LGBTQ2 for January 29

BCE to The Suffragettes

1749, Denmark – Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808)isborn in Copenhagen. He was rejected by his father as being effeminate. When he became king at 16, the nobles plied him with sex mates to curry favor. He married to produce an heir, but his queen became the mistress of the court doctor who then took control of the government and assigned Christian a lover. The lover locked him in a room, Christian was freed by the nobles, the queen was divorced, and the doctor and the lover were drawn and quartered. 

1858 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (January 29, 1858 – July 23, 1942) is born. He was an American author who used the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne. In 1908, he published the first American defense of homosexuality entitled The Intersexes: A History of Similisexualism as a Problem in Social Life.

01-29-1927 – 04-06-2013   Don Shirley – Born in Pensacola, Florida. He was 

an American classical and jazz pianist, as well as a composer. Shirley recorded many albums for Cadence Record Company during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence. His compositions included organ symphonies, piano and cello concertos, a one act opera, and string quartets. During the 1960s, Shirley went on tour, some venues were in Southern states. He hired New York-nightclub bouncer Tony “Lip” Vallelonga as his driver and bodyguard. Their story has been made into the 2018 film Green Book. The screenplay was written by Tony Vallelonga’s son, 

Nick, Peter Farrelly, and Brian Currie. Nick used letters written by his father and Shirley that were sent to “Lips” wife, Dolores. The scene in the film depicting Shirley being handcuffed to a YMCA shower by a cop that discovered him having sex with another man is factual. In the 1980s, Nick told Shirley and his father that he wanted to make a movie about their experiences together. Shirley told him to do it but to wait until after he was no longer around. “You should put in everything your father told you, and everything I told you,” Nick recalls Shirley telling him. “You tell exactly the truth, but you’re going to wait until I pass.” Nick believes that Shirley wanted him to wait because Shirley worried that telling the true story would out his sexuality. Shirley passed away from heart disease in April 2013, less that five months after “Lip” died.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

01-29-1949   Doris Davenport – Born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in Cornelia, Georgia. She is a writer, 

educator, and literary and performance poet. Davenport identifies as African American, Appalachian, Feminist, and LGBTQ, which all heavily influence her writings. Her Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Literature was earned from the University of Southern California. As a self-identified lesbian, Davenport incorporates anecdotes from her life that revolve around her relationships with women. She has published eight books of poetry and gives performances at colleges. Davenport lives in Cleveland, Georgia.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

01-29-1954 Oprah Winfrey – Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is an American media mogul, talk 

show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 t0 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. She has long been an advocate for LGBT rights. When Ellen DeGeneres came out in 1997 on her TV show, Oprah played her therapist. After the episode aired, Oprah received a lot of hate mail, as did Ellen. Neither woman gave in and the rest is “herstory.”

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

01-29-1960 – 01-29-1986 Gia Marie Carangi – Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, She was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Considered by some to be the first supermodel, she was featured on the cover of 

fashion magazines, including four international editions of Vogue and multiple issues of Cosmopolitan between 1979 and 1982. Her first major shoot, published in October 1978, was with top fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim, who had her pose nude behind a chain-link fence with makeup artist Sandy Linter. Gia became infatuated with Linter and pursued her, though the relationship never went anywhere. Gia also appeared in advertising campaigns for Armani, Christian Dior, Versace, and Yves Saint Laurent. She became addicted to 

heroin and later contracted HIV and died of AIDS-related complications. One of Carangi’s friends later spoke of her “tomboy persona” describing her relaxed openness about her sexuality as reminiscent of the character Cay in the 1985 film Desert Hearts. In 1998, Gia, a biographical television film starring Angelina Jolie, debuted on HBO. Jolie won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award for her performance. Thing of Beauty – The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia by Stephen Fried is well worth reading

01-29-1960   Greg Louganis – Born in El Cajon, California and is of Samoan and Swedish descent. At eight months old, he was placed for adoption. He was raised by his adoptive parents, Frances and Peter Louganis, in Southern California. He is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author. During the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals on both the springboard and platform. He is the only male 

and second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both “the greatest American diver” and “probably the greatest diver in history.” From 1983 to 1989, Louganis was in a romantic relationship with his manager, R. James “Jim” Babbitt. Louganis said the relationship was abusive, saying at one point in 1983, Babbitt raped him at knifepoint. Babbitt also infected him with HIV. In 1995, in an interview with Barbara Walters, Louganis spoke publicly for the first time about being gay and HIV-positive. In June 2013, Louganis announced his engagement to paralegal Johnny Chaillot in People magazine. They married on October 12,2013. Louganis is a gay rights activist, as well as an HIV awareness advocate and has worked with the Human Rights Campaign to defend the civil liberties of the LGBT community and people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. His autobiography, Breaking the Surface, spent five weeks at number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. 

01-29-1965   Jessica Lynn – Born in California, city unknown. She is an advocate for the transgender community. She has traveled over a million miles, to 28 different nations bringing her message of hope, understanding, and respect. Lynn has spoken to almost every University in England and the United States. Lynn’s presentation is an upbeat hour and a half of honest, emotional, and revealing history of her journey as a parent who turned to activism when her children were taken from her because she transitioned. A Texas Court removed her name from her son’s birth certificate because she is transgender. Sometimes funny, sometimes factual, and always sincere, she answers all questions with honesty and candor. She is a Global Ambassador for the Kinsey Institute at the University of Indiana, a Stonewall School Role Model, a speaker for the National Health Service in England, and a collaborator with colleagues from the University of Oxford on a project to help further the understanding of transgender and gender non-conforming youth. Jessica Lynn holds dual citizenship in the UK and the USA.

Contribution to LGBTDailySpotLight.com by Malinda Lodge

Malinda transitioned six years and half years ago after she retired. Her background includes private industry, Paramedic, Fire Service, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Educator.  She is now focused on travel, photography, and writing. When she is home, she lives on the Central Coast of California.

in Pop Culture morality:

January 29, 1965

The British press is informed that P.J. Proby has been fired from a tour of England for splitting his pants onstage. Mary Whitehouse, a self-appointed guardian of British morals, spread the word that Proby’s actions were “indecent, vulgar, poisoning the minds of our teenagers.” In fact, Proby’s pants had split at the knee, and he later claimed the whole incident was an excuse to fire him and make way for Tom Jones, whose manager, Gordon Mills, had paid promoters to get rid of him.

 

January 29, 1967

In San Francisco, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, Moby Grape, Timothy Leary and poet Allen Ginsburg participated in the Mantra-Rock Dance concert, later called “the ultimate high,” at the Avalon Ballroom.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

01-29-1971 Clare Balding OBE – Born in Kingsclere, United Kingdom. She is an openly lesbian British television presenter, journalist, and retired 

amateur jockey. She works as a broadcaster and presenter for BBC Sport, Channel 4 and the show Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2.  Balding has close family links to horse racing. Her maternal grandmother, Priscilla Hastings, is descended from the Earls of Derby and was one of the first women elected to membership of the Jockey Club. She formalized her relationship with BBC Radio 4 announcer and newsreader Alice Arnold in September 2006 by entering into a civil partnership.

1972

David Bowie performed as “Ziggy Stardust” for the first time.

01-29-1975 Sara Gilbert – Born in Santa Monica, California. She is an 

American actress, best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne from 1988 to 1997. She was also co-host and creator of the daytime talk show The Talk, and had a recurring role as Leslie Winkle on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory. Gilbert came out as a lesbian in 2010. She began a relationship with songwriter and former 4 Non Blondes front woman Linda Perry. They married on March 30, 2014.

1977:

Thelma Houston’s Don’t Leave Me This Way begins its 17-week top 40 run. It goes on to become a perennial gay anthem.

“Evergreen” by Barbra Streisand remained #1 on the Adult chart for the third week.

 The Soundtrack to “A Star Is Born” was fourth on the LP charts

on the song charts at #7 the theme song to a scandalous Movie of the Week, a Heterosexual Wsman who has to choose between two hetero men:  newcomer Mary MacGregor with “Torn Between Two Lovers” – something that bisexuals relate to in terms of being foolishly shamed – LGBTQ2 Blogger notes, and had watched the tv movie…

in America: 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street onto the entrance of San Diego’s Grover Cleveland Elementary School. Spencer fired the shot’s from a .22-caliber rifle her father had given her for Christmas. When asked why she did it, she answered ‘I don’t like Mondays.’ The Boomtown Rats went on to write and recorded a song based on the event.

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

01-29-1982 Adam Lambert – Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence in 2009 when he became the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol

Lambert has a flamboyant, theatrical, and androgynous performance style, and a powerful, technically skilled tenor voice with multi-octave range. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011 and an Honorary GLAAD Media Award in 2013. By April 2012, his first album had sold nearly two million copies worldwide and 4.2 million singles worldwide as of January 2011. Times magazine identified Lambert as the first openly gay mainstream pop artist to launch a career on a major label (RCA) in the U.S.

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

1991 – Minnesota governor Arne Carlson issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

1996

George Michael scored his sixth #1 in the U.K. as “Jesus To A Child” rose to the top.

1999

1999

The Soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” went over 15 million in sales, as certified by the RIAA.

Stripper/burlesque performer/actress  Lili St. Cyr died at the age of 80. (The Naked and the Dead, Runaway Girl, Son of Sinbad)

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

2007, Israel – Israel registers its first same-sex couple. Binyamin and Avi Rose got married in Canada in 2006 then returned to Israel. The Israeli High Court ruled unanimously that couples married outside of Israel should be recognized by the state.

2011

Britney Spears debuted at #1 with “Hold It Against Me”.  She became the second artist to have more than one single debut at #1 after Mariah Carey.  Spears also became the third female artist (and the seventh overall) to top the charts in three decades.

2012

Elton John took another swipe at his Pop rival Madonna. When asked if he had any advice for her before she played the half-time show at The Super Bowl, Elton replied “Make sure you lip-sync good. Of course you have to play live, but I don’t think you can.”

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

12-29-2012

 Maine’s same-sex marriage law goes into effect.

2022

because men watch porn as an excuse to compare to other penises

why in straight porn the money shot is the male orgasm

https://www.ladbible.com/community/gay-porn-star-manuel-scalco-recognised-straight-men-20220124Gay Porn Star Says Lots Of Straight Men Watch His PornHe says he’s often recognised in public by straight menwww.ladbible.com

acting a character one thing, a demographic another

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/29/ben-whishaw-straight-actors-gay-parts-this-is-going-to-hurtBen Whishaw: ‘Sometimes, with straight actors playing gay parts, I think: I don’t believe you!’ | Ben Whishaw | The GuardianHe’s been Paddington, Keats, and now a doctor in This Is Going to Hurt. He talks about his off-stage shyness and why he wasn’t delighted by the reveal of Q’s sexuality in No Time to Diewww.theguardian.com

https://fox59.com/news/gay-blood-donor-ban-must-end-to-cope-with-shortage-ama-president-says/Gay blood donor banCurrent policy requires men who have sex with men (MSM) to abstain from sexual activity for at least three months before they can give blood – they were previously required to be celibate for a year. The rule applies whether or not protection was used during sex.fox59.com

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/01/29/gay-rat-wedding-meme/Gay Rat Wedding meme explained as crazy outfit choice sparks debateGay Rat Wedding meme explained as crazy outfit choice sparks debate when a wedding guest revealed plans to create a dress based on a viral Arthur scene.www.hitc.com

https://www.wafb.com/2022/01/29/new-study-by-fda-could-allow-gay-bisexual-men-donate-blood/New study by FDA could allow gay and bisexual men to donate bloodAnytime folks donate blood they are asked a number of questions about their health, and sometimes that includes their sex life. For decades, gay or bisexual men have been banned from donating blood if they have been sexually active in the last three months, but a new study could change that rule.www.wafb.com

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/shigella-symptoms-gay-bisexual-sti-b2002580.htmlWarning over highly infectious bug mainly affecting gay and bisexual men | The IndependentGut infection causes diarrhoea, stomach cramps and feverwww.independent.co.uk

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/127543089/black-lesbian-playwright-debuts-new-zealands-first-play-about-afroqueer-immigrants

Playwright and actress Estelle Chout says she rarely sees someone like myself – a proud Black queer mother – represented on the stage.

