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BCE to The Suffragettes

1859

Naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

1865

Mississippi became the first Southern state to enact laws which came to be known as “Black Codes” aimed at limiting the rights of newly freed blacks; other states of the former Confederacy soon followed.

11-24-1872 – 07-07-1936 Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin – Born in Kirsanovsky District, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire. He was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Born into an old, noble family, he is a distant relative of Aleksandr Pushkin. Chicherin used his wealth to support revolutionary activities before the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was forced to flee to Western Europe to avoid arrest. While in Germany, he underwent medical treatment in attempts to cure his homosexuality.

11-24-1886 – 10-19-1973 Margaret C. Anderson – Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was the American founder, editor, and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review. The magazine published a collection of modern American, English, and Irish writers 

between 1914 and 1929. Writers introduced by the magazine include Ezra Pound, Hart Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Carl Sandburg, and T.S. Eliot. Also published were the first thirteen chapters of James Joyce’s then-unpublished novel, Ulysses. In 1916, Anderson met Jane Heap, a former lover of novelist Djuna Barnes. The two became lovers and Heap became co-editor of The Little Review. By 1942, her relationship with Heap was over. Anderson returned to the United States by ship where she met and fell in love with Dorothy Caruso, the widow of the famous tenor Enrico Caruso. The two began a romantic relationship and lived together until Dorothy Caruso’s death in 1955. Anderson went to France where she died of emphysema on October 19, 1973.

11-24-1915 – 03-09-2004 Denise Restout – Born in Paris, France. She was a French keyboard teacher and an expert on German and French Baroque pieces. Restout was 

assistant, editor, biographer, and long-time companion of famous harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. As a performer, Restout appeared at Landowska’s public masterclasses in France, the Netherlands, and Strasbourg. Landowska (she was Hungarian Jewish) and Restout (she was of Polish-Jewish descent), escaped France during the Nazi advance in 1940 and arrived in the United States on December 7, 1941, at Ellis Island, the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. When Landowska died in 1959, Restout inherited her estate, including her papers and collection of musical instruments. Restout continued to teach at the Landowska Center, their home in Lakeville, Connecticut until her death in 2004. She had become a naturalized United States citizen in 1961.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1933, Germany – A law was passed in Germany to allow surgical castrations as a crime prevention measure and a therapeutic treatment for homosexuality.

11-24-1944 – 03-21-1974 Candy Darling  (James Lawrence Slattery) 

Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. She was an American transgender actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar. She starred in Andy Warhol’s films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971). Darling said, “There is one thing I must tell you because I just found it to be a truth… You must always be yourself no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.” Candy Darling died of lymphoma at the age of 29, at the Columbia University Medical Center. In a letter on her deathbed, intended for Andy Warhol and his followers, Darling said, “Unfortunately before my death, I had no desire left for life…I am just so bored by everything. You might say bored to death. Did you know I couldn’t last? I always knew it. I wish I could meet you all again.” At her funeral, Julie Newmar read the eulogy. A documentary titled, Beautiful Darling, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010. It’s available on Netflix.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

1950

The musical “Guys and Dolls” opened.

1955: In the wake of the murder of a Sioux City, Iowa, boy earlier in the year, 29 men suspected of homosexuality have been committed to mental asylums as a preventive measure authorized by the state’s “sexual psychopath” laws.

1959, UK  – The first broadcast of a gay drama called South starring gay actor Peter Wyngarde (August 23, 1933 – 15 January 2018) is aired. Wyngarde shared a flat in Earls Terrace, Kensington, with actor Alan Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) for some years in the 1960s. Bates, (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was a gay English actor known for his performance with Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd and The Fixer in which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. South, adapted by Gerald Savory from an original play by Julien Green is considered “a milestone” in gay cultural history. Wyngarde’s  flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to popular success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s; Mike Myers credited Wyngarde with inspiring the character Austin Powers.

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

1967: Craig Rodwell opens the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors in the United States, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1973

On the USA song charts,  Elton John moved from 15-9 with “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and Elton John had what to date was the biggest album of his career as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road remained at #1 for a third week. 

1974:

 The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force protests an episode of NBC’s Police Woman (aired on November 8) that featured lesbian murderers in a home for aged women. The network agrees not to rerun the episode, but MCA-TV producer David Gerber keeps it in syndication release.

John Lennon rehearsed with Elton John for EJ’s upcoming concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1979

A pair of Pop music divas, Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand combined their voices to produce the top tune in the US, “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”. It’s Summer’s third number one single and Streisand’s fourth. The record made #3 in the UK.

on the USA LP Charts, Wet, was in eighth position for Barbra Streisand, One Voice by Barry Manilow at nine

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

1984,

UK – England’s first national conference on AIDS began, organized by the Terrence Higgins Trust. Terrence “Terry” Higgins (10 June 1945 – 4 July 1982) was among the first people known to die of an AIDS-related illness in the United Kingdom. In his memory, Martyn Butler and Higgins’ partner Rupert Whitaker (born 1963), initiated the formation of the Terry Higgins Trust, later renamed the Terrence Higgins Trust, in 1982 with a group of concerned community-members and Terry’s friends, including Tony Calvert. It was dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV, promoting awareness of AIDS, and providing supportive services to people with the disease.

1984

No one could topple Purple Rain from the #1 spot on the Album chart as Prince remained there for the 17th consecutive week.  at 10 Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual.

1985 – At an AIDS candlelight vigil in San Francisco, activist Cleve Jones (born October 11, 1954) conceives The Names Project. Cleve is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist.  He conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which has become, at 54 tons, the world’s largest piece of community folk art as of 2016. In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS pandemic Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States.

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

1990

Bette Midler chalked up a fourth week at #1 on the AC chart with “From A Distance”.

1991 –

Cyndi Lauper marries actor David Thornton, with Little Richard providing the wedding music.

Freddie Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991), lead singer for Queen, dies of complications from AIDS. It was only the day before that he acknowledged that he had the disease. He left most of his estate to a former girlfriend, Mary Austen, who cared for him during his final months. The official cause of death is bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. He was 45. In 1992, Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and a tribute concert was held at Wembley Stadium, London. As a member of Queen, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Fame in 2004. In 2002, he was placed number 58 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He is consistently voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. While some commentators claimed Mercury hid his sexual orientation from the public, others claimed he was “openly gay“.

Blogger Nina Notes: Mercury’s career stages could be gay male stereotype/trope/icon action figures – Mercury’s Castro Clone look and mustache along with thein Drag I want to break free video was noticeable by heterosexuals.

1994

Prince performed “Peach” on the European MTV Awards. He claimed the song was a “cover tune by a good friend.”

1997 – The Associated Press reports that Edgehill United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee announced that no weddings would be performed until same-sex couples were given the right to be married there.

1998 – Nearly 100 people demonstrate to protest the firing of lesbian Alicia Pedreira from Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children in Louisville. According to her termination notice, she was fired because her “admitted homosexual lifestyle is contrary to Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children core values.” Five other employees resigned in protest. The case name is PEDREIRA v. KENTUCKY BAPTIST HOMES FOR CHILDREN

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

2008: A lower court in the U.S. state of Florida declares that the state’s ban on adoption by gay couples is unconstitutional.

