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BCE to The Suffragettes

02-06-1899 – 10-30-1968 Ramon Novarro – Born in Durango, Mexico. He was a Mexican film, stage, and television actor who began his career as a 

leading man in silent films in 1917. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a “Latin lover.” After the death of Rudolph Valentino in 1926, he became known as a sex symbol. His greatest success was in Ben-Hur (1925). The revealing costumes he wore caused a sensation. He was troubled all his life by his conflicted feelings toward his Roman Catholic religion and his homosexuality. His life-long struggle with alcoholism is often traced to these issues. Novarro was romantically involved with journalist Herbert Howe, who was also his publicist in the late 1920s.

 On October 30, 1968, Novarro was murdered by Paul and Tom Ferguson, whom he had hired from an agency to come to his Laurel Canyon home for sex. The two brothers thought Novarro had a large sum of money hidden in his house. The money was non-existent and they left with only $20 that he had in his bathrobe pocket.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1965

The Beatles had the #1 album for the fourth week with Beatles ’65.  Where Did Our Love Go by the Supremes was runner-up, the Soundtrack to “Mary Poppins” was third, followed by the Soundtrack to “My Fair Lady”.  #7 the Soundtrack to “Fiddler on the Roof”, Barbra Streisand’s People at #8, with #10 the Soundtrack to “Roustabout” by Elvis Presley more due to heterowomen’s purchase power, now out of the 1950s teens.

February 06, 1968

Elvis’ friend, actor Nick Adams, died of an apparent drug overdose. However, there were no drug paraphernalia and the typewriter given to Adams by James Dean was missing. Adam’s daughter would later publish Nick’s manuscript about his friendship with Elvis, Nathalie Wood and the Tupelo Homecoming, written on that typewriter.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1971, Sydney, Australia –  CAMP (Campaign Against Moral Persecution) holds its first public meetings.

1979, Italy – Angelo Pezzana (born September 15, 1940) is the first openly gay person elected to Parliament. He wrote several books including Dentro e fuori – Una autobiografia omosessuale (1996) about the gay liberation movement in Italy.

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

1981, Canada – More than 3,000 people brave the winter cold to protest the previous night’s raid in a demonstration in downtown Toronto. A sit-in at Yonge And Wellesley Streets was the biggest protest of its kind in Toronto. 

1982, Canada – A decade to the day after John Damien (1933-Dec. 24, 1986) was fired from his job as a racing steward with the Ontario Racing Commission for being gay, his wrongful dismissal suit was to have come to trial but legal maneuvers on the part of racing commission officials stopped it. The civil trial was delayed for seven years. The case was settled out of court for $50,000. Damien died at age 53 of pancreatic cancer on Dec 24, 1986. His death came only 22 days after amendments to the Ontario Human Rights Code gave gays protection against dismissal on the grounds of sexuality.

02-06-1987 Lisa Dahlkvist

Born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a Swedish professional football midfielder. She represented her country at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2012 

Olympics, as well as the 2009, and 2013 UEFA Women’s Championship. Lisa identifies as a lesbian and came out publicly in 2008. She was one of 49 open LGBT athletes to participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1988

The George Michael album Faith returned to #1 and it wasn’t going away soon. 

1989 – By a vote of 251-121, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates approves a referendum in favor of federal rights legislation for lesbians and gay men.

1989, Canada – A full-page ad in Globe and Mail, supported by over 800 individuals and groups, calls on Attorney General Roy McMurtry to drop the appeal of the acquittal of The Body Politic. It was the first time an advocacy ad for a gay cause was published in Canadian daily. 

1989:

 After having debated and rejected similar measures for years, the American Bar Association votes 251 to 121 in favor of supporting federal legislation to prohibit discrimination against gay men and lesbians.

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

1993

Whitney Houston remained unstoppable in her 10-week reign on top of the R&B chart with “I Will Always Love You”.

“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston was #1 for the 11th week. 

1993 – The Netherlands votes to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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

2008

A Los Angeles judge issued a restraining order against Britney Spears’manager, after her mother made the request to the court. Lynne Spears claimed Sam Lutfi, 33, had drugged the troubled pop star and interfered with her finances. In a six-page declaration, Lynne Spears said Mr Lutfi “moved into Britney’s home and has purported to take control of her life, home and finances”. Her declaration focused on the night of 28 January, a few days before the Grammy-winning superstar was admitted to hospital for a mental evaluation.

