Category: lesbian

LGBTQ2 for August 23

Before the 1900s to The Suffragettes

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1954 –

Charles Busch (August 23, 1954, actor and playwright, is born. He is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and also acted in the works of other playwrights. He also wrote for television and began to act in films and on television in the late 1990s. His best known play is The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife(2000), which was a success on Broadway.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

August 23, 1956

Little Richard played at the Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas, with Buddy Holly in the audience.

The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30

1963

“Judy’s Turn To Cry” from Lesley Gore at six on the USA song charts.

Blogger Nina Notes: Musta been weird to lament Johnny when Judy would have been her real life choice.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

August 23, 1970

Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performed together for the last time at the New York Club ‘Max’s Kansas City’.

1972,

Canada – An article in the Toronto gay publication “The Body Politic,” entitled “Of men and little boys,” sparks a public outrage. Criminal charges are threatened but not laid.

1974

Elton John remained third on the USA LP charts with Caribou

August 23, 1975

Queen began recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studio in Monmouth, Wales.

The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list

1980

The Heatwave Festival in Toronto, Canada took place with Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The B-52’s, The Pretenders, Rockpile and The Rumour. Tickets cost $30, with only 50,000 people attending the festival lost over $1 million.

David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Ashes To Ashes’ his second UK No.1. Taken from the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album, the song continued the story of Major Tom from Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’. The video for ‘Ashes to Ashes’ was one of the most iconic of the 1980s and costing £250,000, it was at the time the most expensive music video ever made

1985

dropping to two,  “Shout” by Tears for Fears of the UK Second British Wave in the Genderfuck on the usa song charts

90s: Listserves and Email distribution replaces telephone trees for activism

Queer Nation, ACT Up and The Lesbian Avengers: the Dyke era of lesbiandom

1994,

Australia –The federal government acts to overturn Tasmania’s anti-sodomy law. Tasmania’s is the last Australian state to penalize same sex relations.

Post 9/11 – From “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”

2004

Queen, one of Britain’s most consistently successful groups of the seventies and eighties, became the first Rock band to receive official approval in Iran, where Western music is strictly prohibited. Lead singer Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991, was of Iranian ancestry and bootlegged albums have been available for years.

2008

Madonna kicked off her 86-date Sticky & Sweet Tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Wales. It became the highest grossing tour by a solo artist, breaking the previous record Madonna achieved with her 2006 Confessions Tour. Madonna’s first venture with Live Nation, was estimated to have grossed $280 million.

2011

Jerry Leiber, a songwriting legend whose credits include “Hound Dog”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “Yakety Yak”, “Poison Ivy” and “Love Potion Number 9”, died at the age of 78. Leiber and his songwriting partner Mike Stoller were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two years later.

Jailhouse Rock was written to see if Elvis would alter his singing for gay lyrics and he did not.

Hound Dog by Big Mama Thorton is about her cheating man, so Elvis’ is really him singing about himself – or just the part he called “Little Elvis”.

It is this blogger’s view that Elvis Presley was bisexual, owing to the orgy stories shared in books by his Memphis Mafia and each saying there was more they would take to their graves, bisexual is the only thing left.

The last elvis fan screamed at by the Memphis mafia

2014

Beyoncé captured four awards, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, while Miley Cyrus won Video of the Year for “Wrecking Ball” at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

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Today in LGBT History – August 23 | Ronni Sanlo