2014, Ecuador – The Ecuador LGBT Film Festival Jury names Letter to Anita as Best Documentary. The film, directed by Andrea Meyerson, tells the story of Anita Bryant’s anti-gay campaign and its effect not only on the life of lesbian Ronni Sanlo and her family but also on the budding LGBT civil rights movement.

2015, Viet Nam –  The Vietnamese National Assembly passes a law that allows those who have undergone sex reassignment surgery to register under their preferred sex.. However, sex reassignment surgery is illegal in Vietnam. The law went into effect in 2017.

2021

The best-selling author recounted the experiences of other underprivileged women, who have been the subject of vicious social media campaigns, intimidatory tactics and threats of assault including rape.

“Over the last few years, I’ve watched, appalled, as women like Allison Bailey, Raquel Sanchez, Marion Miller, Rosie Duffield, Joanna Cherry, Julie Bindel, Rosa Freedman, Kathleen Stock and many, many others, including women who have no public profile but who’ve contacted me to relate their experiences, have been subject to campaigns of intimidation which range from being hounded on social media, the targeting of their employers, all the way up to doxing and direct threats of violence, including rape,” JK Rowling pointed out.

LBGT activists dox ‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling for not towing their line on ‘gender identity’: Here is what happened

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BCE to The Suffragettes

11-23-1875 – 09-23-1955 Edith Wynne Matthison – Born in Birmingham, England. She was an Anglo-American stage actress who also appeared in two silent films. She had an affair with Edna St. Vincent Millay, 

while Millay was at Vassar. The two women corresponded and in one letter Millay said, “You wrote me a beautiful letter. I wonder if you meant it to be as beautiful as it was. I think you did; for somehow I know that your feeling for me, however slight it is, is of the nature of love… When you tell me to come, I will come, by the next train, just as I am. This is not meekness, be assured; I do not come naturally by meekness; know that it is a proud surrender to You.” Matthison married playwright Charles Rann Kennedy in 1898 and acted in many of his plays, as well as advised him as he was writing them. Both taught at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York. In 1904, she appeared in Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. Matthison died of a stroke in Los Angeles in 1955.

11-23-1892 – 04-21-1990 Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) – Born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He was a Russian-born French artist and designer who was 

successful in fashion design, jewelry, graphic arts, costume, and set design for film, theatre, and opera. In 1923, Erté’s costumes, program designs, and sets were featured in the Ziegfeld Follies.  Between 1915-1937, Erté designed over 200 covers for Harper’s Bazaar magazine. In 1923, his costumes, program designs, and sets were featured in the Folies Bergère. Louis B. Mayer brought him and his lover, Russian Prince Nicolas Ouroussoff, to Hollywood in 1925 where Erté designed sets and costumes for films, including Ben-Hur, The Mystic, The Comedian, and Dance Madness. Louis B. Mayer, 

who was known to be intolerant of homosexuals, even invited the couple to his house for dinner. Erté lived with Ouroussoff until the Prince’s death in 1933. In the 1960s, Erté’s career was rejuvenated with the revival of the Art Deco period.

1899
The world’s first jukebox, then known as a “nickel in the slot machine,” was installed at San Francisco’s’ Palais Royal Hotel. It had been created by simply adding a coin slot to an Edison phonograph. The machine had no amplification and patrons had to listen to the music using one of four listening tubes. In its first six months of service, the machine earned over $1,000.

1933 – The New York tabloid Broadway Brevities, under the headline “FAGS TICKLE NUDES,” publishes an article warning that “pansy men of the nation” were invading steam baths and turning them into replicas of the orgy houses in Rome at the time of Nero.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

11-23-1948 Bruce Vilanch – Born in New York City, New York. He is an American comedy writer, songwriter, and actor. Winner of 6 Emmy Awards, he is best known for his appearance 

on Hollywood Squares. Vilanch was also head writer for the show. Currently he is the head writer for the Oscars and is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys, and Emmys. He has received a number of awards for his work in support of AIDS charities and LGBT rights charities. Vilanch was one of the first out gay comedians.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

11-23-1955 Deborah Stedman-Scott, (Baroness Stedman-Scott) – Born in Paddington, London, United Kingdom. She is an English activist. She is a Conservative member of the 

House of Lords and Chief Executive Officer of Tomorrow’s People Trust, a charity that works with people unemployed. On July 12, 2010 she was created a life peer as Baroness Stedman-Scott. In 2006 she and Gabrielle Joy entered into a civil partnership.

November 23, 1956Nick Adams, Elvis and Ken Moore arrive at the Cleveland Arena – Photo © Lew Allen

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

11-23-1960 Robin Roberts – Born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. Robert’s was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 for her contributions to and 

impact on the game of women’s basketball through her broadcasting. In 2012 she was diagnosed with MDS, a disease of the bone marrow. On December 29, 2013, Roberts posted a photo on Facebook with a caption that read: “At this moment I am at peace and filled with joy and gratitude. I am grateful to God, my doctors, and nurses for my restored good health… I’m grateful for my entire family, my long-time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious year together.” It was the first time Roberts publicly acknowledged her sexual orientation. Her girlfriend, Amber Laign, and she had been together since 2005. In 2015, Roberts was named as one of the 31 Icons of 2015’s LGBT History Month by Equality Forum.

1963

on the USA song charts, #4  “She’s A Fool” from Lesley Gore and  the Singing Nun melodically moved from 19 to 9 with “Dominique”

On the USA LP charts,  Barbra Streisand was #2 with The Second Barbra Streisand Album and The Singing Nun moved from 54 to 8 with her self-titled debut

1965 – The word ‘transgenderism’ is first used in a medical text by Dr. John F. Oliven to mean transsexualism. It is given quite a different meaning and popularized by Virginia Prince  (November 23, 1912 – May 2, 2009) in the 1970s. Prince claims to have invented the word herself, and uses it to define people who live full time in their chosen gender without necessarily having had or even wanting to have, gender-confirming surgery.

1967 – The first gay and lesbian bookstore opens in New York, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.  It was founded by Craig Rodwell (October 31, 1940 – June 18, 1993) on November 24, 1967. Initially located at 291 Mercer Street, it moved in 1973 to Christopher Street and Gay Street in New York City‘s Greenwich Village neighborhood. The bookstore closed on March 29, 2009 citing the Great Recession and challenges from online bookstores. Also in 1967, Rodwell began the group Homophile Youth Movement in Neighborhoods (HYMN) and began to publish its periodical, HYMNAL. In November 1969, Rodwell proposed the first gay pride parade to be held in New York City by way of a resolution at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations meeting in Philadelphia, along with his partner Fred Sargeant (HYMN vice chairman), Ellen Broidy and Linda Rhodes. The first march was organized from Rodwell’s apartment on Bleecker Street. In March 1993, Rodwell sold his bookshop to Bill Offenbaker. Rodwell died on June 18, 1993 of stomach cancer. Rodwell is considered by some to be quite possibly the leading rights activist in the early homophile movement of the 1960s.