Human Rights in global conflict: Trans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2022

Optus sponsors Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and more

Telecommunications company Optus has been named at the Premier Network partner with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras) in 2022 and 2024,  and Sydney WorldPride 2023.Optus managing director marketing and revenue Matt Williams said: “It is thrilling to announce our support of Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride 2023 at a time when embracing […]mumbrella.com.au

https://ew.com/tv/the-voice-winner-sawyer-fredericks-comes-out-bisexual/

‘The Voice’ winner Sawyer Fredericks comes out as bisexual | EW.com

‘The Voice’ winner Sawyer Fredericks comes out as bisexual.ew.com

Roxane Gay’s <em>Hunger</em>: A reminder that creative work exists beyond its author

It’s shallow to reduce an author’s work to their biographical rootsthevarsity.ca

https://meaww.com/was-whitney-houston-gay-new-book-claims-living-a-closeted-life-destroyed-legend-560876

Was Whitney Houston gay? New book claims living a closeted life destroyed legend | MEAWW

Author Gerrick Kennedy uncovered the timeless diva’s deep and dark secret in his new bookmeaww.com

Inside Whitney Houston’s torment for being a closeted lesbian

Feeling pressure to conform to her strict religious upbringing and the norms of the time, Whitney hid her sexuality from the public till her tragic death, which happened 10 years ago this week.nypost.com

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/02/13c07cbef4dd-30-of-japan-areas-with-lgbt-partnership-system-have-mutual-accords.html

30% of Japan areas with LGBT partnership system have mutual accords

Over 30 percent of the 146 local governments in Japan that have introduced a same-sex partnership system as of Jan. 1 have also signed reciprocal agreements with other municipalities to simplify reapplication procedures when LGBT couples move, according to a Kyodo News survey.english.kyodonews.net

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-695703

Israel to open first LGBT shelter for Arab youth

Lawmaker hopes move will ‘break taboos’ * Two centers for LGBT Arab Israeli adults to open in Haifawww.jpost.com

children and teens are being encouraged to undergo biological altering surgery while at the same time, adult women are denied tubes tied to prevent preganacy by doctor’s beliefs and fictional future husbands the worst reason to deny an adult decisions over own body.

what happened to accepting and loving yourself as you are?

it is okay to not be heterosexual and no longer illegal or a death sentence in many nations

being trans is okay, but it is special rights to expect others to ignore their ordinary human senses and knowledge

it is not okay to treat lightly words that are lived experience
they may be on lists and in dictionaries, which list all words and their opposites

nor project your own self loathing as hatred on the part of others

the disregard for protected heterosexual women’s rights, protected sexual orientation rights, along with ignoring that it is heterosexual men’s word phobia to explain murder as a reasonable response to transpersons or gay/bisexual men.

and the fetishizing lesbians – cotton ceiling the confession

is at best sexual harassment and at worst, a hate crime

the debate between bisexual and pansexual also has to stop.

to each word specific meaning, and any individual may decide for themself but not for other individuals nor “self identify” into demographics which reject by non recognition owing to not shared characteristics for those with non-procreative sexual orientations

rights are to the public square, and not in not for public space, nor private lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/06/trans-kids-activism-sb46-south-dakota

Trans kids’ activism kept discriminatory bills at bay in South Dakota – until now | Transgender | The Guardian

Trans youth successfully fought anti-trans bills in the statehouse for years. But the recently signed SB 46 might be a gamechangerwww.theguardian.com

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Note to self – Feb 11 – starts updates to that post with a second updates page to direct viewers to that post of the blog. well. on the blog visible to current and future readers.

My no longer updated Elvis blog is averaging 400 hits a day, while this is in single digits. And is by far, the more important content.

That Said, Elvis Presley, dead longer than he lived, is still the number one on any media invented during and after his lifetime.

Only Xena Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless managed to have more fan pages in the early internet.

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the history of nonheterosexuals and different historical eras views are such that there is a there is a danger to apply current decadish of time, in 2021 to past decades and centuries; particularly without application of complete history.

There is a difference between adopting male attire in the era when clothing was spelled out in law, and lesbians who passed in public, differ from those who only change clothing for personal sexual gratification, in private “cross dressors” in the language of this same era.

Laws regarding clothing exist in many nations, including capitol punishment, this is why sexual orientation is a demographic, That heterosexual women continue to be denied reproductive rights, education and professions, even where won at court; that women are a demographic. That male and female persons who are ethnically different from the majority population and with differing experiences being merged into colour blind visible minorities are differing demographics.

the farther back in time the given individual is, and why on this blog, there is a under theme of Elvis Presley, as the most prominent modern era person of the 1900s Current Era; who was photographed almost every day of his adult life., and who’s number of days on this planet have resulted in his being one of the most recognizable individuals across all cultures on the planet, which in 1950s was 1 billion people, and by his death almost 4 billion, to the 8 billion currently existing on earth.