LGBTq2 for August 19

1867, Germany –

In Munich, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs  (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) is jeered when he attempts to persuade jurists that same-sex love should be tolerated rather than persecuted. He is probably the first to come out publicly in defense of what he calls “Uranism” (homosexuality).  Ulrichs coined various terms to describe different sexual orientations, including Urning for a man who desires men (English “Uranian“), and Dioning for one who desires women. These terms are in reference to a section of Plato‘s Symposium in which two kinds of love are discussed, symbolised by an Aphrodite who is born from a male (Uranos), and an Aphrodite who is born from a female (Dione). Ulrichs also coined words for the female counterparts (Urningin and Dioningin), and for bisexuals and intersexual persons. Ulrichs is likely the first true gay activist and is seen today as the pioneer of the modern gay rights movement. Published in 1870, Ulrich’s “Araxes: A Call to Free the Nature of the Urning from Penal Law” is remarkable for its similarity to the discourse of the modern gay rights movement. In it: The Urning, too, is a person. He, too, therefore, has inalienable rights. His sexual orientation is a right established by nature. Legislators have no right to veto nature; no right to persecute nature in the course of its work; no right to torture living creatures who are subject to those drives nature gave them. The Urning is also a citizen. He, too, has civil rights; and according to these rights, the state has certain duties to fulfill as well. The state does not have the right to act on whimsy or for the sheer love of persecution. The state is not authorized, as in the past, to treat Urnings as outside the pale of the law.

1890

In response to a letter received from John Addington Symonds, American poet Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) denies that “Calamus” from Leaves of Grass was homoerotic. Whitman’s  work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Though biographers continue to debate Whitman’s sexuality, he is usually described as either homosexual or bisexual in his feelings and attractions

August 19, 1972

David Bowie played the first of two nights at the Rainbow Theatre in England on his current 182-date Ziggy Stardust world tour.

1978

After nine weeks at the top of the UK chart, “You’re The One That I Want” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is finally knocked out of first place by The Commodores “Three Times A Lady”. As of 2013, it was still the fifth best-selling single of all time in Great Britain, where it has sold 2 million copies.

1982

In Biloxi, Mississippi, Queen performed at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

1984 

President Ronald Reagan issues a statement saying his administration would fight governmental endorsement of homosexuality.

1992

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, city council votes 8-1 to extend health benefits to same sex partners of city employees.

Germany – Over 250 gay and lesbian couples submit marriage applications in over fifty German cities as part of an attempted mass wedding. About 75% of the couples were male, and over 100 of the applications were submitted in Berlin. The demonstration, organized by the Schwulerverband in Deutschland (Gay League of Germany), receives widespread media attention. Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD), German for the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany, is the largest non-governmental LGBT rights organization in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). Manfred Bruns, Volker Beck, Eduard Stapel, Günter Dworek and Halina Bendkowski were prominent persons in the Board of Directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König, comedian Hella von Sinnen, director Rosa von Praunheim, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf and others are prominent individual members of the organization.

1996

California’s state senate kills a bill banning same-sex marriage after Democrats attach a provision to establish a domestic partner In Spokane, Washington, the family of Curtis Babcock files a lawsuit against county coroner Dexter Amend. Babcock’s memorial service had to be delayed because Amend ordered an autopsy to link his AIDS-related death to sodomy. registry.

1997

 At a rally in Sacramento, California, Alveda Celeste King, homophobic niece of Martin Luther King Jr., said, “To equate homosexuality with race is to give a death sentence to civil rights. No one is enslaving homosexuals or making them sit at the back of the bus.”

The school board of Wayne-Westland, a suburb of Detroit, votes 6-1 to repeal sexual orientation protection for students and staff.

2003

Germany – Mayor of Hamburg Ole von Beust dismisses Vice-Mayor Ronald Schill for accusing Beust for having sex with a man Beust had appointed minister of justice. Beust denies the relationship and Schill says he has “nothing against homosexuals.”

2005

DC Comics orders the Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts Gallery in New York to remove an exhibit of watercolors showing Batman and Robin in a variety of romantic poses. DC threatened both artist and the Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts gallery with legal action if they did not cease selling the works and demanded all remaining art, as well as any profits derived from them. Homosexual interpretations have been part of the academic study of the Batman franchise at least since psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted in his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent that “Batman stories are psychologically homosexual”. Wertham, as well as parodies, fans, and other independent parties, have described Batman and his sidekick Robin (Dick Grayson) as homosexual, possibly in a relationship with each other. DC Comics has never indicated Batman or any of his male allies to be gay, but several characters in the Modern Age Batman comic books are expressly gay, lesbian, or bisexual.

2011

The Arizona Queer Archives is founded by Jamie A. Lee with support from Susan Stryker The Arizona Queer Archives is the state of Arizona’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI) collecting archives of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona.