11-23-1968 Joe Zee – Born in Hong Kong, he grew up in Toronto, Canada. He was Elle magazine creative director until April 2014. He is now editor-in-chief and executive officer of Yahoo Style. He was a recurring character as boss of the reality series The City. He also appeared on an episode of Ugly Betty and Mistresses as himself. He is openly gay. His clothing line “Styled by Joe Zee” can be purchased online on QVC.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1973: 

Germany-  Germany’s sexuality laws, Paragraph 175, stays on the books but is significantly amended. The only remaining crime is sex with a minor.

USA, in New York City, 325 people attend the first conference of the Gay Academic Union. The pioneering Lesbian and Gay Studies group, which was founded the previous March, includes Martin Bauml Duberman, John D’Emilio, Jonathan Ned Katz, and Joan Nestle among its members.

November 23, 1974

Elton John began an 11-week run at #1 on the U.K. Album chart with his Greatest Hits package.

November 23, 1975

David Bowie was a guest on Cher’s television show on CBS.  The two sang a medley of ““Young Americans,” “Song Sung Blue,” “One,” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Maybe,” “Day Tripper,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” and “Youngblood.”  

November 23, 1976Queen‘s, “Bohemian Rhapsody” hit number one in the UK, where it stayed until the end of January 1977, longer than any other song since Slim Whitman’s “Rose Marie” in 1955. The promotional video that accompanied the song is generally acknowledged as being the first UK Pop video and cost 5,000 Pounds to produce. When the band wanted to release the single various record executives suggested to them that, at 5 minutes and 55 seconds, it was too long and would never be a hit.Wings kicked off a 19-date tour of the U.K. at the Royal Court in Liverpool, England.

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

1981 – The New York City Council votes for the tenth time not to pass a gay anti-discrimination ordinance.

1983: A Federal judge concludes that the First National Bank of Louisville did not practice wrongful discrimination – or violate constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion – when it ordered one of its employees, Samuel Dorr, to either give up his position with gay Catholic group, Dignity, or resign from the bank.

1985

On the USA LP Charts Whitney Houston’s debut was #6, Tears for Fears remained at 7 with Songs from the Big Chair,

11-23-1989 Josh Dixon – Born in Los Gatos, California. He was a gymnast/athlete. He attended StanfordUniversity. He was an Olympic hopeful for the 2012 Summer Games and came out 

that same year. In 2015, he competed in Indianapolis at the P & G Gymnastics Championships. He is a seven-time All-American.

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

1990

MTV banned Madonna‘s “Justify My Love” video.

1992:

 In Australia, Prime Minister Paul Keating revokes the country’s restrictions on gay men and lesbians in the military.

11-23-1992   Miley Cyrus – Born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of country music singer, Billy Ray Cyrus. She is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. At the age of 14, she came out to her

 mother as pansexual and has said: “I never want to label myself! I am ready to love anyone that loves me for who I am! I am open.” In June 2015, Time magazine called her gender fluid. She stated she “doesn’t relate to being boy or girl, and I don’t have to have my partner relate to boy or girl.” Cyrus is a supporter of the LGBT community and talks about it openly. After her 2018 marriage to a man, Cyrus went on the record to state she still identified as queer. The Happy Hippie Foundation, which she founded, works to “fight the injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, and other vulnerable populations.” From August to September 2019, she dated Kaitlynn Carter. In October 2019, Miley and singer/songwriter Cody Simpson announced they were in a committed relationship, after being friends for years prior. (Photo 2019 Barcelona, Spain)

1996 – Sir Elton John (25 March 1947) is honored as the founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation at a gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. He is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.

1998 – The Georgia Supreme Court votes 6-1 to overturn the state’s sodomy law. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Robert Benham wrote, “We cannot think of any other activity that reasonable persons would rank as more private and more deserving of protection from governmental interference than consensual, private, adult sexual activity.” Since the decision was based on the Georgia constitution rather than the US constitution, the decision could not be appealed.

1998Despite objections from The Recording Industry Association of America, who is worried about the growing problem of internet file swapping, the first portable MP3 player goes on sale in the US. Ten years later, over 150 million had been sold.

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

2005

  Madonna had the top album with Confessions on a Dance Floor.

2011, Belize – The Belize Council of Churches rallies to oppose the decriminalization of homosexual acts at the Belize Action/Family Forum. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Belize face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Same-sex sexual activity was illegal in Belize until 2016, when the Supreme Court declared Belize’s anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. Belize also has a law prohibiting foreign homosexuals from entering the country, although the law has never been enforced. Regardless, Belize held its first Pride Week in August 2017.

2014, Brazil – The world’s first largest same-sex wedding with 160 couples takes place in Rio de Janeiro. It was the fifth time mass same-sex weddings were held in Brazil. (The following year 185 couples married.) Claudio Nascimento of Rio Sem Homophobia (Rio without Homophobia) says, “It is an affirmative action to call attention to all of the achievements and challenges in the area of civil and human rights of the LGBT community.” Brazil broke the Guinness World Record for the largest pride parade in 2009 with 4 million attendees. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Brazil since 16 May 2013,  though it had already been legally recognized since 2004. 

2021

https://urbanislandz.com/2021/11/21/tony-matterhorn-lashes-out-at-spice-over-her-lgbtq-performance/Tony Matterhorn Lashes Out At Spice Over Her LGBTQ Performance – Urban IslandzDancehall veteran Tony Matterhorn is the latest artiste in dancehall to criticize Spice over her upcoming performance at Toronto Pride. Dancehall artisteurbanislandz.com

the only reason to be upset is because it is accurate: Queerbaiting

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10230877/Demi-Sims-upset-queer-baiting-accusations-refuses-label-sexuality.htmlDemi Sims is ‘upset’ over queer baiting accusations… as she refuses to label sexuality | Daily Mail OnlineThe 25-year-old has admitted she’s been confused about her sexuality since the age of 16, when she realised she wanted to date both boys and girls.www.dailymail.co.uk

religion is not therapy, it is why therapy is needed

https://inews.co.uk/news/conversion-therapy-anti-lgbt-christian-group-conference-westminster-met-government-ban-1314541Protests begin as anti-LGBT Christian group invites MPs to pro-conversion therapy conferenceA group, who recruit therapists offering ‘support to people with unwanted same-sex attraction’, has invited MPs to the all-day conferenceinews.co.uk

“The latest draft has not been publicly released, but two controversial aspects have reportedly been removed – the so-called “Folau clause”, which sought to limit employers’ control over employees’ statements of belief, and the right for health practitioners to refuse procedures on religious grounds. “

that is religion being above the law for the religious person and that person is deciding to be a barrier to legal protections for other people

who are supposed to be able to rely upon the law

and not individuals

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-23/religious-discrimination-bill-and-queer-christians/100635486Queer and devout: The Australians caught in the middle of the religious discrimination bill – ABC NewsThe religious discrimination bill is expected to be introduced into Parliament this week. These queer pastors question the bill’s necessity, and worry about its consequences.www.abc.net.au

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/concerns-groups-such-women-minorities-lgbtq-are-important-cannot-be-dismissed-illegitimateConcerns of groups such as women, minorities, LGBTQ are important, cannot be dismissed as ‘illegitimate or exaggerated’: Lawrence WongSINGAPORE — Different segments of Singapore’s population, whose identities may be linked to things such as their gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation, have concerns that are important and cannot be dismissed as illegitimate or exaggerated, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday (Nov 23).www.todayonline.com