DAVID WHITE/STUFFPlaywright and actress Estelle Chout says she rarely sees someone like myself – a proud Black queer mother – represented on the stage.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/20-lgbtq2s-characters-in-comics-and-cartoons/ss-AATfgiK20 LGBTQ2S+ characters in comics and cartoonsMore and more LGBTQ2S+ and gender-minority characters are showing up in children’s comics and cartoons. In fact, a report published by Insider listed 259 characters, from some 70 programs, with a variety of orientations and gender identities, representing a 222% increase between 2017 and 2019. Greater representation on the small screen is good news for the LGBTQ2S+ community and queer children. Here are 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and two-spirited characters in cartoons and comics.Show More

so a hetero bar that allows others….not an L or G bar……

https://www.insauga.com/hamiltons-new-lgbtq-friendly-bar-among-those-that-can-reopen-next-week/Hamilton’s new LGBTQ-friendly bar among those that can reopen next week | inTheHammerA new LGBTQ-friendly bar and restaurant in Hamilton that has brought new life to a historic pub space will get a second chance to make a first impression next week, when the COVID-19 restrictions that shuttered drinking establishmentswww.insauga.com

https://76crimes.com/2022/01/29/botswanas-president-meets-lgbt-activists-supports-their-work/Botswana’s president meets LGBT activists, supports their work – Erasing 76 CrimesIn a landmark meeting with representatives of the LGBT rights group LEGABIBO, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi vowed to protect LGBT persons’ human rights and to fully implement the recen…76crimes.com

religion meets the diagnostic manual meaning of delusional – including the anger and violence when religion is rejected

https://fsspx.news/en/news-events/news/strong-pressure-lgbt-employees-german-church-71223Strong Pressure from LGBT Employees in the German Church – FSSPX.Actualités / FSSPX.NewsIn a concerted action, people employed by the Church have revealed their homosexuality on a website and in a television documentary. A total of 125 people came out to the German Catholic Church at the same time on January 24, 2022.fsspx.news

https://www.hammondstar.com/news/nearly-half-of-lgbt-poc-live-in-low-income-households/article_8598d71f-4bf1-57ff-a2a7-01c7c55bc237.htmlNearly half of LGBT POC live in low-income householdsNew study and data interactive present differences in socioeconomic and health indicators among six racial groups of LGBT adults.www.hammondstar.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60146844LGBT veterans: Flashbacks after ‘sadistic’ interrogation – BBC NewsSimon Hinchley-Robson says he was starved, denied sleep and assaulted after requesting an Aids test.www.bbc.co.uk

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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.

LGBTQ2 for January 28

BCE to The Suffragettes

1833, UK – Charles George Gordon  (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885) was born in Woolwich, England. A British military hero he became a martyr at Khartoumn. The American historian Byron Farwell in his 1985 book Eminent Victorian Soldiers strongly implied that Gordon was gay, for instance writing of Gordon’s “unwholesome” interest in the boys he took in to live with him at the Fort House and his fondness for the company of “handsome” young men. Always surrounded by boys and young men, he once told a friend he lacked the courage to act on his impulses because of his religious beliefs. He said he hoped to die in battle to prove his manhood. He got his wish. Gordon never married and is not known to have had a relationship with anyone of the opposite sex or of the same sex.

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01-28-1873 – 08-03-1954 Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) – She was a French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Her best known work is the novella Gigi (1944). In 1949, it was made into a French film, then in 1951 adapted for the stage with the then unknown Audrey Hepburn in the title role, picked by Colette personally. In 1958, the Hollywood musical starring Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan, with a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Colette was also a mime, an actress, and a journalist. She was married several times and had a series of relationships with women, notably with Mathilde de Morny, Marquise de Belief (Missy), with whom she sometimes shared the stage. On January 3, 1907, an onstage kiss between Missy and Colette caused a near-riot, and as a result they were no longer able to live together openly, although their relationship continued for another five years. When Colette died, she became the first French woman to be given a state funeral.

1890 – Momma Rose was born Rose Thompson (August 31, 1890 – January 28, 1954). She was the mother of two famous performing daughters: burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee and actress and dancer June Havoc. She was  the inspiration for Rose, the lead character of the musical Gypsy. Rose was running a boarding house in New York, referred to by sources of the time as a “seedy boarding house for lesbians,” where she also lived. During this time, Gypsy paid a visit to the house and for some reason a young woman who has been described as Momma Rose’s lover at the time didn’t know Gypsy was her daughter. The woman mistakenly thought Gypsy was making a pass at Rose. Rose and the woman reportedly had a vicious fight and Momma Rose shot her.

01-28-1901 – 03-05-1989 Richmond Barthé – Born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was an African-American LGBT pioneer, sculptor, and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s. Because he was a gay man who expressed his orientation in his work, he fell into 

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obscurity by the 1940s. Much of his art depicted African-American men in sensual poses, often nude. Today his work doesn’t seem that confrontational, but in a racist, sexually uptight America in the middle of the last century, it is remarkable that his work received the acclaim that it did. In 1935, his work was included in an exhibit of African-American art at the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 1975, he moved to Pasadena, California, and a year later curators at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art included his work. The attention to his work, the growing respect of a younger audience to artists of the Harlem Renaissance, and the support of his friends brought stability into his life. He lived out his later years as a treasured part of the art community.

1935, Iceland – Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

01-28-1952 — 03-10-2015   Richard Glatzer – Born in Flushing, Queens. He grew up in Westbury, Long Island, and

 Livingston, New Jersey. Glatzer was an American writer and director. He entered the film world in the mid-1980s, working on TV shows such as Divorce Court, The Osbournes, and America’s Next Top Model. Glatzer taught screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New  York City. He married writer and director Wash Westmoreland in September 2013. The couple were a married writing and directing team based in Los Angeles who made an eclectic set of independent movies. Their last film, Still Alice, with Julianne Moor, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart, premiered at Toronto 2014 and was considered the surprise hit of the festival. Sony Pictures Classics released the film in December 2014. In 2015, Glatzer died of complications from ALS.

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

01-28-1969   Mo Rocca (Maurice Alberto) – Born in Washington, D.C. He is an American actor, director, writer, journalist, comedian, and political satirist. Rocca was On Out’s 3rd Annual 100 Most Eligible 

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Bachelors (2013) and November of the same year, Rocca came out of the closet, saying it made him finally feel “comfortable.” Speaking to The Six Pack in a podcast interview, he said, “I’m just more comfortable with myself now. It’s taken me until 42 to begin to feel this way.” He is a CBS Sunday Morning contributor and a panelist on NPR. He’s has worked as a contributor to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for 5 years, and also was a correspondent for The Tonight Show.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1976 – Formation of Gay American Indians (GAI) is reported in the Advocate. Founding members are Barbara May Cameron (May 22, 1954 – Feb. 12, 2002 and Randy Burns. GAI is the first Native gay and lesbian organization in the US and contributes to the rise of the Two Spirit movement. By the end of the twentieth century, GAI had grown to over 600 members and spawned other gay American Indian groups in San Diego, Toronto and New York City under the name “Two-Spirit People.” GAI has documented berdache roles in over 130 Native American tribes. Burns’ own Northern Paiute tradition has traditional berdache roles: tuva’sa (male) moroni noho (female).

1977, Canada – Charges are dismissed against 16 of 22 men arrested as found-ins in Club Ottawa

1978

 Queen with one of their biggest career hits–“We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions” was #6 on the USA song charts

01-28-1978   Big Freedia (b. Freddie Ross Jr.) – Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is an American Rapper known for his work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia identifies himself as 

a gay man and has stated that he does not care which pronoun is used to refer to him. In 2011, he was named Best Emerging Artist and Best Hip-hop/Rap Artist in January’s Best of the Beat Awards and was nominated for the 2011 22nd GLAAD Media Awards. He operates an interior design in New Orleans. Freedia has stated, “I am not transgendered, I am just a gay male…I wear women’s hair and carry a purse, but I am a man.” He also stated, “I love my feminine side. She is the diva in me.”

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

1980

The original Ants split up with Adam.

1982 – US Defense Department declares gays and lesbians may not serve in the military, and all recruits will be asked about their sexual orientation.

1983

Radio station WDHA, 105.5 in New Jersey, claims to be the first US station to play music from a compact disc.

1984

Despite being banned by Radio 1 and the BBC for its suggestive lyrics, “Relax” by the British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood climbs to the top of the UK singles chart. The objectionable words were “Relax, don’t do it, when you want to sock it to it, Relax, don’t do it, when you want to come”. Many other UK commercial radio stations continued to play the record and it stayed at the top for five straight weeks and remained on the chart for a then record forty-two consecutive weeks. Later in the year, the ban would be lifted.

The legendary Nina Simone tells NME she was forced to record her 1978 album Baltimore under duress when she was kidnapped by five men and held in a basement for three days without food or water. She retracts the statement later.

Barry Manilow controlled the Adult Contemporary chart for a sixth week with “Read ‘Em And Weep”

1985: 

People Magazine begins picking its annual “Sexiest Man Alive”

1985

Copying the “Do They Know It’s Christmas” Bob Geldof organized single with UK musical celebrities:

The sign on the wall said “Check Your Egos at the Door,” and with that realization from Quincy Jones, forty-five major stars entered A&M Studios in Hollywood to record the song Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had written (in only two hours) called “We Are The World.” The recording was to act as a fundraiser for the USA For Africa fund. Among the icons at the mike were Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, James Ingram, Dionne Warwick, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Steve Perry, and Willie Nelson. It took more than ten hours to do the single recording. Prince was invited but didn’t come.

The excluded Heavy Metal did “We’re Stars” and the also excluded Country Performers did “We’re One Big Family.”

Canada’s performers did “Tears are not Enough”

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes: Awareness and money was raised for African Aid, which became Government bribes and weapons purchases.

1986 – On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-99) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts including Judith Resnick and two payload specialists including teacher Chritsa McCauliff.

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

1993

Geffen Records files a $30 million breach of contract suit against Don Henley, claiming that he failed to deliver the final two albums that he agreed to in his contract. The suit would be settled before coming to trial with undisclosed terms.

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

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

01-28-2015 Chilean lawmakers give final approval to a bill that recognizes civil unions between same-sex couples. The legislation then went to President Michelle Bachelet, who signed it. Government spokesman Alvaro Elizalde welcomed the bill’s passage and “a breakthrough that we are proud of as a government.” The measure had been worked on for four years and will give same-sex and unmarried couples many of the rights granted to married couples.

01-28-2015 Joel Grey comes out. Cabaret star says “I’m a gay man” at the age of 82.