2021

only in Canada, eh

conservatives are anti sex and anti heterosexual women, never mind LGBTQ2

https://www.cp24.com/news/tory-leader-pledges-support-for-lgbt-community-health-on-question-of-poppers-1.5553762Tory leader pledges support for LGBT community health on question of ‘poppers’ | CP24.comA Conservative government would respond to the needs of Canada’s LGBT community, including on the issue of “poppers,” says Tory Leader Erin O’Toole.www.cp24.com

meanwhile. in #LestWeForget news

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/polish-region-wants-to-stay-lgbt-free-despite-risking-eu-fundsPolish region wants to stay ‘LGBT-free’ despite risking EU funds | National PostWARSAW — A Polish regional council voted on Thursday to remain an “LGBT-free zone” despite a warning from the European Union that it could lose funding, but…nationalpost.com

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/when-we-know-lgbt-people-are-about-to-be-slaughtered-in-afghanistan-our-government-must-act-1155516LGBT Afghans face ‘extermination’ at the hands of the Taliban – we must act to save themWhen we know LGBT people are about to be slaughtered en masse, it is time to actinews.co.uk

https://stockholmcf.org/arrest-of-bogazici-student-over-lgbt-poster-lawful-justice-ministry-says/Arrest of Boğaziçi student over LGBT poster ‘lawful,’ Justice Ministry says – Stockholm Center for FreedomTurkey’s Justice Ministry has said the arrest of a student from Boğaziçi University on charges of inciting hatred in a poster depicting the Kaaba – Islam’s most sacred site – with LGBT flags was “lawful,” adding that homosexuality was “forbidden” in Islam, Turkish Minute reported, citing Deutsche Welle Turkish service. Boğaziçi students Doğu Demirtaş and […]stockholmcf.org

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Daily Elvis: August 19

Today in LGBT History – August 19 | Ronni Sanlo

LGBTQ2 for August 18

1721, Germany – Catherina Margaretha Linck (died 1721)is executed for female sodomy. She was a Prussian woman who for most of her adult life presented as a man named Anastasius Lagrantius Rosenstengel. She married 18-year-old Catharina Margaretha Mühlhahn, and, based on their sexual activity together (court records detail their sexual activities), was convicted of sodomy and executed by order of King Frederick William I. Linck’s execution was the last for lesbian sexual activity in Europe and an anomaly for its time. Linck’s story was the subject of a play, Executed For Sodomy: The Life of Catharina Linck, performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013.

1935

The New York Times publishes a review of Gale Wilhelm’s (April 26, 1908 – July 11, 1991) lesbian novel We Too Are Drifting.The reviewer refers to reading about “Sapphic intimacy” as chilling, and said that while the author had a poetic style and was clearly talented, the subject matter was the book’s major fault. Wilhelm lived with Helen Hope Rudolph Page in San Francisco from 1938 until Page’s death in the late 1940s. Barbara Grier  (November 4, 1933 – November 10, 2011), owner of Naiad Press, spent several years attempting to locate Wilhelm. The 1984 Naiad Press edition of We Too Are Drifting included a foreword by Grier describing Wilhelm’s life and pleading for any assistance from anyone who knew any information on the whereabouts of Wilhelm.By the time Naiad published Torchlight to Valhalla in 1985, it contained a foreword by Wilhelm herself, information given to Grier by an anonymous source.Grier speculated that Wilhelm stopped writing before she turned 40 years old because “the world would not let her write the books she wanted.” Wilhelm lived with Kathleen Huebner from 1953 until Wilhelm’s death in 1991 of cancer.

1979

On the USA Song charts,  Barbra Streisand had song #3–“The Main Event/Fight” while at seven  Anita Ward with “Ring My Bell” and Elton John landed his 16th Top 10 hit with “Mama Can’t Buy You Love”.

1984

George Michael was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his first solo single ‘Careless Whisper.’ It made George the first person to reach No.1 as a solo artist and a member of a band in the same year. It gave Epic records UK their first UK million seller and the song was No.1 in nearly 25 countries, selling over six million copies worldwide.

1988

The Centers for Disease Control announced that syphilis and hepatitis B among gay men decreased dramatically since 1982 but had increased among heterosexuals.