“whether it be that the information becomes so ubiquitous that it doesn’t make sense for there to be an app, “

concepts are ubiquitous when widely relevant

specific population groups need specific information

so they have created an app when individuals could do a spreadsheet or basic budgeting – that is the common knowledge that needs to be out there – not a specific for transitioning which only is for one demographic

https://technical.ly/dc/2021/11/23/halcyon-fellow-euphoria-lgbt-is-bringing-fintech-to-the-gender-transition-process/Halcyon fellow Euphoria.LGBT is bringing fintech to the gender transition process – Technical.ly DCEuphoria.lgbt, a Halycon Incubator fellow, launched the Bliss app to help transgender people manage their finances, specifically around gender transitioning. It’s one of five products launched by the startup.technical.ly

https://www.worcestermag.com/story/opinion/2021/11/23/harvey-lgbt-asylum-task-forces-refuge-inspiration/8681988002/Harvey: LGBT Asylum Task Force’s refuge is an inspirationRenovated house to be a refuge for LGBTQ asylum seekers.www.worcestermag.com

https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-discoverys-queer-heroes-on-finding-family-an-1847955964Star Trek Discovery LGBTQ Stars on What’s Next for Adira, GrayAnthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, and Blu del Barrio discuss what’s next for Discovery’s latest found family.gizmodo.com

https://www.autostraddle.com/sweet-sapphic-santa-theres-two-new-lesbian-christmas-movies-this-year/Pop Culture Fix: Sweet Sapphic Santa, There’s TWO New Lesbian Christmas Movies This Year! – AutostraddleAlso! Cardi B invited JoJo Siwa over for Christmas, let’s talk about Mary’s transition to Poison Ivy on Batwoman, HBO Max’s 12 Dates of Christmas features a handful of LGBTQs this year, and more!www.autostraddle.com

https://www.channel4.com/news/lesbian-couple-facing-discrimination-on-starting-a-familyLesbian couple ‘facing discrimination’ on starting a family – Channel 4 NewsThey are meant to be equal under the law, but they still face discrimination when it comes to starting a family.www.channel4.com

https://www.towleroad.com/2021/11/coat-of-many-colors-dolly-parton/Gay Fans’ Most Inspiring Dolly Parton Songs. ‘Coat Of Many Colors’ Turns 50, Still Warm, Fits Well In Catalog Loved By Many LGBTQ People. LISTEN – Towleroad Gay NewsListen to the song again.Suggestions in comments for additions? 9-5? I will always love you? More deep cuts?www.towleroad.com

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/norwegian-postal-services-gay-themed-christmas-ad-going-viral/The Norwegian Postal Service’s gay-themed Christmas ad is going viral / LGBTQ NationThe four-minute short, “When Harry Met Santa,” is a love story…www.lgbtqnation.com

“Perhaps – and I’m just throwing this out there – the best way to prove that your movement isn’t a threat to women is to stop stalking, harassing, and threatening us,” Rowling concluded.

maybe trans should do something to address heterosexual male violence instead of adding to the bashing and silencing generaly done to women but especially by trans who claim to be women and to join women

the name calling of women and especially lesbians – and the bashing on lesbians for saying we are being sexually harassed by transwomen is actually evidence

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/jk-rowling-unleashes-millions-followers-3-trans-activists-protested-outside-home/?utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&utm_campaign=aa81a2ea2a-20211122_LGBTQ_Nation_Daily_Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-aa81a2ea2a-430855381JK Rowling unleashes her millions of followers on 3 trans activists who protested outside her home / LGBTQ NationJK Rowling compared the quiet protest to rape threats. The activists have disappeared from social media after being hounded by the author’s fans…www.lgbtqnation.com

making a law to add nonbinary as a category, where there are no laws specifying male or female – but there are law preventing atheists from running for office

so the world is favouring individuals with ideas contrary to reality – and bans those who have no illusions/delusions

https://www.gaycitynews.com/proposed-state-law-would-allow-non-binary-party-candidates/Proposed State Law Would Allow Non-Binary Party CandidatesState lawmakers have proposed new legislation that would allow non-binary candidates to run for party positions in New York State and eliminate gender-based barriers requiring folks to run only as a female or male. The legislation, named the Gender Inclusive Ballot Act, would encompass positions for State Committee, Assembly District Leader, and County Committee. The […]www.gaycitynews.com

or maybe dating sites can address murder and stalking online instead of making a game of it

https://www.pride.com/news/2021/11/22/solve-bisexual-murder-mystery-tinders-swipe-night-featureSolve a Bisexual Murder Mystery on Tinder’s ‘Swipe Night’ FeatureStar Calvin Seabrooks talks representation in our exclusive interview.www.pride.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

LGBT Daily Spotlight

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1869, France – French gay author and the 1947 Nobel Prize winner for literature Andre Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) is born. He was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 “for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight.” Gide’s career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars. In his journal, Gide distinguishes between adult-attracted “sodomites” and boy-loving “pederasts”, categorizing himself as the latter.

1913, UK– British gay composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) is born. He was an English composer, conductor and pianist and a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music,  orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (1945).

1935 – Mary Alfreda Smith was born (November 22, 1935). Reverend Elder Freda Smith is an American political and LGBT activist, working in the areas of women’s and minority rights. She worked on the Robert F Kennedy election campaign in 1968, and helped overturn laws that criminalized homosexual activity in California. In 1972 she became the first ordained clergywoman of the Metropolitan Community Church.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1943 – Former world number one professional tennis player Billie Jean King (November 22, 1943) is born. She  won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women’s doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. King often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, King was the United States’ captain in the Federation Cup. King is an advocate for gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice. In 1968, King realized that she was attracted to women, and in 1971, began an intimate relationship with her secretary, Marilyn Barnett (born Marilyn Kathryn McRae on January 28, 1948). King acknowledged the relationship when it became public in a May 1981 ‘palimony‘ lawsuit filed by Barnett, making King the first prominent professional female athlete to come out as a lesbian.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1963 –

In the defining Boomer Moment: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

1969

Jazz diva Nina Simone charted with “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.” The song obviously had a more receptive audience among R&B chart listeners as it reached #8 while only making it to #76 pop.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1975

Barry Manilow‘s “I Write the Songs” enters the US chart, on its way to number one. Although Manilow wrote many of his hits, this one was actually written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. Blogger Nina Notes: Have to wonder what his career would have been had he been out gay, eh.

on the usa charts: songs  The previous #1 “Island Girl” by Elton John was fourth, while LP charts Rock of the Westies by Elton John led the way

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

1980: 

 Mae West dies in Los Angeles at the age of 88. A major classic era hollywood star who challenged public morality, was a fave a gay men. Rumors that she was really a man were finally proven false. She was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.

ABBA scored their sixth UK No.1 album when Super Trouper started a nine week run at the top of the charts. The album which features the No.1 singles ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and ‘Super Trouper’, became the biggest-selling of 1980 in the UK.

1983

The Lesbian fave band: The Pretenders released their great single “Middle Of The Road”.