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2021

Quebec Civil Code declared discriminatory against Trans community. Justice Gregory Moore of the Superior Court of Quebec declared six (6) provisions of the province’s Civil Code unconstitutional. the Court did not strike down the requirement to designate a sex at birth without exception, including for intersex individuals. It also declared that trans parents have a right to change their designation on their children’s birth certificate and to be recognized as “parent” and not just “mother” or “father”.  It struck down the requirement to be a Canadian citizen in order to change one’s name or gender.  The Court also struck down the requirement for a medical evaluation for trans youth;

2022

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/shigella-gay-bisexual-men-warning-infectious-antibiotic-resistant-bug-1427186Shigella: Gay and bisexual men warned over highly infectious and ‘extremely antibiotic-resistant’ bug47 cases of Shigella sonnei were reported between September 2021 and January 2022, compared with just 16 in the previous 17 monthsinews.co.uk

https://www.cbr.com/superman-tom-taylor-responds-claims-son-of-kal-el-sales/Claim Superman’s Bisexuality Killed Son of Kal-El Sales DebunkedSuperman: Son of Kal-El writer Tom Taylor shuts down rumors that having Jon Kent come out as bisexual has negatively impacted the series’ sales.www.cbr.com

https://www.out.com/film/2022/1/26/gay-character-netflixs-1st-arabic-film-sparks-controversy-egyptGay Character in Netflix’s 1st Arabic Film Sparks Controversy in EgyptHowever, the streamer is firmly standing by Perfect Strangers.www.out.com

https://gaycitynews.com/former-actress-brings-lesbian-representation-to-real-estate/Former Actress Brings Lesbian Representation to Real EstateKristi Ambrosetti spent the first decade of her career traveling the world and making a name for herself as a professional actress on Broadway. That, however, all changed when she was on a break in 2011 and one of her friends suggested that she consider a career in real estate — a major departure from […]gaycitynews.com

https://www.papermag.com/lava-la-rue-vest-boxers-2656493020.htmlLava La Rue Finds Their Own Lesbian Anthem in “Vest & Boxers'” – PAPERThe musician’s latest single is perfect for mosh pits and angsty house parties.www.papermag.com

https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//312508Bay Area Reporter :: Out in the World: Arrests made in Mexican lesbian couple’s killingAuthorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have arrested two people in connection with the killing of a lesbian couple in the city of Ju

https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-to-drop-sexual-assault-charges-against-leading-lgbt-activist-gal-uchovsky/Police to drop sexual assault charges against leading LGBT activist Gal Uchovsky | The Times of IsraelTV report says that after three men anonymously, but publicly, accused him of misconduct, police find no evidence of crimes in 2 cases and a 3rd has passed statute of limitationswww.timesofisrael.com

https://76crimes.com/2022/01/27/petition-and-report-aim-to-help-lgbt-afghans-targeted-by-the-taliban/Petition and report aim to help LGBT Afghans targeted by the Taliban – Erasing 76 CrimesIn the wake of the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan last August, the Taliban has targeted LGBT Afghans with a surge in threats, rapes, assaults and wrongful detention, according to a report by Human R…76crimes.com

There is not one community – and why transgender must stop coopting ethnicity and women’s oppression

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/591684-racial-gender-disparities-persist-within-lgbt-communityRacial, gender disparities persist within LGBT community: report | TheHill“The relationship between race and LGBT status is a complicated one that differs by outcome and racial group.”thehill.com

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Today in LGBT History – January 28 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › today-in-lgbt-history-january-28Jan 28, 2018 — 1982 – US Defense Department declares gays and lesbians may not serve in the military, and all recruits will be asked about their sexual …

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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.

LGBTQ2 for January 27

BCE to The Suffragettes

1832, UK – Lewis Caroroll (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) is born in Baresbury, England, and named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was an English writermathematicianlogician,  Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem “Jabberwocky“, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark – all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. Carroll never married and bhis sexuali idenity is thesu bject of exploration by mqany historians an biographge4rs.

01–27-1879 – 10-30-1943 Beatrice Hastings – Born in Hackney, London, 

England. She was an English writer, poet, and literary critic. She wrote under the pen name of Emily Alice Haigh. Bisexual, she was a friend and lover of writer Katherine Mansfield. In 1943, probably suffering from cancer, she killed herself with gas from a domestic cooker.

1911 – Sarah Aldridge (January 27, 1911 in Rio de Janeiro – January 11, 2006), whose actual name was Anyda Marchant, is born. She was a writer of primarily lesbian popular fiction and a founding partner for Naiad Press in 1973 and A&M Books in 1995. Her first published work was a short story issued by The Ladder.  the periodical released by the Daughters of Bilitis. The fourteen lesbian novels she wrote include All True LoversTottieA Flight of AngelsThe Latecomer, and The Nesting Place. One of the first women to pass the bar in Washington DC, she served at the World Bank as an attorney in the Legal Department for 18 years until retiring in 1972. She met legal secretary Muriel Inez Crawford (April 21, 1914 – June 7, 2006) in 1947 with whom she lived until Aldridge’s death. Aldridge died at her home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on January 11, 2006. She was 94.[4] She was awarded the Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer Award posthumously in June 2007.

01-27-1911 – 01-11-2006 Anyda Marchant – (pen name Sarah Aldridge) Born in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of six, her family moved to Washington, D.C. One 

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of the first women to pass the bar in Washington DC, she served the World Bank as an attorney in the Legal Dept. She was a founding partner for Naiad Press in 1973 and A&M Books in 1995, and a writer of primarily lesbian popular fiction. She met secretary Muriel Inez Crawford in 1947. The couple were together for 57 years until Anyda’s death in 2006. Muriel died five months later on June 7, 2006.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

January 27, 1958

Little Richard, in his quest to become a Seventh Day Adventist minister, joined the Oakwood Theological College in Huntsville, AL. He would later state: “If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can save anybody.” Of course he’s also quoted as saying: “If there was anything I loved better than a big penis, it was a bigger penis.”

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

1960 — Olympic diver Greg Louganis (born January 29, 1960) is born. He s an American Olympic diverLGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform. He is the only male and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both “the greatest American diver” and “probably the greatest diver in history.” Louganis’ ancestry is Samoan and European-American. He overcame a stutter as a child and struggled with dyslexia, asthma and depression.  Six months before the 1988 Olympics, Louganis was diagnosed with HIV. Louganis publicly came out as gay in a pre-taped announcement shown at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Gay Games. He announced his engagement to his partner, paralegal Johnny Chaillot, in People magazine, in June 2013. The two were married on October 12, 2013.

01-27-1965   Alan Cumming – Born in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. He is a Scottish-American actor, comedian, singer, writer, filmmaker, and activist.

 Cumming’s has acted in numerous films, television shows, and plays. On Broadway, he appeared as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret, for which he won a tony Award. He appeared on The Good Wife, for which he was nominated for three PrimeTime Emmy Awards. In March 2005, Cumming received the Vito Russo Award at the 16th Annual GLAAD Median Awards for outstanding contributions toward eliminating homophobia. In the same year, he was presented with the HRC’s Humanitarian Award in San Francisco for his LGBT public stance. Cummings lives in Manhattan with his husband, illustrator Grant Shaffer, and their two dogs. The couple legally married in New York on January 7, 2012.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

January 27, 1971David Bowie arrived in the U.S. for his first visit. He couldn’t perform live because of work permit restrictions, but he attracted publicity when he wore a dress at a promotional event.

1972: 

The NYC Council vetoes a proposed gay rights ordinance that would have prohibited discrimination against gay men and lesbians in employment, housing and public accommodations. The bill remains a hotly contested part of City Council politics for the next 14 years. 

1973

Elton John edged up to 3 with “Crocodile Rock” on the USA charts

January 27, 1976

David Bowie filed a $2 million lawsuit against his former attorney for unfair business practices and withholding funds

1979

#3 on the USA charts: “Y.M.C.A.” by the Village People, #6 “A Little More Love” from Olivia Newton-John

LP charts the previous #1 Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2 dropped to third and new at 9,  Barry Manilow entered the Top 10 with his Greatest Hits package

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

01-27-1985 Eric Radford – Born in Winnipeg, Canada. He is a Canadian pair skater. With his partner, Meagan Duhamel, he won the silver medal at the 

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2014 Olympics in Sochi. The pair also won the 2013 and 2014 bronze medals at the World Championships. At the Four Continents Championships, they won the gold in 2013, and the silver in 2011. He came out as gay in December of 2014. He is the first world stage figure skater to come out publicly at the height of his career. He and his partner, Meagan Duhamel, are aiming for gold in the 2018 Olympics.

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

1991

At Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, Whitney Houston sang the “Star Spangled Banner” and New Kids on the Block performed at halftime of Super Bowl XXV. A recording of Houston’s rendition of the national anthem was later released as a single. ABC News pre-empted the halftime show for a report by Peter Jennings on the progress of the Gulf War.

1995 – At a press conference in Washington, DC, the House majority whip, Dick Armey (R-Tex.), refers to Representative Barney Frank (born March 31, 1940) (D-Mass.) as “Barney Fag.” He later apologizes, insisting it was a slip of the tongue.

01-27-1999 The gay-themed romantic comedy film Trick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

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

2006 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day is created by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. Thousands of lesbians and gay men were killed.

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

01-27-2010 On this date the registered partnership of Iceland’s Prime Minister, Jóhanna Siguröardóttir and her parter, Jónina Leósdóttir was transformed into a recognized marriage. It was on this date that same-sex marriage took effect in Iceland.

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2021

t’s no wonder that actual lesbians are upset about this appropriation of womanhood, and undermining of same-sex attraction. Eva Kurilova, a lesbian feminist, complained to Reduxx that “in queer and woke spaces, lesbians are no longer allowed to describe ourselves as same-sex attracted, as this is not seen as inclusive. . . . Instead, we have to be open to biological males in our spaces, on our dating apps, and in our sex lives.”

“He is not and can never be a woman who wants and seeks intimacy with other women,” Kurilova said. Meanwhile, Andrew Sullivan, an early pioneer of gay rights, said of Stryker’s invitation: “This is where we are. The abolition of homosexuality as a core left tenet.”

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/heterosexual-men-arent-lesbians/Heterosexual Men Aren’t Lesbians | National ReviewIt’s no wonder that actual lesbians are upset about this appropriation of womanhood, and undermining of same-sex attraction.www.nationalreview.com

https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/paul-murray/aflw-players-refusal-to-wear-pride-jersey-a-middle-finger-to-lgbt-community/video/fd0dfcc804010d04bb1cbcd6d2b12ca2AFLW player’s refusal to wear Pride jersey a ‘middle finger’ to LGBT community | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Paul Murray says Haneen Zreika’s refusal to wear a Pride jersey in the AFLW’s Pride round on the grounds of religious belief is “very obviously a middle finger” to the LGBTQIA+ community.

“I find that a very strange thing, I couldn’t be more supportive of that community,” Mr Murray said.www.skynews.com.au

https://www.pinkvilla.com/lifestyle/people/10-key-issues-faced-lgbt-youth-who-wish-come-out-closet-100717110 Key issues faced by LGBT youth who wish to come out of the closet | PINKVILLAWhile no one chooses the gender of people they feel an attraction to, it is easy for society to dole out homophobia towards individuals who feel conf…www.pinkvilla.com

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-lgbt-nazi-concentration-camps/Nazis’ heinous crimes against thousands of LGBT+ people must never, ever be forgottenTo mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember those who were murdered by Nazis – and we reflect on the significance of the pink triangle.www.pinknews.co.uk

religion is why people need therapy ,it is not therapy

religion is how the majority of oppression is authorized

religion belongs in the dustbin of history

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fury-mounts-manchester-lgbt-charity-22893808Fury mounts as Manchester LGBT+ charity severs ties with human rights organisation over ‘extremely damaging’ statements – Manchester Evening News
“Our position from today is clear: EHRC can no longer call itself a true human rights organisation”
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beyond time to protect children FROM religion

https://www.dailypress.net/news/local-news/2022/01/mich-settlement-lets-faith-agencies-deny-lgbt-adoptions/Mich. settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions | News, Sports, Jobs – Daily PressLANSING (AP) — Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a Catholic charity in a similar case. The state Department of Health and Human Services said the […]www.dailypress.net

https://www.walb.com/2022/01/27/vsu-lgbt-students-hold-protest-after-obscene-comments-religious-group/VSU LGBT students hold protest after obscene comments from religious groupA group at Valdosta State University (VSU) held a protest Wednesday afternoon after students say two men from a religious group came onto the campus shouting obscene comments.www.walb.com

https://www.voanews.com/a/report-lgbt-afghans-face-surge-in-threats-rape-assault-under-taliban/6413821.htmlReport: LGBT Afghans Face Surge in Threats, Rape, Assault Under TalibanAbuses are documented by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action Internationalwww.voanews.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

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people link

events link

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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.