1990

United States President Signs Ryan White Act

George H.W. Bush signs the law which provides funding for services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The act is named after Ryan White, The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program was named for a courageous young man named Ryan White who was diagnosed with AIDS following a blood transfusion in December 1984. Ryan White was diagnosed at age 13 while living in Komono, Indiana and was given six months to live. When Ryan White tried to return to school, he fought AIDS-related discrimination in his Indiana community. Along with his mother Jeanne White Ginder, Ryan White rallied for his right to attend school – gaining national attention – and became the face of public education about his disease. Surprising his doctors, Ryan White lived five years longer than predicted. He died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation and only months before Congress passed the legislation bearing his name in August 1990 – the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act.

1992

Rocky Mountain Regional United Methodist Church bishop Roy Sano urges Colorado Methodist ministers to oppose Amendment 2, which sought to ban laws against anti-gay discrimination.

1993

 Giuseppe Mandanici, 33, was shot three times but survived the attack. Police believed it to be an act of random violence until they discovered that his father had paid a hit man $1 million lire (approx. $700 US) to kill his son because he could not come to terms with his son’s homosexuality.

1999

Hackers re-routed hate monger Fred Phelps’ anti-gay web site, godhatesfags.com to godlovesfags.com.

2005

Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying ‘hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, ‘Yo, stop it’.”

2007

It was announced the Lisa Marie Presley had founded a new organization called Presley Charitable Foundation. It was created to help people in need. The first Presley Place was in New Orleans, LA.

2021

https://www.insider.com/i-am-a-bisexual-woman-in-straight-relationship-lessons-learned-2021-8What I’ve Learned As a Bisexual Woman in a Straight RelationshipI experience “straight-passing privilege” and have questioned my right to queer spaces, but my sexuality does not depend on my partner’s gender.www.insider.com

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/18/woman-date-gay-warning-note-viral/Gay guy slips warning note to woman on an unsettling date: ‘Run. Be safe girl’A woman’s story about her unsettling date and the note a kind gay man left her went viral on Twitter – and for good reason.www.pinknews.co.uk

https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/16/white-lotus-knows-how-skewer-white-gay-privilege‘The White Lotus’ Knows How to Skewer White Gay PrivilegeThe just-concluded HBO show takes aim at white privilege and entitlement in general but doesn’t spare white cisgender gay men.www.advocate.com

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-haredi-man-was-hospitalized-in-psych-ward-because-he-s-gay-israeli-court-rules-1.10126959Haredi man was forcibly hospitalized in psych ward because he’s gay, Israeli court rules – Israel News – Haaretz.comA Tel Aviv court orders to release the man, criticizing the psychiatric committee’s decision to forcefully commit himwww.haaretz.com

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/08/no-condoms-gay-sex-advice.htmlPrEP condom rejection: Why don’t gay men want to use rubbers anymore?I didn’t get the memo about this one.slate.com

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/boycott-bar-lesbian-bar-phoenix-back-in-business-11788654Phoenix Lesbian Nightspot Boycott Bar Is Back in Business | Phoenix New TimesThere are fewer than two dozen lesbian bars left in America, and Phoenix’s Boycott Bar is one of them.www.phoenixnewtimes.com

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/17/lesbian-corrective-rape-south-africa/Despicable thug who raped lesbian neighbour to ‘make her a woman’ jailed for lifeA man who raped his lesbian neighbour in a bid to “make her a woman” has been jailed for life in South Africa. Albro McLean, 41, from Cape Town, sexually assaulted the woman, who was described as a “long standing neighbour”, on 28 August, 2017. He was serving a suspended sentence for the sexual assault … Continuedwww.pinknews.co.uk

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2021/8/18/nuclear-family-lesbian-family-fights-stay-togetherIn ‘Nuclear Family,’ A Lesbian Family Fights To Stay TogetherThe HBO docuseries depicts the landmark case between a lesbian couple and the sperm donor who sued for parental rights.www.advocate.com

https://torontosun.com/sports/auto-racing/formula-1-boss-and-lesbian-lover-murdered-in-bed-by-her-hubbyFormula 1 boss and lesbian lover murdered in bed by her hubby | Toronto SunA Formula 1 high flier and her lesbian mistress were shot to death after her hubby found the pair together in bed.torontosun.com