1986

on the USA song charts,  Madonna peaked at #3 with “True Blue”, 

on the LP, at 4 Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors and Madonna’s Tue Blue LP #10

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

1991

Freddie Mercury (Queen) issued a public statement confirming that he had “been tested HIV positive and have AIDS.”

1995

Singer Sophie B. Hawkins makes her acting debut on Fox’s “Party Of Five”.

1998

Ladies and Gentlemen:  The Best of George Michael topped the U.K. Album chart.

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

2004, UK – Lord Peter Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is the first openly gay Commissioner of the European Union. He is a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. Reinaldo Avila da Silva (born September 1972, a Brazilian-British translator was his partner from 1998 to 2007 when “Mandy” met Marco Coretti, owner of a chic boutique close to the Spanish Steps in Rome.

2005

Waterloo by ABBA was voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers in 31 countries across Europe voted during a special show in Copenhagen to celebrate the annual event’s 50th birthday

2011 – An independent arbiter rules that Baltimore County, Maryland must extend spousal benefits to the same-sex spouses of two police officers who legally married in another state.

2011 – An independent arbiter rules that Baltimore County, Maryland must extend spousal benefits to the same-sex spouses of two police officers who legally married in another state.

2021

This is where the gender problem begins…. from insecure/toxic masculinity

to gay men/transwomen doing toxic femininity

with some toxic femininity in women which is mostly upholding the maleness of society

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/straight-men-share-times-they-were-called-gayStraight Men Share Reasons They’ve Been Called GayToxic masculinity is alive and well.www.buzzfeed.com

“In this exciting new discovery, we see a Yorkshire farmer arguing that homosexuality is innate and something that shouldn’t be punished by death,” says Oxford researcher Eamonn O’Keeffe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/education-51385884The 200-year-old diary that’s rewriting gay history – BBC NewsA Yorkshire farmer’s journal from 1810 reveals surprisingly modern views on being gay.www.bbc.com

https://www.gaycitynews.com/review-directors-drive-my-car-worth-wait/“Drive My Car” Worth the WaitA heavy diet of movies will prove the subjectivity of time. An inept 10-minute short can feel like endless torture to sit through. Every film has its own rhythm. Good films follow them, great films create complex new ones. Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” may not quite land in the latter category, but […]www.gaycitynews.com

https://hollywoodlife.com/2021/11/22/1000-lb-sisters-preview-tammy-niece-bisexual-season-3-video/‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ Preview: Tammy’s Niece Comes Out As Bisexual – Hollywood LifeTammy’s niece opens up about being bisexual in this exclusive ‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ preview.hollywoodlife.com

https://www.broadwayworld.com/brisbane/article/BWW-Review-LESBIAN-LOVE-STORIES-at-Wynnum-Fringe-20211122Review: LESBIAN LOVE STORIES at Wynnum FringeCreated by The Local Lesbians, Lesbian Love Stories is a joyous yet occasionally heartbreaking depiction of sapphic tales from around the worldwww.broadwayworld.com

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/doctor-ireland-denies-married-lesbian-hysterectomyDoctor in Ireland denies married lesbian a hysterectomy | IrishCentral.comAn Irish woman has revealed that her gynecologist denied her a hysterectomy in case her “sexual orientation changes” and she decides to have children. www.irishcentral.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-evelyn-bradley-why-pei-1.6255237Gay From Away: Why a Black lesbian from the U.S. south chose P.E.I. as home | CBC NewsEvelyn Bradley is a Black lesbian from the southern states who moved to P.E.I. last year. Here’s why she chooses to call Canada’s smallest province home.www.cbc.ca

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/jojo-siwa-s-dancing-stars-finale-lgbtq-win-ncna1284281JoJo Siwa’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finale is an LGBTQ win2021 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finale on ABC: Why JoJo Siwa is already an LGBT winner, even if she and Jenna Johnson lose on Monday nightwww.nbcnews.com

https://inews.co.uk/news/church-of-england-woman-bishop-christine-hardman-campaigned-lgbt-rights-retire-1312499Pioneering Church of England woman bishop who campaigned for LGBT rights to retireThe Right Reverend Christine Hardman said it had been ‘her pleasure’ to serve the churchinews.co.uk

https://urbanislandz.com/2021/11/21/spice-calls-out-foota-hype-anti-lgbt-hypocrisy-over-wearing-designer-brands/Spice Calls Out Foota Hype Anti-LGBT Hypocrisy Over Wearing Designer Brands – Urban IslandzSpice has been going toe to toe with her critics, who have been pushing for her to cancel a booking for her performance at the Toronto Gay Pride festivalurbanislandz.com

https://southfloridagaynews.com/National/from-gay-veterans-receiving-benefits-to-school-board-member-demanding-burning-lgbt-books-this-week-in-across-the-country.htmlFrom Gay Veterans Receiving Benefits to School Board Member Demanding Burning LGBT Books, This Week in Across the Country | National | News | SFGN ArticlesSouth Florida Gay News, SFGN, Florida’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper.southfloridagaynews.com

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The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1777 – French diplomat Chevalier d’Eon (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810) is formally presented to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a woman. Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont (was a French diplomat, spy, freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years’ War. D’Éon had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a mimic, good features for a spy. D’Éon appeared publicly as a man and pursued masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time d’Éon successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman. For 33 years, from 1777, d’Éon dressed as a woman, identifying as female. Doctors who examined d’Éon’s body after death discovered “male organs in every respect perfectly formed,” but also feminine characteristics.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1964

People by Barbra Streisand was the #1 album for the fourth straight week

1966 – The term ‘gender identity’ is first used in a press release to publicize a new clinic for transsexuals at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The concept is picked up by the media, and quickly becomes common currency around the world.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

November 21,1971Elton John kicked off a 13-date UK tour at The Coventry Theatre, promoting his new album Madman Across The Water. The album cover for Madman Across the Water was embroidered over two weeks by Janis Larkham, wife of the album art director David Larkham. She used the back of an old Levi’s jacket, and the original was gifted to John.

1972 – Jim Gaylord is fired from his teaching job in Tacoma, WA, via a letter. It read, in part: “The specific probable cause for your discharge is that you have admitted occupying a public status that is incompatible with the conduct required of teachers in this district. Specifically, that you have admitted being a publicly known homosexual.” In 2016, 42 years after he lost his job, Gaylord received an apology from the Tacoma School District.

November 21, 1975

At the start of Elton John week in Los Angeles, the singer received a Star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.

Frida Lyngstad of ABBA had the #1 album in Sweden with her solo release Frida Alone.

1977, Canada – In Toronto, The Body Politic containing an article entitled “Men loving boys loving men” goes on sale. The article by Gerald Hannon sparked a controversy that eventually led to the folding of the paper.

Nina Notes: as it should have – Pedophiles are sexual predators, children are not capable of consent and lack agency versus adults.

That the Body Politic became Xtra! in Toronto, which including being a national newspaper and publishing in Vancouver, BC, Island Xtra from Victoria, in Calgary Alberta and in Ottawa as capital Xtra! before all where merged online as : dailyxtra.

