the bisexual community.
Post 9/11 – From “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”
2004: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs “SB 1234,” a bill that defines the legal term “hate crime” (which includes LGBT-motivated violence) for all state and local agencies, encourages the creation of local law enforcement hate-crime protocols and increased hate crime awareness training for law enforcement officers.
2021
right wing not valuing anything but the self is ending the planet
Arjun Singh: Left wing values have invaded Canada’s legal system and diminished our charter rights | National PostWhy Canada should abolish Section 1nationalpost.comchristian free speech does not include erasing, oppressing and genociding other demographics they do not like
existing is not a hate crime against others
lack of representation vs reported stereotypes and bigotry
‘At the whim of misinformation’: New report calls out Southern media coverage of LGBTQ issuesA GLAAD report found dozens of news outlets in the South, home to 35% of the U.S. LGBTQ population, published few or zero stories on LGBTQ issues.ca.movies.yahoo.comhttps://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/09/23/2-3-million-latinx-lgbtq-adults-live-in-the-us/
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