BCE to The Suffragettes

1896

Giacomo Puccini‘s Opera “La Boheme” premieres in Turin

02-01-1900 – 12-18-1993 Betty Carstairs (Marion Barbara “Joe” Carstairs) – Born in Mayfair, London, England (DOB unknown). She was a wealthy British power boat racer 

known for her speed and her eccentric lifestyle. She usually dressed as a man, had tattooed arms, and loved machines, adventure, and speed. Openly lesbian, she had numerous affairs with women, including Oscar Wilde’s niece, Dolly Wilde, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, and Marlene Dietrich. Socialite Ruth Baldwin (b. Feb. 17, 1905), a lover of Carstairs, turned the kitchen in the house they shared into a bar. Carstairs friends later said, “She (Baldwin) was wild. She was such fun. Ruth, she was really wild.” She told Carstairs, “The world is one’s oyster if taken at will.” When Carstairs purchased her first motorboat, Baldwin gave her a Steiff doll that Carstairs named Lord Tod Wadley. Carstairs kept the doll until her death. During WWI she served in France with the American Red Cross, driving ambulances. In 1925 she inherited a fortune through her mother and grandmother from Standard Oil. In 1934, Carstairs purchased Whale Cay, an island in the Bahamas where she lavishly hosted guests such as Marlene Dietrich and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. She died in 1993, the doll, Lord Tod Wadley, was cremated with her. Their ashes and those of Ruth Baldwin were buried in Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York.

02-01-1902 – 05-22-1967 Langston Hughes – Born in Joplin, Missouri. He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. Hughes was one of the 

earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. He is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. He famously wrote about the period that “the negro was in vogue”, which was later paraphrased as “when Harlem was in vogue”. During his time in England in the early 1920s, Hughes became part of the black expatriate community. Some academics and biographers believe that Hughes was homosexual and included homosexual codes in many of his poems, as did Walt Whitman whom Hughes said influenced his poetry. Hughes’s story “Blessed Assurance” deals with a father’s anger over his son’s effeminacy and “queerness”. Unlike the generation of black poets who came after him, Hughes approach to American racism was more wry than angry, but he helped set the mood for today’s black movement. With his friend Countee Cullen who was also gay, he was the center of Harlem’s literary renaissance in the 1920s. On May 22, 1967, Hughes died in New York City at the age of 65 from complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer. His ashes are interred beneath a floor medallion in the middle of the foyer in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.

Langston remained private about his personal life, but it has been agreed by many academics and biographers that Hughes was gay and included gay codes into many of his poems, as did Walt Whitman, whose work Hughes cited as an influence, most directly in the short story Blessed Assurance. Arnold Rampersad, Hughes’ principal biographer, wrote, “Hughes found some young men, especially dark-skinned men, appealing and sexually fascinating.” While in his early sixties, he fell in love with operatic singer and actor Gilbert Price (1942-1991). Unpublished love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man he called “Beauty.” It is believed these poems referred to Price.

02-01-1930 – 01-10-2011 María Elena Walsh – Born in Ramon Mejia, Argentina to an English 

railway worker, of Irish descent, and an Argentine woman of Andalusian descent. She was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. In 1985 she received the title Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires. In 1994 she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Walsh’s life-partner from 1978 until her death in 2011, was Sara Facio (b. April 18, 1932), an Argentine photographer, known for her photographs of cultural personalities. Walsh’s favorite audience was children, for whom she wrote more than forty books.

02-01-1938 – 07-24-2012 Sherman Hemsley – Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an African-American actor, best known for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS 

television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons. He never came out officially but rumors circulated that he was gay. As The Advocate points out: “While there was no official confirmation during his lifetime, there was frequent speculation that Hemsley was a gay man.” A 2007 VH1 story listed three favorite allegedly gay black actors from the past put Hemsley in the top spot.” On August 28, 2012, an El Paso news anchor interviewed Flora Enchinton, the sole beneficiary of Hemsley’s will, who said they were friends and had been his business partner and manager for more than two decades. During this time she lived with Hemsley and Hemsley’s friend Kenny Johnston in El Paso, Texas.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1942, Germany – A legal amendment formally extends the death penalty to men found guilty of having sex with another man.

1949,

France – The Paris Prefect of Police issues a decree forbidding men from dancing together in public.

RCA Records issued the first ever 45rpm single, the invention of this size record made jukeboxes possible.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

02-01-1957 Lucy Jane Bledsoe – Born in Portland, Oregon. She is an American novelist and science writer, who writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. 