LGBTQ2 for January 26

BCE to The Suffragettes

1886 – Serbian Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) is issued nearly 300 patents in the US for his ground-breaking career focusing on electricity. He was an inventorelectrical engineermechanical engineerphysicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current(AC) electricity supply system. Likely asexual, Tesla never married, explaining that his chastity was very helpful to his scientific abilities. Tesla chose to never pursue or engage in any known relationships, instead finding all the stimulation he needed in his work.

01-26-1908 – 07-28-1990 Jill Esmond – Born in London, England. She was an English stage and screen actress. Esmond was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. They were married from 1930 to 1940. The couple had one son. Esmond made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Skin Game (1931). She also appeared in two Broadway plays, Private Lives (1931) and The Green Bay Tree (1933). Olivier stated, “The marriage was a pretty crass mistake. She had admitted to me that she was in love elsewhere and could never love me as completely as I would wish.” Esmond was a lesbian and because it was socially unacceptable in her lifetime, it was rarely mentioned. After divorcing Olivier, she lived the rest of her life with another woman.

1911

The Richard Strauss opera “Der Rosenkavalier” premiered in Dresden, Germany.

January 26, 1934

In New York City, the Apollo Theater opened as a “Negro vaudeville theater,”

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

01-26-1943 Susan Griffin – Born in Los Angeles, California. She is

 an eco-feminist author. She describes her work as “draw[ing] connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac[ing] the causes of war to denial in both private and public life.” In addition to her many published writings, Griffin co-wrote and narrated the award-winning 1990 documentary, Berkeley in the Sixties. She is an out lesbian.

01-26-1944 Angela Davis – Born in Birmingham, Alabama. She is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. 

During the 1960s, she was a prominent counterculture activist leader. One of her prime interests is to abolish the prison-industrial complex. From 1969 to 1991, she was a member of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party. Now retired, she was a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was prosecuted for conspiracy involving the 1970 armed take-over of a Marin County, California courtroom. She was aquitted by an all white jury on June 4, 1972. She had spent sixteen months incarcerated. Davis is a supporter of Black Lives Matter. She was a co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington on January, 21, 2017. She is an out lesbian. As of 2020, Davis is living with her life partner Gina Dent, a fellow humanities scholar and intersectional feminist researcher at UC Santa Cruz. In 2020, she was listed as the 1971 “Woman of the Year” in Time magazine’s “100 Women of the Year” edition, which selected iconic women over the 100 years since women’s suffrage in the United States of America from 1920. In 2020, she was included on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

January 26, 1957

Little Richard’s single “The Girl Can’t Help It,” from the Jayne Mansfield film of the same name charted on its way to #49 pop and #7 R&B. At the same time, Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” peaked at #3 in England. By now Richard had already appeared in three rock ‘n’ roll films: Don’t Knock the  Rock with Bill Haley, The Girl Can’t Help It, and Alan Freed’s Mr. Rock & Roll.

January 26, 1958

Little Richard entered Oakwood Theological College in Huntsville, Alabama, where he was ordained as a Seventh Day Adventist Minister.

01-26-1958    Ellen DeGeneres – Born in Metairie, Louisiana. She is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and television producer. She was the star in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and has hosted her 

syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show since 2003. Her stand up career started in the early 1980s, culminating in a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, who likened her to Bob Newhart, and invited her for an onscreen chat after her set. She was the first comedienne invited by Johnny Carson to join him, a national, and the most influential endorsement available at the time for comics. She won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, for the voice of Dory in the animated film Finding Nemo. This was the first time an actress won a Saturn award for a voice performance. During the forth season of Ellen in 1997, she came out publicly as lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2008, she married her long-time girlfriend Portia de Rossi. DeGeneres has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys. She has authored three books, and started her own record company, Eleveneleven. She has won 13 Emmys, 14 People’s Choice Awards, and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.  When Ellen came out as a lesbian in 1997, the media coverage stunted her professional career and left her “mired in depression”. In her book Love, Ellen, her mother, Betty DeGeneres describes being initially shocked, but has become one of her strongest supporters; she is also an active member of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign’s Coming Out Project. Both Ellen and Portia are vegans and are “big animal lovers”. In 2009, PETA named her their “Woman of the Year”. In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named her a Special envoy for Global AIDS Awareness. On December 3, 2011, Ellen opened the show at the 

David Lynch Foundation’s 3rd annual “Change Begins Within” gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to raise funds to bring Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations suffering from epidemic levels of chronic street and stress-related disorders. She says: “TM is the only time I have that stillness…it gives me a peaceful feeling, and I love it so much. I can’t say enough good things about it. All the benefits that you can achieve from sitting still and going within – it really is a beautiful experience.” In 2014, she was named the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. On November 23, 2016, Ellen received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama.

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

1962

Bishop Burke of the Buffalo, New York Catholic Diocese bans the Twist, in any form, from all of his school’s functions.

01-26-1963 — 03-09-1995   Scott Amedure – Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was an American murder victim. On March 6, 1995, during a taping of The Jenny Jones Show (a television talk show), Amedure revealed that he was attracted to an acquaintance, Jonathan Schmitz (born July 18, 1970) who lived near him in Lake Orion, Michigan. Until the taping, Schmitz didn’t know who would be revealed as his secret admirer. During the segment,

 Amedure was encouraged by Jones to share his fantasies about Schmitz, after which Schmitz was brought onstage. In response to Amedure’s disclosure, Schmitz laughed, then stated that he was “definitely heterosexual.” Three days later, Schmitz confronted Amedure and shot him twice in the chest. At the murder trial, a friend of Amedure’s stated that Amedure and Schmitz went out drinking together after the taping and an alleged sexual encounter occurred. Three days later, Amedure left a “suggestive” note at Schmitz’s house.After finding the note, Schmitz withdrew money from a bank, purchased a shotgun, and then went to Amedure’s mobile home. He then asked Amedure if he was the one that left the note. According to court documents, Amedure responded with a smile. Schmitz then returned to his car, got his gun, and returned to Amedure’s trailer and killed him. After killing Amedure, Schmitz left the residence, telephoned 9-1-1, and confessed to the killing. At trial, defense attorneys argued that Schmitz, who had been diagnosed with manic depression and Graves’ disease, was caused to commit homicide by mental illness and humiliation, by way of the “gay panic defense.” Schmitz was found guilty of second degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to 25–50 years in prison, but his conviction was overturned on appeal. Upon retrial, he was found guilty of the same charge once again and his sentence was reinstated. Schmitz was released from prison on August 22, 2017, after being granted parole.

1964

Louis Armstrong released the single “Hello Dolly!”.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1971: 

Look magazine includes a gay couple from Minnesota – Jack Baker and Mike McConnell as part of that week’s cover article on “The American Family”.  Baker and McConnell are also noteworthy as they are the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to be granted a marriage license.

David Bowie’s first trip to the United States revealed everything Americans needed to know–he wore dresses in Texas and Louisiana.

January 26, 1975

The BBC ‘Omnibus’ documentary ‘Cracked Actor’ a film about David Bowie was shown on UK TV. Filmed in 1974 when Bowie was was a cocaine addict, the documentary has become notorious for showing Bowie’s fragile mental state during this period.

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

1980

Three years after signing with Warner Brothers Records, 21 year old Prince makes his US television debut on American Bandstand where he performs his R&B chart topping hit, “I Wanna Be Your Lover”. When interviewed after his performance the singer froze and struggled to reply to the questions he was being asked.

1984

Cyndi Lauper released the single “Time After Time”.

1988

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Phantom of the Opera” opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theater.

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

1991

Whitney Houston sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXXV.

Queen had their second UK No.1 with ‘Innuendo’. At 6 minutes 30 seconds, it exceeded their epic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by 35 seconds and became the third longest UK No.1 song of all time, behind The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’ and Simple Minds’ ‘Belfast Child’ (subsequently the 9 minutes 38 seconds ‘All Around The World’ by Oasis took over the top slot and demoted Innuendo to fourth place). For ‘Innuendo’s’ flamenco guitar solo, Brian May was joined by Yes guitarist Steve Howe.

1996 – Rent opens off Broadway in the New York Theater Workshop for a six-week run. The creator, Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996), died of AIDS just before the premiere. Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini‘s opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City‘s East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

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

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2011, Uganda – David Kato Kisule (c. 1964 – 26 January 2011), founding member of Sexual Minorities Uganda, is murdered. He was the founder and leader of the LGBT rights movement in Uganda where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death. He was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda’s gay rights movementand described as “Uganda’s first openly gay man”. He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). Kato was murdered in 2011 allegedly by a male sex worker, shortly after winning a lawsuit against a magazine which had published his name and photograph identifying him as gay and calling for him to be executed.

2021

https://www.startribune.com/duluth-creates-reward-fund-to-help-solve-crimes-against-indigenous-women/600139547/Duluth creates reward fund to help solve crimes against Indigenous women – StarTribune.comThe initiative is the first of its kind in Minnesota.www.startribune.com

https://kesq.com/news/cv-questions-answered/2022/01/25/safe-schools-desert-cities-supports-local-lgbt-youth/Safe Schools Desert Cities supports local LGBT youth – KESQThe organization “Safe Schools Desert Cities” works to empower local LGBT youth, offering scholarships and financial assistance awards. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with the organization’s president, Eric Ornelas, about the work they do. To learn more visit: https://www.safeschoolsdc.org/kesq.com

https://www.newsweek.com/lawmaker-tells-florida-mom-no-book-made-him-gay-state-debates-lgbt-topics-schools-1673233Lawmaker Tells Florida Mom ‘No Book’ Made Him Gay as State Debates LGBT Topics in Schools“There was no book that I read that brought me to who I am,” state Senator Shevirn Jones, the first openly gay Black person elected to the legislature, said.www.newsweek.com

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/our-7-aussie-lgbt-flick-picks-2/209353Our 7 Aussie LGBT Flick Picks – Star ObserverYou may still be isolating or you may just want to sit inside and have an Australian LGBTQ Movie Marathon. Either way, We got you covered. Check out our list of Australian-made LGBTQ films.www.starobserver.com.au

https://civil.ge/archives/468705PACE Resolution on LGBT Rights in South Caucasus – Civil.geThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted today a resolution on alleged violations of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in t…civil.ge

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/council-of-europe-condemns-virulent-attacks-on-lgbt-rights-uk-1423399Council of Europe condemns ‘virulent attacks on LGBT rights’ in the UK, Hungary and PolandAn attempt by Labour MPs to amend the motion to gut mention of the United Kingdom was defeatedinews.co.uk

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60145970LGBT rights: New French law to criminalise ‘conversion therapy’ – BBC NewsAnyone convicted under the law could face fines of up to €30,000 (£25,000) and two years in jail.www.bbc.com

religion is special rights as it requires others to ignore reality

trans are special rights and not the same as sexual orientation or women’s gender rights for the same reason as religion

ideas do not have rights above other people

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/55308/1/the-uk-trans-condemned-prejudice-lgbt-rights-lgbtqiThe UK has been condemned for ‘dehumanising’ trans people | DazedThe report, approved by The Council of Europe, singled out Hungary, Poland, Russia, and the UK for threatening advances to LGBT rightswww.dazeddigital.com

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-60127560LGBT military ban: Ex RAF navigator speaks of trauma – BBC NewsKevin Bazeley was forced out of his career as an RAF navigator in 1995 because of his sexuality.www.bbc.com

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/26/interview-helping-lgbt-people-flee-afghanistanInterview: Helping LGBT People Flee Afghanistan | Human Rights WatchThe human rights and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan threatens everyone there, but LGBT people, and other sexual and gender minorities, face violence and even death from the Taliban authorities. These people find hope in Rainbow Railroad, a nongovernmental organization that helps LGBT people flee across borders to safety. HRW’s Heather Barr interviewed Kimahli Powell, Rainbow Railroad’s executive director, about how governments can better protect LGBT people during armed conflict and crisis situations.Show More

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/crypto/explained-why-has-lgbt-cryptocurrency-maricoin-whipped-up-controversy-7742977/Why has LGBT+ cryptocurrency maricoin whipped up controversy?An attractive alternative investment or no better than a Ponzi scheme? Cryptocurrencies are controversial – challenging conventional financial wisdom and worrying regulatory authorities around the world.indianexpress.com

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The Lavender Effect

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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.