In the 1990s, Xtra! was one of the organizations that left the International gay and lesbian association which was required to not include pedophiles to be a United Nations Non-Government Advisory Groups on rights, owing to children needing protection, including rights, which pedophilia is incompatible with.

the International Association had to make a clear decision of who was in LGBT and who was not. The Pedophile groups and some other groups left the association, and at Xtra West, lesbian editor Cindy Filpenko was fired for an editorial against pedophiles by Xtra’s Ken Popert, partner of Brian Mossop who’s early 1990s case won federal employees who were LGBTQ2 the same employee benefits that heterosexuals had contractually.

1978

Prince‘s second single “Just As Long As We’re Together” was released.

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

1981 –

Sergeant Charles H. Cochrane (August 5, 1943–May 5, 2008), a 14 year veteran of the NYPD, created shock waves by testifying before a New York City Council hearing in favor of a gay rights bill. Following on the testimony of a Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Vice President who denounced the bill, and declared he didn’t know of any homosexual police officers, Cochrane stunned those present by announcing, “I am very proud of being a New York City Police Officer, and I am equally proud of being gay.” Cochrane’s public testimony lent significantly toward the official formation of the Gay Officers Action League, Inc., (G.O.A.L.) which became the first official police fraternal society in the world to represent LGBT professionals within the criminal justice system. Since that time, similar organizations for LGBT Law Enforcement Officers, Criminal Justice professionals as well as Firefighters and EMS personnel have been established around the world. Cochrane died of cancer on May 5, 2008 at the age of 64.

Queen and David Bowie were at No.1 in the UK with Under Pressure. They recorded the song together when both acts were working in a German recording studio. It was David Bowie’s first released collaboration with another recording artist.

“Physical” by Olivia Newton John was officially the #1 song although most radio stations had either “Waiting For A Girl Like You” by Foreigner or “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones as the top song.

Olivia Newton-John started the first of 10 weeks at the top of the US singles chart with the controversial “Physical”. It was her fourth US #1 and went on to sell over 2 million copies. In the UK, the song reached #7.  Rather than touring, ONJ did a tv special comprised of a music video for each LP song, the music video for “Physical” more controversial than the female heterosexually sexually explicit song where female sexuality was so upsetting to the public that in the video, rather than a plot suggested by the lyrics, the video was set in a gym and ONJ turns overweight men into buff gay men.

1987 –

Having raided and closed down The Detour bar the night before, Los Angeles police raid and shut down the One Way bar over alleged violations to the city’s fire ordinance. In a series of raids on gay bars, the Los Angeles Police Department closed down the One Way for fire ordinance violations. The LAPD came to the conclusion that the manpower necessary to close the One Way would be ten police cars and several fire trucks and various other city vehicles.

Little Richard was the minister when actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore were married.

George Michael bounced from 18 to 10 with”Faith”.

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

1992

Cher moved into the #1 slot on the U.K. Album chart with her Greatest Hits package.

1997 – The University of California Board of Regents votes to extend domestic partner benefits to partners of lesbian and gay employees.

1999 –

British writer Quentin Crisp  (25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) dies at age 90. He was an English writer, raconteur and actor.From a conventional suburban background, Crisp enjoyed wearing make-up and painting his nails, and worked as a rent-boy in his teens. He then spent thirty years as a professional model for life-classes in art colleges. The interviews he gave about his unusual life attracted increasing public curiosity and he was soon sought after for his highly individual views on social manners and the cultivating of style. His one-man stage show was a long-running hit both in Britain and America and he also appeared in films and on TV. In 1995 he was among the many people interviewed for The Celluloid Closet, an historical documentary addressing how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality.

1999

Celine Dion achieved her fourth #1 album in the U.K. with her compilation All the Way…A Decade of Songs.

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

2001 – Maryland’s Anti-discrimination Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations, housing and employment. Maryland becomes the 12th state to enact such protections for homosexuals.

2003

In Santa Barbara, CA, Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation. Jackson immediately posted the $3 million bail and then flew back to Las Vegas where he had been filming a video. He was given an arraignment date of January 9, 2004.

2006, Israel – Israeli Supreme Count recognizes international same-sex marriages.

2007: Jennifer Granholm, governor of the U.S. state of Michigan, issues an executive order prohibiting employment discrimination based on gender identity or expression in the public sector.

2014, Gambia – The Gambian president signs anti-homosexuality law which calls for the imprisonment for people caught in same-sex sexual activity.

2021

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-embracing-lgbt-voters-1651634Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel for Embracing LGBT Voters“She’s declaring an LGBT coalition,” Greene said. “Well, you know, the Republican Party doesn’t play identity politics.”www.newsweek.com

Dear Heterosexuals: why is violence a norm?

it is exactly this attitude that transgender has leveraged as if they are the only target

so by heteros on one side and trans on the other…. gays, lesbians and bisexuals, along with some heteros who are not violent

trans gender identity is directly related to heteronormative

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/gop-lawmaker-says-gays-get-beat-getting-normal-consequences-perverse-lifestyle/GOP lawmaker says gays who get beat up are getting “normal consequences” for “perverse lifestyle” / LGBTQ NationMontana Sen. Theresa Manzella said LGBTQ people “play the protected class card” when they get beat up for holding hands in public…www.lgbtqnation.com

From the article: “A lot of people just assume that when they look at somebody that they can see their gender right away,”

NIna Notes: Humans rely upon ordinary human senses and we can see objective reality.

whatever is in a person’s mind for their self identity that outside of the human range to perceive – and requires discussion

not everyone having to assume everyone they see might not be as they appear

and those who are self loathing and seeking others to validate them

humans are a sexually reproducing and symmetrical species

that means two genders, and some humans are not procreatively attracted: sexual orientation is not a preference nor a perversion

it is up to emerging demographics to form a community,

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/misunderstanding-about-st-thomas-resident-s-queer-identity-has-led-to-isolation-depression-1.6256021Misunderstanding about St. Thomas resident’s queer identity has led to isolation, depression | CBC NewsRenee Senior identifies as non-binary and is agender. They say misunderstandings about their identity have led to isolation and depression.www.cbc.ca

trans demonstrate an inability to understand, consider or respect others

Lesbians are valid and our characteristics that heteros oppressed us for do not form hate nor bigotry against trans

if gender is a spectrum, differing points do not the same gender make

and every person is entitled to a no, human rights do not apply to dating, only the public square.

what this is is rape culture and removing a no and shaming lesbians for being lesbians

transwomen complaining about not having sex with lesbians are incels, and this is sexual harrassment on public view

and along with the TERF name calling, trans have given a reason to be feared and avoided

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10225111/Stonewall-brands-lesbians-sexual-racists-raising-concerns-sex-transgender-women.htmlStonewall brands lesbians ‘sexual racists’ for raising concerns about sex with transgender women | Daily Mail OnlineIt was a long-overdue, painstaking investigation into claims that predatory trans women have been pressuring lesbians for sex, published on the BBC News website.www.dailymail.co.uk

more are identifying into LGBTQ2 for not wanting to be hetero

but using labels that do not actually apply to one’s life

this is a weird kinda situation where would be allies make queer oppression a competition with queers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/11/03/glaad-accelerating-acceptance-more-americans-accept-lgbtq-people/6198204001/GLAAD Accelerating Acceptance: More Americans accept LGBTQ peopleMore people are identifying as members of the LGBTQ community, but visibility has its price, according to GLAAD’s Accelerating Acceptance Study.www.usatoday.com