She focuses on LGBT literature and has received several awards for her fictional and non-fictional work. She is the winner of the Stonewall Book Award and a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. Bledsoe has traveled to Antarctica three time and has written three books on the subject. Besides writing, she is a CDROM script writer for National Geographic and the George Lucas Educational Foundation. She is openly lesbian.

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

1960 – In Greensboro, North Carolina, four African American students sat down and ordered coffee at a lunch counter in Woolworths Drug Store. They were refused service but did not leave. Instead, they waited all day. The scene was repeated over the next few days, with protests spreading to other southern states, resulting in the eventual arrest of over 1,600 persons for participating in sit-ins. The Black Freedom movement was the inspiration for most of the early gay rights activists in North America. 

February 1, 1964
Matthew Walsh, the Governor of Indiana declares the song “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen (which was currently #6 on the Hot 100) to be pornographic. He asks the Indiana Broadcasters Association to ban the record, although stations claim it’s impossible to accurately figure out the lyrics from “the unintelligible rendition as performed by the Kingsmen.” Although much has been written about the controversy, Indiana was the only state to actually ban the record from radio play.

“Stop the World, I Want to…” closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances

February 1, 1966

Hollywood gossip columnist/actress Hedda Hopper died of pneumonia at 80.(Sunset Blvd., Topper, The Women, Midnight, The Patsy, Thanks for the Memory, Reap the Wild Wind, Tarzan’s Revenge, Dracula’s Daughter, Life with Henry, Artists & Models, The Corpse Came C.O.D.)

February 01, 1968

Exactly nine months after marrying Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley gives birth to Elvis’ only child, Lisa Marie, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

02-01-1973 Spencer Wilton – Born in the UK (exact place unknown). He is a British 

equestrian. Together with the British dressage team he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Wilton is openly gay and was one of 49 out LGBT athletes to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

February 1, 1976

“Sonny and Cher” resumed on TV despite a real life divorce. LGBTQ blogger Nina Notes, the show became funnier.

1978 – Tom of Finland has his first U.S. exhibit at Robert Opel’s Fey Way Gallery in San Francisco

1979

A gang of teenage boys stands outside Tennessee Williams’ (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) home in Key West, Florida, and begins throwing beer cans and firecrackers at the house while chanting “Come on out, faggot!” The incident is the latest in a string of bizarre homophobic attacks aimed at the openly gay playwright.  Five days later, his dog is kidnapped from his backyard, never to be seen again.

2-01-1979 Rutina Wesley – Born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is an American actress best known for her roles as Tara Thornton on the HBO series True Blood and Nova Bordelon on the OWN series Queen Sugar. In 2005 she married her former Juilliard classmate Jacob Fishel. They were divorced on August 16, 2013. In November, 2017, Wesley announced her engagement to Shonda, a female chef from New Orleans.

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

1980 – Paul Schrader’s (born July 22, 1946) film “American Gigolo” opens nationwide. Though rather homophobic, the whole film is steeped in a gay aesthetic. Years later, Schrader noted, “At the time we were at the apex of the gay movement in all its manifestations, especially in the arts. The influence was everywhere–in our fashion, in disco, in the drug scene. It affected that film’s aesthetic, too. All my friends at the time were gay.” Schrader is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Schrader has also directed 18 feature films,

02-01-1983 Ronnie Kroell – Born in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American model and actor. He is best known for appearing on the first season of the Bravo reality series Make Me a Supermodel. On Out’s 3rd Annual 100 Most Eligible Bachelors (2013) He is openly gay. Kroell has been the guest of honor or grand marshal at gay pride events across the United States. He is also very much involved in charity and awareness campaigns. He contributed to the “It Gets Better Project” and to the “I talk about HIV/AIDS Because…” campaign. In addition, he has worked with Equality Maryland, GLADD, HRC, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

02-01-1988 Katie Duncan – Born in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is a professional 

soccer player. As of 2015, she plays for a team in Zürich, Switzerland. Duncan was one of 49 out LGBT athletes that participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is married to fellow New Zealand footballer Priscilla Duncan.

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

1992

George Michael and Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’, also a No.1 in the UK. All proceeds from the single went to Aids charities.

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

2001

A collection of Sir Elton John’s private photos on display at a museum in Atlanta were withdrawn. The exhibition, which included snaps of nude men, was said to be too explicit, some school trips to the museum had been cancelled.

February 1, 2007

The facts from this case and the court decisions have been the cause of much debate regarding transgender rights. Kimberly Nixon is a transgender woman who filed a human rights complaint against Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter Society (VRRS) for discrimination. VRRS argued that Nixon, a transgender individual, did not have the proper life experiences as a woman from birth would, and could not volunteer as a peer rape counselor.