LGBTQ2 for January 25

BCE to The Suffragettes

1800 – The Commonwealth of Virginia reduces the penalty for free peoples for committing buggery to 1–10 years in prison, but did not reduce the death penalty for slaves.

1874, France – W. Somerset Maugham I25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) is born in Paris. He was a British playwrightnovelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. He was 21 when Oscar Wilde was put on trial. It was enough to make him “publicly straight.” He later said that his biggest mistake was “I tried to persuade myself that I was three-quarters normal and that only quarter of me was queer — whereas it was the other way around.” Maugham has been described as both bisexua and homosexual. In addition to his 13-year marriage to Sylvie Wellcome, he had affairs with other women in his youth. In later life Maugham was exclusively homosexual. Despite his wealth, his fame, and his secretary-companion Gerald Haxton (1892 – November 7, 1944), Maugham died a bitter man.

January 25, 1890

New York World reporter Nellie Bly completed an around-the-world journey in 72 days, six hours and 11 minutes, beating the fictional trip of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg which took 80 days.

1892 – Alice Mitchel (Nov. 26, 1872 – March 31, 1898), 19, kills Freda Ward (1873 – February 23, 1892), 17, by the docks in Memphis as a result of jealousy. The story made national headlines for months. The two girls had planned to marry but Alice was furious that Freda had admitted to romantic feelings for two men. Mitchell was subsequently found insane by means of a jury inquisition and placed in a psychiatric hospital until her death in 1898. The case, exploited by sensationalist press, and focused attention of the sexual attachments of women and drew out into the public discourse discussions of lesbianism. The case was headlined as “A Very Unnatural Crime” and influenced the popular literature of the era which began to depict lesbians as “murderous” and “masculine”. One identity that came to be was the “mannish lesbian,” creating dialogue of gender expression. The case history produced by Mitchell’s defense describes her as “a regular tomboy.” In the courtroom Alice Mitchell was presented as “insane” by her attorneys. This story was featured on Investigation Discovery‘s Deadly Women and is the subject of the book Alice + Freda Forever by Alexis Coe.

1892, UK – Lesbian writer Virgian Woolfe (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) is born in London. She is considered one of the foremost modernists of the 20th-century and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.  The most celebrated of the Bloomsbury set, her writing is cerebral, and subtle. Woolfe’s greatest love was probably Vita Sackville-West (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. The fruit of the affair is the novel Orlando, considered to be the most beautiful love poem in the English language.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

1957

The single “Jailhouse Rock” b/w “Treat Me Nice” became the first single ever to enter the UK pop chart at number one lasting three weeks, and as a US #1 hit for seven weeks in the fall of 1957 on the pop charts and spent one week at the top of the US country charts, while also reaching No. 2 on the R&B chart.

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

1962 – Aaron Fricke (born Jan. 25, 1962) is born in Providence Rhode Island. He is a gay rights activist best known for the pivotal case in which he successfully sued Cumberland High School in Cumberland, Rhode Island, for not allowing him to bring his boyfriend to the senior prom at. Aaron later wrote of his experience in a book, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story about Growing Up Gay. He later collaborated with his father, Walter Fricke, on a book about their relationship and of the elder Fricke’s coming to terms with his son’s homosexuality. That book, Sudden Strangers: The Story of a Gay Son and His Father, was published shortly after Walter Fricke’s death from cancer in 1989.

1963

Janis Joplin performed in San Francisco, California at the North Beach coffeehouse.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1971

The single “Me And Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin was released posthumously.  It would be the only big hit Joplin ever had.

1975

Elton John’s Greatest Hits registered a ninth week at #1–one of the biggest albums of the 70’s.

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

1986

 Wham!  slammed into the Top 10 jumping from 12 to 5 with “I’m Your Man”. 

The Broadway Album from Barbra Streisand was #1, the superstar’s sixth #1 album. 

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

1992

 “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” from George Michael and Elton John was third on the USA Song charts

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

2005 – Alameda County, California’s Board of Supervisors votes 4–0 to prohibit discrimination in public-sector employment, services and facilities based on gender identity

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2011 – The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010 Summary Report is released. It’s the first LGBTQ-specific report of its kind. Sexual minority respondents report intimate partner violence at rates at least equal to those of heterosexuals.

2012 – Air Force Col. Ginger Wallace (born 1969) becomes the first openly lesbian or gay member of the U.S. military to have a same-sex partner participate in the pinning ceremony tradition that had been reserved for spouses and family members. Her partner of 10 years, Kathy Knopf, pinned her colonel wings. The two sat in the First Lady’s gallery seats when President Obama delivered his State of the Union address in 2012.

cited sources

Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

canada pride

~~~~~~

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.

LGBTQ2 for January 24



BCE to The Suffragettes

41, Rome – Roman Emperor Caligula (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41) is assassinated at the Palatine Games by his own officers after a reign of only four years. He was noted for his madness and cruelty including arbitrary murder and arbitrary sex encounters with men, women, and animals, including forcing his officers into regular sex bouts.

76, Spain – Roman Emperor Hadrian (24 January 76 – 10 July 138) is born near Seville Spain. Hadrian built the famous wall on the Northern fringe of the empire, in Britain, and put down the last serious uprising by the Jews. When his lover Antonius (27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130). mysteriously drowned in the Nile Hadrian went into a deep despair then put all of his wealth into building memorials to his lover, even building a city in his name. It said that the beautiful Antonius committed suicide before old age destroyed his looks. He was 21. 

1712, Germany –  Frederick the Great (24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) is born in Berlin. He was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king. Before he became king, Frederick fled with his lover Hans von Katte Hans von Katte (28 February 1704 – 6 November 1730) but the pair was captured and Frederick was forced to watch von Katte’s execution. On his father’s death, when Frederick became emperor, he went to the palace of Sans-Soucci at Potsdam and came into his own. He excluded women and surrounded himself with young men.

01-24-1905 — 04-11-1975   Dorothy Patten – Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was an American theatre producer and actress. Patten was born into a wealthy family and rejected the traditional role of a Southern 

socialite and set out for a life on stage. She left for New York City in 1927 after the death of her mother. Patten was linked romantically with actress Cheryl Crawford in the 1930s, who together with Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg formed The Group Theatre in 1931. After her father died, she donated their family home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After Patten broke up with Crawford in 1937, she became involved with Cecelia McMahon, who became her lifelong  companion until her death in 1975.  

01-24-1925 – 11-25-1970 Yukio Mishima – Born in Yotsuya, Toyko, Japan. He was a Japanese author, poet, and playwright. Nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mishima was also an actor, and had a staring role in 

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Yasuzo Masumurad’s 1960 film, Afraid to Die. He married Yoko Sugiyama on June 11, 1958 and the couple had two children. While Mishima was working on the film Forbidden Colors, he visited gay bars in Japan. In 1998, the writer Jiro Fukushima published an account of his relationship with Mishima in 1951, including fifteen letters between himself and the famed novelist. On November 25, 1970 Mishima committed suicide. He was recognized as one of the most important post-war stylists of the Japanese language. Mishima wrote 34 novels, about 50 plays, around 25 books of short stories, and at least 35 books of essays, one libretto, as well as one film.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

01-24-1944 – 08-06-1983 Klaus Nomi (b. Klaus Sperbern) – Born in 

Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany. He was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and flamboyant stage persona. His song choice was unusual also, ranging from classical opera to pop standards like Leslie Gore’s You Don’t Own Me, Chubby Checker’s The Twist, and Lou Christie’s Lightnin’ Strikes. In the 1960s, he sang opera arias at the Berlin gay discothèque Kleist Casino. In 1972 Nomi moved to New York City. In the United States he is best remembered as one of David Bowie’s backup singers for a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live. He was known to be gay and died in 1983 at the age or 39 from complications from AIDS.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

January 24, 1958

Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Jailhouse Rock’. It became the first ever single to enter the chart at No.1 and was Presley’s second UK No.1. It went on to sell over 4 million copies in the US.

LGBTQ2 BLogger Nina Notes: Oddly, even this century the gay lyrics are rarely commented upon – “Number 47 said to Number 3, you’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see, I sure would be delighted with your company, cmon and do the Jailhouse Rock with me” – there are no co-ed prisons.

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

01-24-1961 Matthew J. Titone – Born in Staten Island, New York City, New York. He is an American politician and lawyer from Staten Island, New York. A Democrat, he serves as a member of the New York State Assembly. After being 

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admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1992, Titone worked pro bono for the Staten Island AIDS Task Force and Project Hospitality. He gathered national attention when he took on the New York State adoption industry representing a family who adopted a baby boy. The family was never informed by the adoption agency that the child was born with the AIDS virus and resulted in the child being untreated for the illness for eleven years after the adoption. Titone is openly gay and married his partner of 18 years, Giosue Pugliese, in a ceremony at Staten Island Borough Hall in September 2011, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized in New York State. He is one of six LGBT members of the New York Legislature.

January 24, 1962

Acting like Col Tom Parker, Brian Epstein signed a management deal with The Beatles. Epstein was to receive 25 per cent of the bands gross earnings, the normal management deal was 10 per cent. Epstein directs their image away from Teddy Boys in leather jackets to a smarter stage presentation, with matching suits and bows to the audience. Unlike Parker, Epstein never added his signature to the document. Epstein, who always had the interests of the group at heart, vowed not to sign the contract until he had obtained a record deal for the group.   Epstein of course did secure a recording contract through much perseverance, and on October 1, 1962, a new management contract was drawn up, and that one, Epstein signed along with the Beatles.

1965 – Winston Churchill (1874-1965) died. He had been Britain’s wartime prime minister whose courageous leadership and defiant rhetoric had fortified the English during their long struggle against Hitler’s Germany. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat,” he stated upon becoming prime minister at the beginning of the war. He called Hitler’s Reich a “monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.” Following the war, he coined the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the barrier between areas in Eastern Europe under Soviet control and the free West. In his biography of W. Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), Ted Morgan writes that Maugham once asked Churchill if it were true as Churchill’s mother had claimed, that the statesman had affairs with men in his youth. “Not true!” Churchill replied. “But, I once went to bed with a man to see what it was like.” That man was British musical-comedy star Ivor Novello (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951)”And, what was it like?” Maugham asked. “Musical,” Churchill replied

January 24, 1969New Jersey state prosecutors issue a warning to US record dealers that they would be charged with distributing pornography if they were caught selling the John Lennon / Yoko Ono LP ‘Two Virgins’. The front cover of the album showed the pair frontally nude, while the back cover showed them from behind. The album still managed to reach No.124 on the US, but failed to chart at all in the UK, where only 5,000 copies were ever pressed.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1975: 

The first international Lesbian Conference is held in Montreal. It was attended by more than 200 delegates from Canada and the US.

Norman Lear’s TV adaptation of Lanford Wilson’s “Hot l Baltimore” premieres on ABC. Though it features a diverse cast of characters, including two gay men and a latent lesbian, it lasts only five months.

1976

Elton John had the highest-debuting song with the double-sided “Grow Some Funk Of Your Own”/”I Feel Like A Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)”.

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

`1980

Spandau Ballet was at the Blizt Club in London.

1981

Adam And The Ants started a 10-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their debut album ‘Kings Of The Wild Frontier’.

1983: 

Noted gay director George Cukor dies at age 83 in Los Angeles.

1987

on the USA charts – songs – Madonna was up to 4 with “Open Your Heart”,  and #6 LP with True Blue

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

1992

The producer of the New Kids On The Block LP “Hangin’ Tough” claimed that the boys only sang about 20% of the lyrics. He sued for creative contributions and royalties. The group denied the allegations and the suit was eventually dropped.

1996, Singapore – Singapore grants gender recognition to post-operative transsexuals.

1998

The Soundtrack to Titanic moved from #11 to #1 on the Album chart, displacing Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love

LGBTQ@ Blogger Nina Notes: Artists who displace themselves, eh

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

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

2012 – Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, released a video on YouTube commemorating GSA Day and endorsing GSA clubs in schools. Gay–straight alliances (GSA) are school/student-led or community based organizations, found primarily in North American high schoolscolleges and universities, that are intended to provide a safe, supportive environment for lesbiangaybisexualtransgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth (or those who are perceived as such) and their straight allies.

2016

David Bowie was at No.1 on both the UK & US album charts with his twenty-fifth and final studio album Blackstar, Bowie’s only album to top the Billboard 200 in the US. Bowie was the biggest-selling vinyl artist of 2016 in the UK, with five albums in the vinyl Top 30, including Blackstar as the No.1 selling vinyl album of the year.

2021

https://aussietheatre.com.au/news/breaking-the-code-presented-as-part-of-the-sydney-gay-lesbian-mardi-grasBreaking the Code, presented as part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras | NewsDuring the Second World War, tucked away in the country at Bletchley Park, the most brilliant mathematical minds in Britain were working to crack theaussietheatre.com.au

https://gaycitynews.com/arnie-kantrowitz-gay-pioneer-author-professor-and-lover-dies-at-81/Arnie Kantrowitz, Gay Pioneer, Author, Professor, and Lover, Dies at 81Arnie Kantrowitz, who died at age 81 on January 21, was a leader of the generation of activists in the immediate aftermath of the Stonewall Rebellion who put their lives and livelihoods on the line to advance the cause of gay liberation. He died from complications of COVID, according to his life partner, Dr. Lawrence […]gaycitynews.com

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60115606Gay couple refused south London house viewing and purchase – BBC NewsThe sellers defended their decision to deny the viewing and purchase based on their religious beliefs.www.bbc.com

https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2022/01/gay-students-experience-at-tully-not-a-one-time-lapse-in-judgment-your-letters.htmlGay student’s experience at Tully not ‘a one-time lapse in judgment’ (Your Letters) – syracuse.comAfter hearing Tyler Johnson’s story, many others spoke out about homophobia and school administration’s weak response to it.www.syracuse.com

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/amanda-barrie-coronation-street-bisexual-b1999357.htmlCoronation Street: Former star Amanda Barrie says coming out as bisexual in the 1980s would have ended role | The Independent‘I could have had so many hooks if they’d made me come out [on-screen],’ the 86-year-old said in a new interviewwww.independent.co.uk

https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/rachel-krantz-memoir-open-excerpt.htmlExcerpt: ‘I May Be Bisexual’ from Rachel Krantz’s New MemoirIn this excerpt from her new memoir, Open, writer Rachel Krantz investigates her own sexuality through indulging her partner’s fantasy.www.thecut.com

that she has to allege what men say regularly to women..

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10436145/Lesbian-Air-National-Guard-member-37-alleges-male-leader-said-appear-feminine.htmlLesbian Air National Guard member, 37, alleges male leader said she should ‘appear more feminine’ | Daily Mail OnlineKristin M. Kingrey, 37,  is a lesbian who is tall, has short hair and doesn’t wear jewelry or makeup, according to a lawsuit filed against the Army and Air Force in November.www.dailymail.co.uk

https://eurasianet.org/perspectives-the-weaponization-of-homophobia-in-kyrgyzstan-and-belarusPerspectives | The weaponization of homophobia in Kyrgyzstan and BelarusMost people imagine the hollowing of democracy begins with election fraud or the arrest of political activists. But it is often minorities who feel the pressure first.eurasianet.org

transgender identity is not a science theory, it is a diagnosis projected

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/24/guatemala-anti-trans-bill-threatens-rightsGuatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights | Human Rights WatchA group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender people and curtail children’s and adolescents’ rights to education, information, and health, Human Rights Watch said today. Congress should reject the bill and instead address the violence and discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people face in the country.www.hrw.org

https://www.indiatoday.in/newsmo/video/queer-person-in-army-films-that-traced-lgbt-lives-while-serving-in-the-army-1903971-2022-01-24Queer person in army: Films that traced LGBT lives while serving in the army | IndiaTodayFilmmaker Onir’s script inspired by the life of a retired army colonel who’s openly gay, was rejected by the MoD without citing any reason. However, films internationally have tackled this topic sensitively with depictions inspired by real-life events. Here are some movies that talk about being LGBT+ and in the army.www.indiatoday.in

https://www.thelocal.de/20220124/lgbt-catholic-officials-stage-mass-coming-out-in-germany/LGBT Catholic officials stage mass coming-out in GermanyMore than 100 Catholic church officials in Germany came out as LGBT, queer or non-binary on Monday, adding to calls for reform within the crisis-hit church.www.thelocal.de

https://sixmilepost.com/9985/entertainment/arcane-sets-the-gold-standard-for-lgbt-representation-in-fictional-media/Review: “Arcane” sets the gold standard for LGBT representation in fictional media – Six Mile PostAfter being postponed because of COVID, “Arcane,” an animated series developed by Riot Games and produced by Fortiche Productions, finally released near the end of 2021 on Nov. 6 and became a Netflix sensation. The show is based on the universe of the popular online multiplayer game “League of Legends.” It is not an exaggeration…sixmilepost.com

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lgbt-community-disappointed-samsung-singapore-listen-to-your-heart-advertisement-031130227.htmlLGBT groups disappointed with Samsung S’pore for removing adMembers of the queer community were disappointed that Samsung Singapore removed a video that provided positive portrayal of LGBTQ people and their families.ca.news.yahoo.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

canada pride