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-21/redistricting-jockeying-latinos-asian-americans-lgbtqLatino, AAPI, LGBTQ advocates want to shape congressional maps – Los Angeles TimesIntense jockeying underway as a state panel redraws California’s congressional seatswww.latimes.com

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/lgbtq-couples-vehicle-vandalized-during-shabbat-in-religious-settlement-685556LGBTQ couple’s vehicle vandalized over Shabbat in W. Bank settlementAn LGBTQ couple’s vehicle was vandalized while they spent Shabbat with family in a religious settlement.www.jpost.com

https://emorywheel.com/nia-funds-emory-clinical-research-lab-for-lgbtq-health-related-study/NIA funds Emory clinical research lab for LGBTQ health-related study | The Emory WheelThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently began funding the Wharton Lab, a research lab in Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, $812,655 for a three-year study concerning the relationship between LGBTQ individuals and age-related diseases. The study began Sept. 30 and will end in late August 2024. “I’ve really always been fascinated […]emorywheel.com

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/paper-cut/a-gay-judge-is-great-but-lgbtq-need-much-more-than-that/A gay judge is great but LGBTQ need much more than thatSaurabh Kirpal is slated to be the first openly gay judge in the Delhi High Court. In a more perfect world, only his qualifications to be a judge would matter. That he is gay should…timesofindia.indiatimes.com

https://www.wired.com/story/digital-assistant-smart-device-gender-identity/The Future of Digital Assistants Is Queer | WIREDAI assistants continue to reinforce sexist stereotypes, but queering these devices could help reimagine their relationship to gender altogether.www.wired.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1893, Canada – Grace Darmond (November 20, 1893 – October 8, 1963) was a Canadian-born American actress from the early 20th century. Although performing in a substantial number of films over roughly 13 years, she was known in Hollywood’s inner circle as the lesbian lover to actress Jean Acker, the first wife of actor Rudolph Valentino. She was also associated, as many struggling actresses of the day were, with the actress Alla Nazimova, who was the former lover to Acker, although it has never been verified that Nazimova and Darmond were ever linked romantically.

1910 – Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) is born. She was an American civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, lawyer, Episcopal priest, and author. Drawn to the ministry, in 1977 Murray became the first black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest and was among the first group of women to become priests in that church. In 1940, Murray sat in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus with a friend, and they were arrested for violating state segregation laws. This incident, and her subsequent involvement with the socialist Workers’ Defense League, led her to pursue her career goal of working as a civil rights lawyer. As a lawyer, Murray argued for civil rights and women’s rights. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Chief Counsel Thurgood Marshall called Murray’s 1950 book, States’ Laws on Race and Color, the “bible” of the civil rights movement. In 1966 she was a co-founder of the National Organization for Women. Murray struggled in her adult life with issues related to her sexual and gender identity, describing herself as having an “inverted sex instinct”. She described herself as having an “inverted sex instinct” that caused her to behave as a man attracted to women would. She wanted a “monogamous married life”, but one in which she was the man. She had a brief, annulled marriage to a man and several deep relationships with women. In her younger years, she occasionally had passed as a teenage boy. In addition to her legal and advocacy work, Murray published two well-reviewed autobiographies and a volume of poetry. On July 1, 1985 the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray died of pancreatic cancer in the house she owned with a lifelong friend, Maida Springer Kemp, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2012 the General Convention of the Episcopal Church voted to honor Murray as one of its Holy Women, Holy Men, to be commemorated on July 1, the anniversary of her death, along with fellow writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. In December, 2016, the Pauli Murray Family Home was named as a National Historic Landmark.

1934 – “The Children’s Hour,” a play by Lillian Hellman in which two school teachers are accused of having a lesbian relationship, opens on Broadway to rave reviews and sellout audiences. A largely sympathetic account of two schoolteachers accused of lesbianism by one of their students, the play is loosely based on an actual case in 19th-century Scotland.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

November 20, 1956

.Back in Memphis Elvis and Nick Adams were spotted riding motorcycles. Late at night they attended a private showing of Love Me Tender at the Loew’s State Theater. Apparently Gladys cried at the end of the film, when Elvis’ character died.

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

1965

On the USA LP Charts “The Sound of Music” Soundtrack was #1 on the Album chart for a second week, #5  Sonny & Cher with Look At Us and Barbra Streisand moved from 39 to 7 with My Name Is Barbra

November 20, 1966

Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, held a London party at his home at 24 Chapel Street in London to honor the Four Tops.  John Lennon, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Keither Richards and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Donovan, Eric Burdon and Georgie Fame attended.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1971

On the USA song Charts Cher’s “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves dropped to #2

1973

Elton John released the single “Crocodile Rock” in the United States.

1975 – Members of the Austin Lesbian Organization and Gay Community Services picketed the Austin-American Statesman for refusing to run ads for gay organizations and running housing and employment ads which specified “no gays.” The paper agreed the next month not to print ads which state “no gays,” and began printing ads from gay and lesbian organizations the following April when the Austin City Council passed a Public Accommodations Ordinance which outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation.

1976

Elton John’s 23rd career hit was another big one as “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” moved from 54 to 28 on this date.

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

1982

On the USA song Charts  Olivia Newton-John (“Heart Attack”) was 3, and Toni Basil moved from 13-7 with “Mickey”,

1987

Sign ‘O the Times, the third movie starring Prince, opened in theaters (it had premiered in Detroit, Michigan on October 29.)

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

1995 – Steven Powsner (November 19, 1955 – November 20, 1995), who had been president of the New York City Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center from 1992-1994, dies of complications from AIDS at the age of 40. His first lover, Bruce Philip Cooper, died of AIDS in 1987.


1996 – The Ashland Wisconsin school district agrees to pay former student Jamie Nabozny $900,000 in damages. While he was a student, administrators took no action to alleviate the physical and verbal abuse he suffered because he was gay. The nearly one-million-dollar settlement makes Jamie the first of a long string of students to successfully sue schools and school employees for failing to protect them from horrendous homophobic abuse. Nabozny v. Podlesny, 92 F.3d 446 (7th Cir. 1996) was a case heard in the Circuit regarding the protection of a school student in Ashland, Wisconsin, who had been harassed and bullied by classmates because of his sexual orientation. The plaintiff in the case—Jamie Nabozny—sought damages from school officials for their failure to protect him from the bullying. A jury found that this failure violated Nabozny’s constitutional rights and awarded him $962,000 in damages.

1998 – John Geddes Lawrence and Tyrone Garner of Texas are ordered to pay fines of $125 each after being arrested for having sex in their home. The couple refuse to pay and announce they would challenge the Texas sodomy law. Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas in a 6–3 decision and, by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in 13 other states, making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory. The Court, with a five-justice majority, overturned its previous ruling on the same issue in the 1986 case Bowers v. Hardwick, where it upheld a challenged Georgia statute and did not find a constitutional protection of  sexual privacy.

1999 – Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. To date in 2019, 331 trans and gender diverse people have been killed this year.

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

2001

Madonna’s childhood home in Oakland County Michigan, sold at an auction in just 12 minutes. The house, along with a few items of Rock memorabilia, was purchased for $331,000.