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Today in LGBT History – AUGUST 18

lbgtq2 for August 17

1939

“The Wizard of Oz” premiered in New York. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

1963

“Judy’s Turn To Cry” by Lesley Gore is six on the song charts – a sequel song to “it’s my party” the song is a tale of heterosexual cheating by a lesbian who would have preferred Judy to Johnny. Gore would come out lesbian post active career in the 1990s.

August 17, 1969

On the final day of the three-day Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, there were performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Ten Years After, John Sebastian, Sha Na Na, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, the Band, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Hendrix avoided the draft by claiming to be homosexual.

1974

 ABBA remained at 7 with “Waterloo” on the usa song charts

on the LP charts,   Elton John’s Caribou fell to 3, 

1984

The first night of his Breaking Hearts Tour, Elton John announced that he was retiring from touring.

1985

the USA LP charts:  Tears For Fears was #2 position with Songs From the Big Chair. but on the song charts Tears for Fears remained at #1 for a third week with “Shout”.

2012

Three members of the Russian feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years imprisonment after they had staged a performance on the soleas of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior in a protest directed at the Orthodox Church leader’s support for President Putin during his election campaign.

2021

Christians need to get over not being the only people on the planet

because they are willing to destroy it as if their god will be pleased humans ruined said creation…

what a small god to create the universe and then fixate on one planet, one species genitals.

https://religionandpolitics.org/2021/08/17/new-research-suggests-christians-see-lgbt-progress-as-threatening/New Research Suggests Christians See LGBT Progress as Threatening | Religion & PoliticsDo Christians suffer in a changing America?
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religion is mental illness and not a cure

delusional thinking and zero evidence

and not allowed to be questioned

there is a lot of overlap with transgender identity concepts too

https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/conversion-therapy-lgbt-prayer-christian-boris-johnson-1142685‘I survived “prayer” LGBT conversion therapy. This is why I want it outlawed’‘My parents didn’t have a clue what was going on. The adults who had a position of authority did this without my parents’ consent, without even really explaining to me what they would do’inews.co.uk

as a lesbian I am more concerned about the trans fixation going on inside

because men do not get to self identify into the lesbian demographic

and lesbians are being excluded from LGBT

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19518498.scotlands-lgbt-community-frightened-current-anti-trans-obsession/Scotland’s LGBT community is frightened by the current anti-trans obsession | The NationalI NEVER picked a “side” – I was born this way. Common decency would argue that a group of people put into the continuous, never-ending,…www.thenational.scot

politics and religion

https://dallasvoice.com/log-cabin-biden-has-abandoned-lgbt-afghanis/Log Cabin: Biden has abandoned LGBT Afghanis – Dallas VoiceThe national office of the Log Cabin Republicans issued a statement today (Monday, Aug. 16) criticizing the Biden administration’s “abandonment of LGBT Afghans during the withdrawal” from Afghanistan as the country fell into the hands of the Taliban. Log Cabin Republicans Managing Director Charles Moran said in a written statement: “What’s happening in Afghanistan is […]dallasvoice.com

meanwhile

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/17/picture-book-russia-lgbt-gay-propaganda-law-lawrence-schimelThe picture book fighting back against Russia’s LGBT+ propaganda law | Books | The GuardianA story for children about families with same-sex parents has been published in Russia as part of a campaign to have the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law repealedwww.theguardian.com

August 16 for LGBTQ2

August 16, 1937

The American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) was organized as a part of the American Federation of Labor. On September 17, 1952, the Television Authority and AFRA merged to create a new union, the present-day American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

1985

Madonna married actor Sean Penn in Malibu. She would file for divorce the following year.

1986

Madonna started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Papa Don’t Preach.’ The singers fourth US No.1, & No.1 in the UK. Also on this day Madonna went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘True Blue’.