~~~~~~

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.

LGBTQ2 for January 23

BCE to The Suffragettes

01-23-1819 – 1896 Mary Charlotte Lloyd – Born in Denbighshire, Wales. She was a sculptor. 

Her father was a squire over many counties, owning 4,300 acres of land, and Lloyd inherited money from a maiden aunt, as well as gifts from Eleanor Charlotte Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen. Lloyd studied art and worked with French artist Rosa Bonheur (March 16, 1822 – May 25, 1899). In 1853 she was working in the studio of Welsh sculptor John Gibson in Rome. In 1861, while in Rome, she met Frances Power Cobbe. Both being nonconformists, they connected with like minded women in Italy. In 1863, they settled together in London. In April 1884 the couple moved to Lloyd’s Welsh estate Hengwrt and lived together until Lloyd’s death in 1896. Letters by Cobbe referred to Lloyd as “husband,” “wife,” as well “dear friend.”

01-23-1881 – 06-01-1957 La Marchesa Casati (Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino) – Born in Milan, Italy. She was an Italian heiress, muse, 

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and patroness of the arts. She had an affair with Romain Brooks. She also had a long term affair with author Gabriele d’Annunzio. She was a celebrity and femme fatale, and dominated and delighted European society for nearly three decades. The beautiful and extravagant hostess to the Ballets Russes was something of a legend among her contemporaries. She astonished society by parading a with a pair of leashed cheetahs and wearing live snakes as jewelry. In 1910 Casati took up residence at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice (now the home of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection) where her soirées would become legendary. From 

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1919 to 1920 she lived at Villa San Michele in Capri. Her time on the Italian island provided a tolerant home to a wide collection of artists, gay men, and lesbians in exile. By 1930, Casati had amassed a personal debt of $25 million. She fled to London, where she lived in comparative poverty. She died at her residence, 32 Beaufort Gardens in Knightsbridge at the age of 76. Characters based on Casati were played by Vivien Leigh in La Contessa (1965) and by Ingrid Bergman in the film A Matter of Time (1976).

1893 – Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) is born in Newark, New Jersey. He was an American comedic character actor. Pangborn was famous for small, but memorable roles, with a comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W.C. Fields films International HouseThe Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. For his contributions to motion pictures, Pangborn received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street on February 8, 1960. Pangborn lived in Laguna Beach, California in a house with his mother and his “occasional boyfriend” according to William Mann in Behind the Screen. He died on July 20, 1958.

01-23-1932 James Rado (James Alexander Radomski) – Born in Venice Beach, California. He is an American actor, playwright, director, writer, and 

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composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the 1967 rock musical Hair. In an interview with The Advocate, Rado said he had an intimate relationship with Ragni. Hair is a bisexual rock musical that changed the modern musical and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. It was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity, and the first to feature a same-sex kiss. At the center of Hair is a bisexual triangle between the characters Berger, Sheila, and Claude. But the central love relationship in the show is between 

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Claude and Berger, the characters based on the relationship of Rado and Ragni. There is also the love relationship between Sheila and Jeannie. The Broadway production received two Tony nominations, and the cast album went to number one, receiving a Grammy. The musical had four number one hit singles, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Hair, Easy to be Hard, and Good Morning Sunshine. In 1979, Hair was made into a film. Since 1967, Hair has been performed continuously around the world

01-23-1934 – 06-16-2003 Pierre Bourgault – Born in East Angus, Canada. 

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He was a French Canadian politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. He was openly gay.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

January 23, 1956

Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931.

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

1965

Soundtracks dominated the Top 10 with “Mary Poppins” #3, “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles #5, “My Fair Lady” moving up to #6 and the “Roustabout” Soundtrack from Elvis Presley #8.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1972

On the USA song charts, #8 Elton John’s historic first Top 10–“Your Song”

1974, Canada – The first lobbying effort on part of an alliance of Quebec gay groups, to include sexual orientation in a proposed provincial human rights charter, culminates in appearance before Justice Committee of Quebec’s National Assembly. It becomes the first appearance of the Canadian gay movement before a legislative body. 



1976,

Canada – Police raid the Club Baths of Montreal on the eve of the Montreal Olympics. Thirteen people are arrested and charged as found-ins in a common bawdyhouse, a charge usually reserved for prostitution in Canada. 

David Bowie released his tenth studio album Station to Station, which was the vehicle for his last great “character”, the Thin White Duke. The album made the top five in both the UK and US charts.

January 23, 1977

Roots TV Mini Series aired.

1978: NYC Mayor Ed Koch issues Executive Order 50 which forbid discrimination against gay men and lesbians in municipal government.

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

1980

Prince‘s single “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad” was released.

1988

On the USA lp charts, Faith by George Michael dropped to #2 while while the “Dirty Dancing” Soundtrack was third and Whitney by Whitney Houston was #9 

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

1990

David Bowie announced his forthcoming and final world tour, ‘Sound And Vision’ 1990, during which he would invite each local audience to decide on a ‘greatest hits’ running order, organised through local radio stations.

1993 

Whitney Houston dominated the R&B chart for a ninth week at #1 with one of The Top 10 Songs of the Rock Era*–“I Will Always Love You”, because it was still Pop #1 for a ninth week.

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

2004

On this date, David Palmer, who was the former keyboardist for Jethro Tull., announced he had undergone a sex change and would now be known as “Dee”.

2008, Azerbaijan, Iran – Hamzeh Chavi, 18, and Loghman Hamzehpour, 19, are arrested for homosexuality. They confessed that they were in love which prompted the court to charge them with “waging a war against God” and sodomy. An online petition garnered over 20,000 signatures calling for their release. They may have been executed.

2009, France – Roger Karoutchi (born 26 August 1951), French Secretary of State, comes out and is the first openly gay member of the French government.

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

01-23-2015 A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade, ruled that Alabama’s constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, known as the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, violates the 14th Amendment’s due process and equal protection clauses. “If anything, 

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Alabama’s prohibition of same-sex marriage detracts from its goal of promoting optimal environments for children,” Granade writes. “Those children currently being raised by same-sex parents in Alabama are just as worthy of protection and recognition by the State as are children being raised by opposite-sex parents. Yet Alabama’s Sanctity laws harms the children of same-sex couples for the same reasons that the Supreme Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act harmed children of same-sex couples.”