Although Nixon won the Human Rights Tribunal on the grounds that the society discriminated against her, subsequent appeals decided that the VRRS was not guilty of discrimination based on the group’s right of freedom of association. This meant that the group had the right to organize as a women-only space, irrespective of gender identity. On February 1, 2007 the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Nixon’s request to appeal the decision.

The City of Vancouver stops municipal funding to VRRC as the organization does not meet its trans equality and inclusion criteria.

LGBTQ2 Blogger notes: trans removed funding from Vancovuer Rape Relief, as if heterosexual/bisexual women are not in danger, as if lesbians are not in danger…. for anyone who self identifies to access crisis and shelter spaces…

this was the start of a coordinated effort against nonprofit women’s centres., and reduced protections for women

2009, Iceland – Johanna Siguroardottir (born 4 October 1942) becomes Iceland’s first female Prime Minister and the world’s first openly lesbian head of government 

2010,

Fiji – Homosexual conduct is decriminalized.

Human Rights in global conflict: Trans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2011

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Elton John urged his longtime friend and tour mate Billy Joel to get serious about overcoming his alcoholism that has plagued him for years. Joel reacted by saying “Elton is just being Elton.”

2012

Lisa Marie Presley celebrated her 44th birthday by opening up a new exhibit at Graceland that featured artifacts from her childhood, including baby footprints, a tricycle, her crib and a record player.

2021

https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/ritu-weds-chandni-ameya-narvankar-talks-about-the-challenges-and-benefits-of-writing-a-childrens-book-on-lgbtq-people-10337611.htmlRitu Weds Chandni: Ameya Narvankar talks about the challenges and benefits of writing a children’s book on LGBTQ+ people-Art-and-culture News , Firstpost‘During my interactions with people from the queer community, I often heard this question: ‘Why does representation always have to be tragic?’ I took that into account, especially because Ritu Weds Chandni is a book for children,’ says Narvankar.www.firstpost.com

https://bookriot.com/lgbtq-books-for-teens/A Plethora of Pride: 25+ LGBTQ Books for Teens | Book RiotFrom young adult novels to accessible nonfiction guides, these LGBTQ books for teens are the perfect reads!bookriot.com

think of the children vs book burnings followed by people ones

https://abc11.com/lgbt-books-in-schools-orange-county-school-board-obscene/11527588/Orange County School Board votes to keep controversial LGBT books in school libraries – ABC11 Raleigh-DurhamAfter a weeks-long review, the Orange County Board of Education voted unanimously to retain three controversial LGBT high school library booksabc11.com

https://flagpole.com/featured/2022/01/31/lawyer-administrators-should-be-fired-for-removing-lgbtq-artwork/Lawyer: Administrators Should Be Fired for Removing LGBTQ Artwork – FlagpoleA lawyer for the parents and teacher of an Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School fifth-grader whose pro-LGBTQ artwork was removed from a classroom has called for the principal and vice principal to be fired. Jeffrey A. Jackson, an Athens lawyer, posted a letter on his Facebook page Monday outlining his client’s version of events and a list of demands. Among them: both a public and private apology from vice principal Sandra Scott, who allegedly compared the rainbow flag drawing labeled “Gay is OK” to a Nazi flag, and principal Bipul Singh; a mural designed by the student and painted by an artist chosen by Athens Pride inside the school building; sensitivity training; policy changes; a commendation for the teacher and for […]Show Moreflagpole.com

https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/council/2022/01/31/welland-city-council-to-consider-formation-of-lgbtq-advisory-committee.htmlWelland city council to consider formation of LGBTQ advisory committee | wellandtribune.caCommittee would advise city on eliminating barriers in communitywww.wellandtribune.ca

https://gaycitynews.com/lgbtq-groups-unite-to-advance-lgbtq-initiatives-in-new-york-state/LGBTQ Groups Unite to Advance LGBTQ Initiatives in New York StateEquality New York, New Pride Agenda, and the LGBT Community Center are collaborating on an effort to advance four LGBTQ initiatives in the state. Leaders of the groups gathered at Industry Bar in Manhattan on January 27 to roll out the policy plan. “New York is often viewed as one of the most progressive states […]gaycitynews.com

https://collider.com/lgbtq-valentines-day-movies-you-might-have-missed/Best LGBTQ Valentine’s Day Movies You Might Have Missed“Everyone’s first love has the grandeur of an epic movie.” These are the best and most underrated LGBTQ Valentine’s moviescollider.com