2018

Aretha Franklin, “The Queen Of Soul”, passed away at the age of 76. During her career she amassed twenty Billboard R&B chart toppers, forty-five Billboard Top 40 hits and won eighteen Grammy Awards. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2021

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-joy-and-precariousness-of-gay-life-through-the-eyes-of-sunil-guptaThe Joy and Precariousness of Gay Life, Through the Eyes of Sunil Gupta | The New YorkerWhether shooting couples in Britain or covert queer life in India, the photographer found fine distinctions of identity.www.newyorker.com

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/featured/140821/in-a-pandemic-era-words-of-a-gay-poet-as-old-as-indias-independen.htmlWords of a gay poet, as old as India’s Independence, healHoshang Merchant – a midnight’s child, as old as our independence – reflects on the coinciding evolution of the life of a poet and a nationwww.deccanchronicle.com

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/16/joan-rivers-and-barbra-streisand-the-myth-of-their-lesbian-playJoan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play | Stage | The GuardianBefore they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny Girlswww.theguardian.com

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/A-man-is-a-downgrade-Singer-Temmie-reveals-why-she-is-a-lesbian-1333873A man is a downgrade – Singer Temmie reveals why she is a lesbianTemmie Ovwasa has revealed all the benefits she enjoys because she is a lesbian, adding that, that is why she cannot stop being a lesbian.www.ghanaweb.com

August 15 for LGBTQ2

1896

Leon Theremin, Russian inventor. Most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments. He first performed the theremin with the New York Philharmonic in 1928. He died on 3rd November 1993.

August 15, 1958

It is the view of this blogger, that Elvis Presley was bisexual – given all that his Memphis Mafia buddies have written and promised there were secrets they would take to their graves – bisexual is the only thing left.

Elvis Presley was one of the most famous Mama’s Boys, and on this day

The funeral of Gladys was held at Graceland at 3.30 p.m. and Elvis and Vernon almost collapsed.

August 15, 1969

The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people and became one of the most celebrated Rock and Folk concert festivals of all time. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages – no reports on how many rapes.

1976

ABBA released ‘Dancing Queen’ as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival. Dancing Queen’ (which had the working title of ‘Boogaloo’) went on to top the charts in more than a dozen countries including the United States where it became ABBA’s only No.1.

1987

Michael Jackson had his third UK No.1 with the single ‘I Just Can’t Stop Loving You’, a duet with Siedah Garrett. It was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Session singer Siedah Garrett also worked with Madonna.

1996

A New York women’s shelter refuses to take money raised by a recent benefit concert when they learn that one of the performers was James Brown, often accused of emotional and physical abuse of women.

1998

Pete Townshend, Joni Mitchell and Lou Reed, along with original Woodstock acts Richie Havens and Melanie, play Day 2 of the A Day In The Garden festival in Bethel, New York, where the 1969 festival took place. Mitchell closes her set with “Woodstock.”

2011

KISS was cut from a Michael Jackson tribute concert because of comments made by bassist Gene Simmons last year when he told Classic Rock magazine “No matter what my fond memories and fond images of Michael were, with one allegation of pedophilia after another and another and another… Oh dear.”

2012

Michael Jackson’s father, Joe, dropped his wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray, who was serving time after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the singer’s death.

Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley made a surprise visit to Graceland on the eve of the 35th anniversary of Elvis’ death. The pair spoke to the surprised crowd from an elevated platform where Lisa Marie said “I’ve always avoided this because I felt that it would be too emotional, but I really felt it was important to come down here tonight.”

2021

what is needed: Real Life Role Models and cultural representation

https://madison.com/ct/opinion/mailbag/alexis-marcelle-lgbt-kids-need-acceptance-from-schools-parents/article_351b1159-b942-5e72-a1c4-7698b17780f3.htmlAlexis Marcelle: LGBT kids need acceptance from schools, parentsDear Editor: You are at a school with some kids who are LGBT. The ones who aren’t LGBT feel more connected to that school. Maybe some don’t even know whomadison.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/gris-montreal-lgbtq-rural-youth-support-schools-1.6141340Classroom workshops offer support to LGBTQ youth in rural Quebec | CBC NewsA not-for-profit based in Montreal is visiting rural communities to show youth that they’re not alone.www.cbc.ca

participation at all levels of society – and acceptance that we are part of society

https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4454322/liverpool-condemn-anti-gay-chants-aimed-at-norwich-loanee-billy-gilmourLiverpool condemn anti-gay chants aimed at Norwich loanee Billy GilmourLiverpool have condemned the “offensive and inappropriate” anti-gay chants aimed at Norwich’s Billy Gilmour during Saturday’s 3-0 win.www.espn.com