2021

https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/127441225Bisexual Queer Alliance Chicago continues to lead bi visibility with memory of Ed NegronContributed by Mikey Oboza, co-founder of BQACchicago.gopride.com

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/regan-gascoigne-grateful-dad-gazzas-25992338Regan Gascoigne was ‘grateful’ for dad Gazza’s response to coming out as bisexual – Mirror Online
Dancing on Ice star Regan, who is the son of England legend Paul Gascoigne, came out as bi live on Lorraine and left his dad feeling ‘very proud’
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https://doms2cents.com/will-smith-is-angry-at-jaden-smith-for-being-gay-and-dating-tyler-the-creator/Will Smith is ANGRY at Jaden Smith for BEING GAY and DATING Tyler the Creator – Dominique ClareJaden Smith is the son of the actor Will Smith and Jada Pinkett. He is also popularly known as The Karate Kid star. Back when he did a role with Jackie Chan in the movie The Karate Kid. Recently in an award show when Jaden Smith was on the Stage he told everyone that Tyler […]doms2cents.com

https://www.queerty.com/gay-guys-describe-adult-content-want-20220123Gay guys describe the adult content they want more of / QueertyWhat’s on your wishlist…www.queerty.com

https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/south-park-gay-fish-kanye-orchestra-video/South Park Arranges Kanye Parody “Gay Fish” For 30-Piece Orchestra In Season 25 Promo Clip [Watch]‘South Park’ revisited its Kanye send-up “Gay Fish” with a 30-piece orchestra in a promo clip for the show’s 25th season.liveforlivemusic.com

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/jojo-siwa-anniversary-coming-out-gay-162331543.htmlJoJo Siwa marks 1 year since she ‘shared with the world that I was gay’The 18-year-old star is reflecting on coming out and life as a role model.ca.news.yahoo.com

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/yellowjackets-ella-purnell-sophie-nelisse-samantha-hanratty-finale-shauna-bisexual-energy“Yellowjackets” Stars Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, and Samantha Hanratty Weigh in on the Finale, Season 2, and Shauna’s Bisexual Energy | Teen VogueFind out what “Yellowjackets” actors Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, and Samantha Hanratty had to say about that shocking finale and season 2 theories.www.teenvogue.com

https://qnews.com.au/protests-following-torture-and-murder-of-lesbian-couple/Protests following torture and murder of lesbian coupleProtestors took to Mexican streets Thursday following the torture & murder of lesbian couple Nohemi Medina Martinez and Yulizsa Ramirez.qnews.com.au

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/11-features/534068-427339-canadian-opera-lesbians-get-used-to-themCanadian opera lesbians: Get used to them!American premiere of the chamber opera ‘When the Sun Comes Out’ finally comes to Portland Opera’s studio stagepamplinmedia.com

https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sundance-2022/marte-un-mars-one-review/Exceptional Family Drama and Lesbian Romance Marte Um Fights for Kindness – PasteInsightful, kind and exceptionally well-acted, Marte Um reminds its characters that they’ll find what they need if they just keep looking.www.pastemagazine.com

https://theswaddle.com/woe-is-me-i-came-out-as-a-lesbian-and-my-mom-says-its-just-a-phase-what-now/Woe Is Me! “I Came Out as a Lesbian, and My Mom Says It’s ‘Just a Phase.’ What Now?” | The SwaddleA series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you’ll probably ignore. In this installment: a parent in denia

Nope. Ellen and the small appliance with paperwork.

https://www.autostraddle.com/in-1986-golden-girls-created-the-most-enduring-lesbian-joke-on-television/In 1986, Golden Girls Created the Most Enduring Lesbian Joke on TV | AutostraddleI didn’t really start watching Golden Girls until Betty White died. But not knowing Golden Girl isn’t the same as being lost to its looming legacy, right?www.autostraddle.com

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lgbt-ivf-fertility-treatments-nhs-b1998847.htmlEnd the gay tax on IVF – fertility treatments should be free for all | The IndependentWe are extremely fortunate that our IVF worked, but our son wouldn’t be here today if we couldn’t afford the costly medical bills in our postcodewww.independent.co.uk

so “LGB” and ” Trans/Enby” Or LGBT…..

https://www.kezi.com/features/calendar/#!/details/LGBT-TRANS-AND-ENBY-IDENTITY-SUBGROUP/9557509/2022-01-23T17Calendar | kezi.comwww.kezi.com

No. Not it is not okay. For anyone to be cryptocultured.

https://edtimes.in/flipped-is-it-okay-to-capitalize-on-the-lgbt-community-for-cryptoculture/Flipped: Is It Okay To Capitalize On The LGBT Community For Cryptoculture?Many slurs have been claimed by the people of the community and this time they have claimed back capitalism. edtimes.in

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-soccer-club-faces-disciplinary-action-over-fans-anti-gay-chants/In first, soccer club faces disciplinary action over fans’ anti-gay chants | The Times of IsraelAt 13th minute of Saturday match, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s fans repeatedly shouted ‘Danny Amos is gay’ at goalkeeper of rival Maccabi Netanya; LGBT task force welcomes movewww.timesofisrael.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

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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.

LGBTQ2 for January 22

BCE to The Suffragettes

1561 – Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) was born in London. He is best known for his philosophical works concerning the acquisition of knowledge: Novum Organum and The Advancement of Learning. His mother wrote a letter to him, which still survives, complaining about the long list of male “servants and envoys” who find their way to his bed. She refers to a gay Spanish envoy as “that bloody Perez and bed companion of my son.” We don’t know what she wrote to her other son, Roger, who was also gay. 



1788, UK – George Gordon, Lord Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was borhn. He was an English noblemanpoetpeerpolitician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets[1]and remains widely read and influential. His memoir My Life and Adventures was burned being considered too scandalous for publication. A champion of freedom and an enemy of hypocrisy, he had a ravenous sexual appetite. His most enduring was with John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare. Scholars acknowledge a more or less important bisexual component in Byron’s very complex sentimental and sexual life. 

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

1952 – Jim Kepner (1923 – 15 November 1997) and members of Mattachine discussed the idea of publishing a magazine for the LGBT community. They named their magazine ONE Inc. and put out the first issue in January 1953. In 1956, ONE opened the Institute for Homophile Studies. Today, ONE is the National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California  and the largest repository of LGBT materials in the world. Kepner was a journalist, author, historian, archivist and leader in the gay rights movement.

1957, Germany – Cabaret singer and open lesbian Claire Waldoff (21 October 1884 – 22 January 1957), dies. She was a famous kabarett singer and entertainer in Berlin during the 1910s and 1920s, chiefly known for performing ironic songs in the Berlinish dialect and lesbian undertones and themes. After the war, she lost her savings in the West German monetary reform of 1948 and from 1951 relied on little monetary support by the Senate of Berlin. In 1953, she wrote her autobiography. Waldoff died aged 72 after a stroke. She and her partner of 40 years, Olga von Roeder (June 12, 1886-July 11, 1963), share a final resting place in Stuttgart. They lived in Germany their entire lives. Claire Waldoff has a star in Walk of Fame of Cabaret, Mainz.

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

1966 – The first lesbian to appear on the cover of the lesbian magazine The Ladder with her face showing was Lilli Vincenz (born September 26, 1937). Lilli  is a lesbian activist and the first lesbian member of the gay political activist effort, the Mattachine Society of Washington (MSW). She served as the editor of the organization’s newsletter and in 1969 along with Nancy Tucker created the independent newspaper, the Gay Blade, which later became the Washington Blade. She was the only self-identified lesbian to participate in the second White House picket with Frank Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011). In 2013 her papers, films and other memorabilia were donated to the Library of Congress.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

January 22, 1972David Bowie ‘came out’ as bisexual during an interview in the British music weekly Melody Maker.

1973 – Abortion became legal in the U.S. as the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of Roe vs. Wade striking down local state laws restricting abortions in the first six months of pregnancy. In more recent rulings (1989 and 1992) the Court upheld the power of individual states to impose some restrictions.  In 1994, Norma Leah McCorvey (aka “Jane Roe”) (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017) wrote of her sexual orientation in her memoir I Am Roe: My Life, Roe V. Wade, and Freedom of Choice. For many years, she had lived quietly in Dallas with her long-time partner, Connie Gonzales. A few years later she claims that she has converted to Christianity and was no longer a lesbian.

1978 – New York City Mayor Ed Koch issues Executive Order 50 which forbids discrimination against gay men and lesbians in municipal government.

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

1984

Barry Manilow sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XVIII. Manilow came out as gay in 2017.

1986 – Carl Wittman (February 23, 1943 – January 22, 1986) dies. Carl was a member of the national council of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and later an activist for LGBT rights. He co-authored “An Interracial Movement of the Poor?” (1963) with Tom Hayden and wrote “A Gay Manifesto” (1970). Wittman was denied hospital treatment for AIDS and committed suicide by drug overdose at home in North Carolina.