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2022/02/lgbt-center-diversity-and-inclusion-covid-19LGBT Center continues virtually until March – The PostMicah McCarey, director of the LGBT Center, said the center accommodated the transition to adhere to the COVID-19 safety concerns.&nbsp;www.thepostathens.com

religion: why war and why refusing war refugees

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nationality-and-borders-bill-olivia-blake-priti-patel_uk_61f94a1be4b04f9a12c2b069MP Claims New Borders Bill Is ‘Dangerous’ Attack On LGBT Refugees | HuffPost UK PoliticsLabour’s Olivia Blake says the controversial legislation represents one of the ‘biggest attacks on the rights of refugees in recent memory’.www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

https://www.suffolklive.com/news/history/lgbt-history-month-suffolks-forgotten-6584607LGBT History Month: Suffolk’s forgotten queer history and why it needs to be remembered – Suffolk Live‘It’s easy to assume that queer people lived lives in the shadows but we do have are those rare few who was defiant enough to live their truths’

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60192560Met Police interview LGBT friends abused in Wembley chicken shop – BBC NewsValentino Kyriakou and Naya Martinez say they were ordered out of the shop because they are LGBT.www.bbc.com

https://outinjersey.net/taliban-is-targeting-lgbt-afghans/Taliban is targeting LGBT Afghans – Out In JerseyLGBTQ Afgahans, and other Afghans who do not conform to rigid gender norms, have faced grave threats to their lives under the Talibanoutinjersey.net

Ishihara’s tenure as governor of the Japanese capital was marked by controversy due to his outspoken right-wing views and his penchant for controversial comments about, for instance, China, the LGBTQ community, foreigners and elderly women.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/former-tokyo-governor-shintaro-ishihara-dies-age-89-nhk-2022-02-01/Former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara dies at age of 89 – NHK | ReutersShintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade and set off a territorial row with China over a plan to buy islands claimed by both nations, died on Tuesday, NHK public television said. He was 89.www.reuters.com

religion learning the lesson that hate only sells for so long before your big tent becomes a small fringe…

interesting how the Vatican forgave The Beatles sooner than Galileo

https://fsspx.news/en/news-events/news/german-bishops-back-lgbt-campaign-71258German Bishops Back the LGBT Campaign – FSSPX.Actualités / FSSPX.NewsMany bishops have praised the LGBT #Out In Church campaign. The German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) issued its own official statement on January 24, 2022.fsspx.news

https://tfn.scot/news/lgbt-history-month-promotes-global-solidarityLGBT History Month promotes global solidarity – TFNA series of blogs will be published on the LGBT History Month Scotland website which explore hard-hitting themestfn.scot

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the history of nonheterosexuals and different historical eras views are such that there is a there is a danger to apply current decadish of time, in 2021 to past decades and centuries; particularly without application of complete history.

There is a difference between adopting male attire in the era when clothing was spelled out in law, and lesbians who passed in public, differ from those who only change clothing for personal sexual gratification, in private “cross dressors” in the language of this same era.

Laws regarding clothing exist in many nations, including capitol punishment, this is why sexual orientation is a demographic, That heterosexual women continue to be denied reproductive rights, education and professions, even where won at court; that women are a demographic. That male and female persons who are ethnically different from the majority population and with differing experiences being merged into colour blind visible minorities are differing demographics.

the farther back in time the given individual is, and why on this blog, there is a under theme of Elvis Presley, as the most prominent modern era person of the 1900s Current Era; who was photographed almost every day of his adult life., and who’s number of days on this planet have resulted in his being one of the most recognizable individuals across all cultures on the planet, which in 1950s was 1 billion people, and by his death almost 4 billion, to the 8 billion currently existing on earth.

BCE to The Suffragettes

01-30-1873 – 1955 Maud Hunt Squire – Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a painter, 

printmaker, and book illustrator. At the age of twenty-one, she enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy where she met fellow student Ethel Mars, with whom she would live and travel with for the rest of her life. Squire began her professional career while still a student. By 1900, she and Mars were living in New York City, traveling to Europe, and collaborating on illustrating children’s book, such as Charles Kingsley’s The Heroes (1901). The couple moved to Paris in 1906 and became members of Gertrude Stein’s salon, meeting other artists, including Picasso and Matisse. At the beginning of WWI, Squire and Mars 

returned to the U.S. and settled in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Squire achieved recognition for her spectacular Provincetown prints. After WWI, the couple settled in Vence, France. Then, during WWII, the pair, then in their sixties, went into hiding near Grenoble, France. After the war, they returned to their home in Vence. Squire died in 1955; Mars in 1956. The two women are buried together in Vence.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1946 – A House Committee on Military Affairs panel reports on “Blue Discharges.” Blue discharges were commonly used against homosexuals and African-Americans in the military who hadn’t transgressed but commanders wanted out of their ranks. Blue discharges were neither honorable nor dishonorable but were denied G.I. Bill benefits.