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/coronavirus-covid-19-national-news/bucharest-gay-pride-march-resumes-after-coronavirus-pause-4222826Bucharest gay pride march resumes after coronavirus pause – Vancouver Is AwesomeBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Several thousand LGBT supporters took to the streets in the Romanian capital of Bucharest Saturday for a gay pride parade that resumed after a year’s pause due to the pandemic.www.vancouverisawesome.com

https://wehoville.com/2021/08/14/meet-the-rainbow-key-award-winners/Meet the Rainbow Key Award winners – WEHOvilleThe City of West Hollywood will host a joint ceremony of the annualRainbowKeyAwards and Etheridge Award to recognize people and groupswho have made outstanding

From Protest to Pride: No Cops

https://rdnewsnow.com/2021/08/15/red-deer-rcmps-involvement-in-pride-week-celebrated-and-denounced/Red Deer RCMP’s involvement in Pride Week celebrated and denounced | rdnewsnow.comEditor’s note: 2SLGBTQ+, which stands for Two Spirit-Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer-Plus is a modern v…rdnewsnow.com

contributions to the gay and lesbian community. This year’sRainbowKeyAwards/Etheridge Award will be held virtually via the Zoom platform at 6 p.m. Thursday Details for registering and live-viewing of the ceremony via …wehoville.com

August 12 for LGBTQ2

August 12, 1970

Janis Joplin performs her final concert at Harvard Stadium to a packed house of 10,000. She would die of a drug overdose less than two months later.

1982

The “Performance Video” exhibition opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The exhibition, which explores how musicians present their work in “the shallow focal area directly in front of the video camera,” includes the music videos for “Mickey” by Toni Basil and “Once In A Lifetime” by Talking Heads.

1992

Composer John Cage dies of a stroke at age 79 in Manhattan, New York.

1997

Backstreet Boys issue their self-titled debut album in America, where it goes on to sell over 14 million copies. The album was released to international markets a year earlier.

2014

Lauren Bacall, the last living film star mentioned in Madonna’s song “Vogue,” dies at age 89.

2021

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210812-ghana-s-president-in-tight-spot-over-anti-lgbt-lawGhana’s president in tight spot over anti-LGBT law – France 24Ghana’s president in tight spot over anti-LGBT lawwww.france24.com

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/lgbt-food-economic-insecurity-household-pulse-survey/index.htmlLGBT Americans reported higher rates of food and economic insecurity than non-LGBT people, Census Bureau’s pandemic survey finds – CNNPoliticsAdult Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender experience higher rates of food and economic insecurity than their non-LGBT counterparts, according to the findings of a key coronavirus pandemic survey released Wednesday by the Census Bureau.www.cnn.com

https://www.coe.int/en/web/inclusion-and-antidiscrimination/-/protecting-lgbt-people-from-hate-crimes-in-ukraineProtecting LGBT People from Hate Crimes in Ukraine – NewsUkraine
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if only hundreds in the Vatican spoke out against pedophiles

instead of lip service to human rights

https://southfloridagaynews.com/National/hundreds-of-us-catholic-leaders-endorse-lgbt-protections.htmlHundreds of US Catholic Leaders Endorse LGBT Protections | National | News | SFGN ArticlesSouth Florida Gay News, SFGN, Florida’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper.southfloridagaynews.com

August 11 for LGBTQ2

1980

Queen released the single “Another One Bites The Dust”.