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

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

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

cited sources

Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

canada pride

~~~~~~

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.

RIP: RHPS Eddie

One of music world’s greats has died.

https://nationalpost.com/news/bat-out-of-hell-singer-meat-loaf-dies-aged-74-6Ill with COVID, rock star Meat Loaf dies aged 74 | National PostThe singer and actor, otherwise known as Michael Lee Aday, sold more than 100 million records worldwidenationalpost.com

in the 1990s, I was in a RHPS group and I played Dr Scott and Eddie.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60082456Meat Loaf: What exactly is it that the singer would not do for love? – BBC NewsHow I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) became one of rock’s biggest urban myths.www.bbc.com

the lyrics are all about stopping doing anything at all

and given paradise by the dashboard light about being trapped with someone for your lifetime for teenaged sex ..

not having sex with someone you love because married to someone else

the songs dovetail in meaning from Bat out of Hell to Bat out of Hell 2

Meatloaf collapsed many times on stage and died at home with his wife nearby.

songs sung one thing, life lived another

LGBTQ2 for January 21



BCE to The Suffragettes

01-21-1885 – 05-08-1978 Duncan Grant – Born in Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, 

Scotland. He was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. Grant was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Although he was gay, he had a relationship with Vanessa Bell and they had a daughter. Grant continued to live with Bell for more than 40 years, their relationship one of friendship, respect, and creativity. They often painted in the same studio, praising and critiquing each other’s work. While living with Bell, Grant had many affairs with men, including the writer and publisher, David Garett, who ended up married to Grant and Bell’s daughter, Angelica. Other affairs included the writer Lytton Strachey, politician Arthur Hobhouse, and the economist John Maynard Keynes. In Grant’s later years, his lover, the poet Paul Roche, whom he had known since 1946, took care of him until his death in 1978.

01-21-1895 – 03-23-1972 Cristóbal Balenciaga – Born in Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Spain. He was a gay Spanish Basque fashion designer and founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. His business partner and greatest love was Vladzio 

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Zawrorowski d’Attainville, who died in 1948. Balenciaga was successful during his early career as a designer in Spain. It was his designs in the post-war years that showed the full scale of the inventiveness of a highly original designer. In 1951, he  transformed the silhouette, broadening of the shoulder, and removing the waist. In 1955, he designed the tunic dress, which later developed into the chemise dress of 1957. And eventually, in 1959, his work culminated in the Empire line, with high-waisted dresses and coats cut like kimonos. He was one of the few couturiers in fashion history who could use their own hands to draw, cut, and sew the designs which symbolized the height of his artistry.

1903 –New York police conduct the first recorded raid on a gay bathhouse, the Ariston Hotel Baths. Twenty-six men are arrested and 12 brought to trial on sodomy charges. Seven men received sentences ranging from 4 to 20 years in prison

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

01-21-1952 – 02-21-1998 Penny Severns – Born in Decatur, Illinois. She was a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 51st Senate District from 

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1987 until her death in 1998. She was viewed as an advocate for working families, breast cancer awareness, and who helped in the preservation of the Dana-Thomas House, built by Frank Lloyd Wright. In late 1993, Severns was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time of her death, she was in a relationship with journalist Terry Mutchler. Due to the stigma against same-sex relationships at the time, they kept their relationship a secret. In November 2014, Mutchler wrote a book about her relationship with Severns, titled Under This Beautiful Dome.

01-21-1953   Rick Welts – Born in Seattle, Washington. He is an American sports executive, serving as the President and Chief Operating Officer for 

the Golden State Warriors basketball association. On May 15, 2011, Welts publicly came out as gay in an interview with The New York Times. He is the first prominent American sports executive to come out. He is a member of the Advisory Board for You Can Play, a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports. On January 10, 2020, Welts married Todd Gage, his partner of nine years, at San Francisco City Hall. The ceremony was officiated by Mayor London Breed.

January 21, 1955

In Pink Jacket and Pink Pants, Elvis performed at the National Guard Armory, Sikeston, Missouri.J.E & Maxine Brown performed too.

Elvis Presley, Fashion King — The Dark Side | ElvisBlog

January 21, 1959

The Kingston Trio, one of the foremost groups behind the Folk music craze, receive their first Gold record for “Tom Dooley”, a song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

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

1966: Time magazine publishes an unsigned two-page article, “The Homosexual in America” which includes statements such as “Homosexuality is a pathetic little second-rate substitute for reality, a pitiable flight from life”

01-21-1968 – 01-26-2001 Diane Whipple – Born in Princeton, New Jersey. She was a lacrosse player and coach at Saint Mary’s College of California, who is best known as the victim of a fatal dog attack in San Francisco in January 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canario dogs owned by neighbors 

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living in the same apartment building. In March 2001, a grand jury indicted Knoller and Noel (owners of the dogs). The jury found both Noel and Knoller guilty of involuntary manslaughter, and found Knoller guilty of second-degree murder. After their convictions in 2002, the State Bar of California suspended their law licenses. Noel was disbarred in February 2007. Knoller is serving her sentence (15 years to life) in Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. At the time of her death, Whipple lived with her domestic partner of six years, Sharon Smith. Smith also succeeded in suing Knoller and Noel for $1,500,000 in civil damages. She donated some of the money to Saint Mary’s College of California to fund the women’s lacrosse team.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

January 21, 1975

Olivia Newton-John released the single “Have You Never Been Mellow”.

1978

 Queen was #8 on the USAS charts with stadium pleaser: “We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions”,

 Both the movie and Soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” were all the rage, and on this date the album rose from 10 to 1.  It would dominate the chart throughout the spring and at various times in the Rock Era, has been the #1 seller of all-time.

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes: The Heteros were copying gay clubs, then discover ended at a baseball game and the world learned of AIDS

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

1989 — Jazz artist Billy Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989) dies at age 74 of an ulcer. He was an American jazz musician and bandleader. Tipton was  assigned female at birth but lived as a male from age 19. He married five times and adopted three sons. Early in his career, Tipton presented as a male only professionally, continuing to present as a woman otherwise. He spent those early years living with a woman named Non Earl Harrell, in a relationship that other musicians thought of as lesbian. The relationship ended in 1942.

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes: There is some evidence to suggest Tipton was not a lesbian and partners were unaware Tipton was not male. At the time this news story broke, the widow claimed/stated to not know.

1987 Aretha Franklin – the 1st woman – at the 2nd annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards, held in New York City along with The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin GayeBill Haley, B.B. King, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky NelsonRoy OrbisonCarl PerkinsSmokey Robinson, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams and Jackie Wilson.

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

1995

Melissa Etheridge jumped to #8 with “I’m The Only One” on the USA Charts.

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

2004

As the third season of American Idol was aired on US TV a memo was leaked showing a list of songs banned from being performed at this year’s auditions that included, Elton John’s ‘Candle In The Wind’ and ‘Fallin’ by Alicia Keys. Also all songs by Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, No Doubt, R. Kelly, Tom Petty, Korn and Linkin Park were not allowed after concerns over the cost of securing rights for the song’s use, (or the composers not wanting their song’s to be performed on the show).

Human Rights in global conflictTrans/Pans vs LGB/ vs Heterosexual women

01-21-2013 History is made. Obama becomes the first President to mention the gay rights struggle in Inauguration Speech. Obama mentioned Stonewall and said, “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.” The Lesbian and Gay Band Association performs during the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington.

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes: Obama was also the first President of the USA to say Atheists were Americans too, eh.

01-21-2015 History is made with President Obama’s State of the Union Speech. Transgender individuals are recognized for the first time ever in a State of the Union Speech. And President Obama declared that same-sex marriage is a “Civil Right.”

LGBTQ2 Blogger Nina Notes “Same-Sex Marriage” was the phrase of those oppossed to invoked gay male anal sex disgust, which they fixate on – and the phrase “same gender Marriage” or preferably, “marriage” or “marriage equality” if there was a need for a phrase for equal access under the law – given it was each demographic was permitted to vote, not white hetero men vote an all others cast ballots for the same action . “Same Gender Marriage” allowed couples to use the same phrase regardless of gender and define as distinct from heterosexual marriage where women are property to produce offspring for inheritance/contractual matrimony. And where gay men and lesbians were denied marriage owing to non-procreative sex.

2017

More than one million people rallied at women’s marches in Washington, DC and cities around the U.S. to send newly-elected President Donald Trump the message that they will not let his agenda go unchallenged. Hundreds of thousands of others in cities throughout the world joined in the protest.

2018 – Helen Grace James (born 1928) grew up in Pennsylvania  and enlisted in the Air Force in 1952. She had a fine service record and was promoted to Airman 2nd Class.But when she was stationed at Roslyn Air Force Base on Long Island, Airman James came under investigation by the Office of Special Investigation. One night in the winter of 1955, during The Lavender Scare, she sat with a friend in her car to eat sandwiches when an officer shined a blinding light into her eyes and took her into custody. She was later interrogated for hours. Investigators told Helen Grace James that if she didn’t sign a statement they put in front of her, they would tell her family she was gay.Helen Grace James signed. She was discharged as “undesirable.”Now, 60 years later Helen Grace James has received her honorable discharge this week after decades of fighting the government for recognition. “I’m still trying to process it,” she told NBC. “It was both joy and shock. It was really true. It was really going to be an ‘honorable discharge. The Air Force recognizes me as a full person in the military,” she said, having done “my job helping to take care of the country I love.”

2021

bronze age and the original of the abrahamic trilogy: jewish/christian/muslim – the same one religion, differing centuries of application, and your choice of limited and literal select text passages or endless debate of meaning and metaphor

of scrolls with a porn fixation and owing others

that predicts nothing about the universe and missed much of what was knowable in the era they were scribbled.

the sacred texts: early propaganda, poetry and porn

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/style/frankie-sandmel-elaina-marshalek-wedding.html‘Traditionally Jewish, but Also Extremely Queer’ – The New York TimesAfter meeting during a retreat for Jewish activists, Frankie Sandmel and Elaina Marshalek deepened their bond at a Queer Talmud Camp.www.nytimes.com

does not matter – do not copy the heterosexuals

religion is bronze age morality, and belongs in the dustbin of history

The Agoraphobic Philosopher – Blasphemy is Duty where Not Punishable by Death

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/quiet-fabulosity-remote-new-zealand-church-gets-pink-makeover-to-celebrate-queer-community‘Quiet fabulosity’: remote New Zealand church gets pink makeover to celebrate queer community | New Zealand | The GuardianSam Duckor-Jones has transformed an unused church into what he hopes will be a place for rural queerness to thrivewww.theguardian.com

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-five-recent-queer-books-that-untangle-what-family-means-today/Five recent queer books that untangle what family means today – The Globe and MailThese five queer books contain some helpful lessons for whatever your family might look likewww.theglobeandmail.com

https://www.outsports.com/2022/1/21/22893785/celtics-pride-night-grant-williams-lgbtq-friendsGrant Williams showed support for his LGBTQ friends during Pride Night – OutsportsThe Celtics forward says he tries to use his platform to empower the LGBTQ community whenever possible.www.outsports.com

there needs to be a trans category in sports

https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-building-equality-lgbtq-people-according-new-reportWisconsin ‘Building Equality’ for LGBTQ people, according to new report | Wisconsin Public RadioAccording to a new Human Rights Campaign Foundation report on LGBTQ-centric laws across the United States, Wisconsin is “Building Equality” going into 2022. The report comes as Wisconsin Republicans push new legislation to ban transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care.www.wpr.org

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/lgbtq-students-deserve-a-voice-heres-how-education-reporters-cover-them/LGBTQ students deserve a voice. Here’s how education reporters cover them. – PoynterAbout 10% of 13-to-17-year-olds in the U.S. identify as LGBT. How do journalists center them in coverage?www.poynter.org

education, sports, workplace, the public square are where human rights apply

dating is for sexual selection and human rights do not apply, other than to have no barrier to law for any persons qualified to marry to do so to another of their own choice. and multiple persons, where geographic law – and religion allows.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/lgbtq-dating-ban-byu-probed-federal-investigation-rcna13042LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigationThe U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University, a private religious school.www.nbcnews.com

heterosexual women and LGBTQ2 are not the same category nor demographic

and L G B T are differing demographics and subcultures, which have intersectionality with ethnicity and commonality with hetero women to the degree that hetero males are the threat to all demographics deemed vulnerable

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2022/01/daily-rundown-ohio-university-jobs-womens-center-bobcat-basketball-nelsonville-dog-park-food-wasteA look at uncommon university jobs, Women’s and LGBT centers begin virtually and more – The PostThe independent voice of Athens and Ohio Universitywww.thepostathens.com

how about don’t? as in do not.

religion belongs in the dustbin of history and is why we do not have nice things.

religion is a poor idea propped up by threats of violence.

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/01/20/lgbt-students-ministry-notre-dame-242017Lessons from Notre Dame on ministering to L.G.B.T. students | America MagazineA campus minister at Notre Dame has a message for gay students: We can challenge one another without thinking that disagreement is moral failure, bigotry or hatred.www.americamagazine.org

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/21/a-brotherhood-of-bears-flourishes-despite-russias-anti-lgbt-agenda-a76079A Brotherhood of Bears Flourishes Despite Russia’s Anti-LGBT AgendaBEARsBURG brings together men who reject effeminate stereotypes of queerness and organizes group trips to the banya, café meet-ups, walking tours and film nights.www.themoscowtimes.com

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/landscape-of-disgrace-poland-s-ultranationalists-target-lgbt-people-1.6317711Landscape of Disgrace: Poland’s ultranationalists target LGBT people | CBC RadioUltranationalism requires an enemy. In Poland, that means sexual minorities. Municipalities across the country are passing anti-LGBT measures. But activists are fighting back, despite the legal odds and the physical violence.www.cbc.ca

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/split-sinema-lgbtq-groups-divided-rebuke-bisexual-senator-rcna13058Split on Sinema: LGBTQ groups divided over rebuke of bisexual senatorLGBTQ advocacy groups have been split in their response to Sen. Krysten Sinema’s refusal to amend the Senate filibuster.www.nbcnews.com

https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/01/21/lesbian-couple-murdered-protested-lgbt-and-feminist-activists/6600956001/Lesbian couple murdered is protested by LGBT and feminist activistsThe murder and dismemberment of a lesbian couple in Valle de Juarez was protested outside the offices of the Attorney General’s office in Juarezwww.elpasotimes.com

https://76crimes.com/2022/01/21/stella-nyanzi-ugandan-lgbt-ally-flees-for-safety-to-germany/Stella Nyanzi, Ugandan LGBT ally, flees for safety to Germany – Erasing 76 CrimesUgandan LGBT ally and academic scholar Dr Stella Nyanzi has fled to Germany with her children over fears of government persecution, arrest and torture.76crimes.com

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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.

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