1948, India – Indian activist and leader Mahatma Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)  was assassinated in New Delhi, India, by a religious fanatic. Gandhi had ended British rule in India through nonviolent resistance. “Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being,” he stated in 1926. His teachings were used during many of the gay demonstrations of the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the LGBT non-denominational group Soulforce uses Gandhi’s non-violence practices in its demonstrations against churches which discriminate against LGBT people.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

January 3o, 1955Although more than half a million jukeboxes were scattered around North America, US manufacturer AMI finally introduces the pay-for-play devices in the UK. Company president John Haddock says he intended to target the ever growing coffee house market first.

01-30-1955 Thomas K. Duane – Born in Manhattan, New York and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York. He was a Democrat State Senator for the 29th District of New York 

from January 1999 to 2012. He was the only out gay member of the New York State Senate. His signature legislative accomplishments in the New York State legislature was the passage of the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in 2002, and Timothy’s Law, which requires mental health equality for patients by insurance companies (2006). He was also instrumental in the ultimate passage of the Hate Crimes Protection Act, which stipulates longer penalties for those convicted, and mandates that New York State keep an active database of these crimes. Duane was lead sponsor of same-sex marriage legislation in the New York Senate. Duane’s partner of over 21 years is Louis Webre. Although he is no longer in politics, he continues to be an activist and an advocate for the LGBT community. He said, “ I will hold those positions for life.”

January 30, 1956Civil rights leader The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s home was bombed in apparent retaliation for his involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ralph Abernathy’s house and four black Baptist churches were also firebombed.

1958

Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” enters the UK chart at #1, the first single ever to do so.

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

1961

January 30, 1961

The Shirelles’ “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” reached the top of the charts (with Carole King playing drums). It was the first single by a rock ‘n’ roll girl group to reach #1.

1965

Beatles ’65 could not be beaten as the top album. The Supremes were the closest on this date with Where Did Our Love Go while the popular “Mary Poppins” Soundtrack was third.
People from Barbra Streisand was #9 LP chart

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

January 30, 1971

Four months after her death, Janis Joplin’s single “Me And Bobby McGee” was released.

USA LP Charts #6 Elton John with his self-titled release

January 3o, 1976

UK Music weekly Sounds readers Poll Winners included; best album ‘A Night At The Opera’, by Queen, best single ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, by Queen, best band went to Queen, musician Mike Oldfield, female singer Maddy Prior, Steeleye, Span, new band Rainbow, bore of the year The Bay City Rollers.

1978

Barry Manilow released the single “Can’t Smile Without You”.

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

1982

Barbra Streisand began seven weeks at the top of the U.K. Album chart with Love Songs, while in the USAS was #10 Memories – a compilation albums

1988

Elton John’s live version of “Candle In The Wind” was ninth

It was revealed in court that Frankie Goes to Hollywood had not played on their hits “Relax” and “Two Tribes”, the exact situation that Milli Vanilli had.  The court was told that top session musicians  were used to record the songs.

1989

George Michael has a big night at the 16th American Music Awards, winning Favorite Album for “Faith” and Favorite Male Artist in both the Pop / Rock and Soul / R&B categories.

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

1993

Whitney Houston was at the pinnacle of her career, remaining #1 for a ninth week on the R&B chart with “I Will Always Love You”.

“I Will Always Love You” hit double digits at #1–Whitney was on top for a 10th week.

 “The Bodyguard” Soundtrack was #1 for an eighth week

1994

Natalie Cole sings the US national anthem at Superbowl XXVIII in Atlanta, Georgia. Halftime is country, with Clint Black, The Judds and Travis Tritt among the performers.

1998

Elton John received a knighthood in British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s first New Year’s Eve Honours List.

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

2006

Social activist Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died following a stroke while being treated for ovarian cancer at the age of 78.

2008

Madonna topped Forbes magazine’s list of the 20 top grossing female performers. The 49 year old material girl banked $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007, while Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion followed, taking home $60m and $45m respectively.

Human Rights in global conflict: Trans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2013

Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, died of natural causes at the age of 94. Although they never had a hit record during the Rock ‘n’ Roll era, the trio placed 43 songs on the Billboard Top Ten and sold over 75 million records during a career that began in 1938. They are most often remembered for the 1940 hit, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”.