2021

non binary was not a concept 1000 years ago

and it not the same as two spirited now

https://kiss951.com/2021/08/11/researchers-find-1000-year-old-grave-of-a-possible-nonbinary-leader/Researchers Find 1,000-Year Old Grave Of A Possible Nonbinary LeaderResearchers in Finland say they’ve determined a body found in a 1,000-year old grave could be that of a nonbinary person. And not just any person.kiss951.com

from market niche to voter block: community power

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/lgbtq-grow-political-power-redistricting-503549LGBTQ advocates target a new way to grow political power: RedistrictingThe LGBTQ Victory Fund is urging political map-drawers to create districts that help large gay populations gain representation.www.politico.com

August 9 for LGBTQ2

1953

Mantovani and his Orchestra were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Song From The Moulin Rouge’, (from the film of the same name). The first ever instrumental No.1 on the UK chart.

August 9, 1957

Rebel Without a Cause Actor, Nick Adams and his mother Catherine Adamshock visit Elvis Presley at Graceland

1964

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez share the stage for the first time, singing “With God On Our Side” at the Newport Folk Festival.

1968

Janis Joplin performs at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.

1975

Janis Ian’s biting “At Seventeen” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Olivia Newton-John was crossing over from country to pop on a regular basis as “Please Mr. Please” was #3 in the USA

Elton John’s classic “Someone Saved My Life Tonight was 5

 Elton John’s amazingCaptain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album was at #4. 

August 9, 1976

Abba released the single “Fernando”.

1980

ABBA scored their eighth UK No.1 single with ‘The Winner Takes It All’. Taken from their ‘Super Trouper’ album. By this time, both couples were divorced.

The Soundtrack to “Urban Cowboy” was at #4 while Queen’s The Game was fifth. 

Olivia Newton-John had one of her biggest hits as “Magic” was #1 for a third week on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Diana Ross had one of the hottest up-and-coming songs in the nation as “Upside Down” moved from 49 to 10.

1983

22-year-old Thomas Reilly is shot and killed by a British soldier in Belfast. He was a friend of the band Spandau Ballet, and sold merch on their True tour. His death would inspire the band’s song “Through The Barricades” and the Bananarama song “King Of The Jungle.”

1986

Queen gave what would be their last ever ‘live’ performance when they appeared at Knebworth Festival. Queen ended their Magic European tour at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, with over 120,000 fans witnessing what would be Queen’s last ever live performance. The last two songs they played for the 120-thousand fans in attendance were “We Are the Champions” and “God Save the Queen.” On this, their final tour, Queen played to legions of established fans, plus many new ones gained as a result of their show-stealing performance at Live Aid the previous year. The support acts were Belouis Some, Big Country and Status Quo.

250 Gary Numan fans picketed BBC Radio 1 in London, demanding more airtime for their favourite pop star.

1997

Spice by the Spice Girls was #3

August 8 for LGBTQ2

1970

Janis Joplin bought a headstone at the Mont Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia for the grave of her greatest influence, Bessie Smith. Smith died in 1937 after being refused admission to a whites only hospital.

1980

The Greater London Council banned The Plasmatics from blowing a car up on stage during their UK live debut at London’s Hammersmith Odeon

1981

The Pretenders began a second American tour in Fort Pierce, Florida.

1992

Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘This Used To Be My Playground’. A No.3 hit in the UK, the track was taken from the film ‘A League Of Their Own.’

2002

The UK’s biggest undertakers Co-Op funeral services reported that bereaved families preferred pop songs to hymns at funerals. Top of the list was ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ by Bette Midler. Other songs included ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams and ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion. They also reported some unusual choices including ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ by Queen and ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ by Wham!

2005

Two of the jurors who voted to acquit Michael Jackson of child molestation and other charges said on NBC’s Today show that they now regret their decisions.

2012

Elton John launched a lawsuit against UK newspaper The Times for allegedly defaming him by implicating him in a tax avoidance scheme.

2021

violence is done by the male gender primarily towards the female gender

making terms gender neutral is another hard to women of all sexualities

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-violence-survey-1.6131294City of Vancouver launches survey to better understand gender-based, sexualized violence in public | CBC NewsThe goal of the online survey is to gauge the scope of the problem and determine what the city can do to reduce violence against women and transgender, two-spirited and gender-diverse people.www.cbc.ca

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