2016

David Bowie‘s Blackstar album hits #1 in America, 20 days after his death. It’s Bowie’s first #1 album in the States

2022

says the head of the world’s most known pedophile organization

who does not support equality for adults across demographics

https://www.outinperth.com/pope-francis-urges-parents-to-support-their-gay-children/Pope Francis urges parents to support their LGBT children | OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and CulturePope Francis has urged parents to support their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children. He says nobody should be thrown out of 

conversion therapy is religion and needs to be banned as there is no consent to oppression that is valid nor informed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/30/activists-warn-against-loophole-in-uk-ban-on-conversion-practicesActivists warn against loophole in UK ban on conversion practices | LGBT rights | The GuardianCampaigners concerned proposals do not go far enough, saying ‘you cannot consent to abuse’www.theguardian.com

https://www.joemygod.com/2022/01/tennessee-joins-push-to-ban-obscene-library-books/#comment-5713545071Tennessee Joins Push To Ban “Obscene” Library Books – Joe.My.God.Chalkbeat Tennessee reports: Two Tennessee lawmakers have filed a bill aimed at purging books and other materials deemed “obscene or harmful to minors” from school libraries. The bill, filed this week by Republicans Rep. Scott Cepicky of Culleoka and Sen. Joey Hensley [photo] of Hohenwald, would apply to public schools, including charter schools. The proposal …www.joemygod.com

https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2022/01/30/hide-and-seek-being-lgbt-and-chinese-indonesian.htmlHide and seek: Being LGBT and Chinese Indonesian – Community – The Jakarta PostFor Chinese Indonesians who are members of the LGBT community, Indonesia can be a challenging place to live – to say the least.www.thejakartapost.com

https://www.towleroad.com/2022/01/video-figure-skater-jason-brown-on-coming-out-as-gay-overcoming-burnout/VIDEO: Figure Skater Jason Brown On Coming Out As Gay, Overcoming Burnout – Towleroad Gay NewsJason Brown, 27, is an American figure skater. He became one of the youngest figure skaters to win a medal after Team USA won bronze in the team event inwww.towleroad.com

https://www.vogue.com/article/kate-hina-sabatine-tiktok-skitsKate Hina Sabatine Is Bringing Comedic Queer Content—and Style—to TikTok | VogueYou may know them as “Donkey Kong,” parent to the pretentious Cornelius and Ramona.www.vogue.com

https://www.timesofisrael.com/doritos-faces-boycott-calls-over-israeli-ad-featuring-gay-and-lesbian-couples/Doritos faces boycott calls over Israeli ad featuring gay and lesbian couples | The Times of IsraelSnack-maker reportedly not planning to take down advertisement released ahead of Family Day, which was condemned by some conservative religious Jewswww.timesofisrael.com

The plans announced last summer also included a vow to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act to more broadly prohibit the sharing of hate speech online.

While the latter is not a specific first-100-days pledge, the former is. It’s not clear whether the two could be bundled together into one piece of legislation, or broken into separate parts.

The Liberal platform vowed to “introduce legislation within its first 100 days to combat serious forms of harmful online content, specifically hate speech, terrorist content, content that incites violence, child sexual abuse material and the non-consensual distribution of intimate images.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/8480159/justin-trudeau-first-100-days-promises/As Trudeau nears end of first 100 days, here’s what’s left on key to-do list – National | Globalnews.caBills banning conversion therapy and the intimidation of health-care workers passed in December, as did legislation implementing a mandatory 10 days of paid sick leave.globalnews.ca

which, misogamy and lesser status of white heterosexual women and disportionate for visible minority women, disabled women, and sexual orientation of bisexual women and lesbians, and more when more than two apply along with poverty – whole person oppressions owing to recognizable characteristics.

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

canada pride

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https://lgbtdailyspotlight.com/

people link

events link

~~~~

Our Daily Elvis

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes:

Most of the above is copied from one of the sites cited as sources in the daily post and as linked at the end of every post.

the history of nonheterosexuals and different historical eras views are such that there is a there is a danger to apply current decadish of time, in 2021 to past decades and centuries; particularly without application of complete history.

There is a difference between adopting male attire in the era when clothing was spelled out in law, and lesbians who passed in public, differ from those who only change clothing for personal sexual gratification, in private “cross dressors” in the language of this same era.

Laws regarding clothing exist in many nations, including capitol punishment, this is why sexual orientation is a demographic, That heterosexual women continue to be denied reproductive rights, education and professions, even where won at court; that women are a demographic. That male and female persons who are ethnically different from the majority population and with differing experiences being merged into colour blind visible minorities are differing demographics.

the farther back in time the given individual is, and why on this blog, there is a under theme of Elvis Presley, as the most prominent modern era person of the 1900s Current Era; who was photographed almost every day of his adult life., and who’s number of days on this planet have resulted in his being one of the most recognizable individuals across all cultures on the planet, which in 1950s was 1 billion people, and by his death almost 4 billion, to the 8 billion currently existing on earth.