2003 – The United States Congress passes a resolution condemning all violations of internationally recognized human rights norms based on the real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of an individual

2005

 Madonna had the #1 album in the U.K. with Confessions on a Dance Floor.

2008: The Supreme Court of California agrees to hear arguments for a possible overturn of Proposition 8 – which included chickens given better protections but ended ended thousands of same gender marriages by a referendum.

2010, Japan – Transgender Japanese singer Alaru Nakamura’s (born 28 June 1985) album “Boy-Girl” wins the Excellent Album music award at the 56^th Japan Record Awards ceremony. Nakamura was observed male at birth but transitioned after struggling with issues of gender identity.

2013

Madonna topped Forbes list of the highest-paid musicians in the world with an estimated $125 million in earnings over the past year. Lady Gaga was second with $80 million

2021

Young Singaporeans are less accepting of family members having same-sex relationships than they are of their friends and colleagues as they apply different values on both groups.

While they apply tolerance on their co-workers, other values such as their notions of morality or the traditional family unit come into play when dealing with a family member.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/stigma-among-factors-why-some-find-it-hard-accept-lgbtq-family-members-today-webinar

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/stigma-among-factors-why-some-find-it-hard-accept-lgbtq-family-members-today-webinarStigma among factors why some find it hard to accept LGBTQ family members: TODAY webinar panellistsSINGAPORE — Young Singaporeans are less accepting of family members having same-sex relationships than they are of their friends and colleagues as they apply different values on both groups.www.todayonline.com

THE Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) has been shaken by a row over “pinkwashing” — accusations that the event was promoting Israel’s progressive treatment of sexual minorities as a way of diverting attention from its conflict with the Palestinians.

Activists had called for the cancellation of a screening of an Israeli movie and called for the festival to adopt a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) platform, putting an end to the featuring of Israeli films at the event.

The allegations began earlier this month, with Palestinian activists claiming the festival was seeking to promote “an image of Israel as a queer-friendly idyll, and Palestinians as inherently intolerant and backward people”.

The claim initially stemmed from a screening of Israeli film Sublet as part of MQFF Together, a smaller festival held in March.

“I went through the whole program and [there was] not a single film from Africa or the Swana region,” writer, filmmaker and community organiser Muhib Nabulsi told VICE. “It was then that I noticed that there was this film by Israeli director Eytan Fox, whose films are held up in academic literature, and by activists, as some of the most prominent examples of pinkwashing.”

https://www.australianjewishnews.com/anger-at-israeli-movie-screening-at-melbourne-lgbtq-film-festival/Anger at Israeli movie screening at Melbourne LGBTQ film festival – The Australian Jewish NewsAnti-Defamation Commission: ‘When was the last time you saw a Gay Pride Parade in the West Bank or Gaza? The treatment of gays, women and ethnic minorities in Israel is a thousand times better than in any country in the Middle East.’www.australianjewishnews.com

https://nltimes.nl/2021/11/20/woman-facing-hefty-fine-making-threats-lgbt-demonstrationWoman facing hefty fine for making threats at LGBT demonstration | NL TimesThe Public Prosecutors Office (OM) recommended an Amsterdam court impose an 1,100 euro fine, of which 500 euros would be conditional, against a 40-year-old woman. The suspect is accused of hurling insults and threats at people during a protest demonstration against anti-LGBT violence.nltimes.nl

what about hate crimes within LGBT that do not involve heterosexual men?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/labour-graffiti-people-home-office-lgbti-b967334.htmlLabour pledges tougher sentences for LGBT hate crime | Evening StandardAnneliese Dodds said there was currently a mismatch between the sentencing available.www.standard.co.uk

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1922, Canada – Canadian immigration authorities allowed the Irish lover of a Canadian citizen to immigrate legally. This was the first time in North America that a same-sex relationship was used as the basis for immigration.

1933 – Christa Winsloe’s (23 December 1888 – 10 June 1944) book “The Child Manuela” is reviewed in the New York Times. It was a translation from a German book about a lesbian relationship in a school for girls. The reviewer referred to it as “a social document that is moving and eloquent.” Winsloe was a 20th-century German-Hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor. Winsloe wrote Das Mädchen Manuela (“The Child Manuela”), a short novel based on her experiences at Kaiserin-Augusta. Winsloe was involved in a relationship with newspaper reporter Dorothy Thompson, probably before World War II when Thompson was reporting from Berlin.  She moved to France in the late 1930s, fleeing the Nazis. During World War II, she joined the French Resistance. Contrary to what is often stated, she was not executed by the Nazis. Instead, on June 10, 1944, Winsloe and her French partner, Simone Gentet, were shot and killed by four Frenchmen in a forest near the country town of Cluny. The men said that they had thought the women were Nazi spies, and were later acquitted of murder.

1934 – Political activist Jim Foster  (November 19, 1934– October 31, 1990) is born. He founded the Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club in 1972, the country’s first gay Democratic political club. Foster co-founded the Society for Individual Rights (SIR), an early homophile organization, in 1964. In 1971, Foster, along with Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, transformed the SIR Political Action Committee into the Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club. The first U.S. gay community center opens, in San Francisco, led by The Society for Individual Rights.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1942 – Bisexual Clothing designer Calvin Klein (November 19, 1942) is born.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1965

David Bowie and the Lower 3rd appeared at The Marquee Club, London, England.

1966

The Soundtrack to “The Sound of Music” re-entered the Top 10 on the Album chart after 88 weeks of release.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1973

Barbra Streisand released the single “The Way We Were”.

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

1980: Two men are killed and six wounded when former transit cop Ronald Crumpley opens fire with submachine gun at NYC gay bar, the Ramrod. He is later found not guilty by reason of insanity.

1982 – A California judge tosses Marilyn Barnett’s so-called “palimony” suit against tennis star Billie Jean King out of court

1982 – Marilyn Barnett files a palimony suit against Billie Jean King (November 22, 1943)but it’s thrown out of court. in 1971, King began an intimate relationship with her secretary, Marilyn Barnett (born January 28, 1948). King acknowledged the relationship when it became public in a May 1981 ‘palimony‘ lawsuit filed by Barnett, making King the first prominent professional female athlete to come out as a lesbian. Feeling she could not admit to the extent of the relationship, King publicly called it a fling and a mistake. She was still married to her husband Larry. The lawsuit caused King to lose an estimated $2 million in endorsements and forced her to prolong her tennis career to pay attorneys. Billie Jean and Larry remained married through the palimony suit fallout. The marriage ended in 1987 after Billie Jean fell in love with her doubles partner, Ilana Kloss.

1988

Kylie Minogue had the third version of “The Loco-Motion” to reach the Top 10 adn was #3.  George Michael was up to #7 with “Kissing A Fool”, with Whitney Houston fell with “One Moment In Time”.at #10

LP Faith album by George Michael was #8

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

1990

Celine Dion released her first single “Where Does My Heart Beat Now”.

1993, Romania – Marius Aitai, Ovidiu Chetea, and Cosmin Hutanu are sentenced to up to 2’/2 years in prison for same-sex acts in private. Amnesty International calls for their immediate release and protests the imprisonment of 54 other people on similar charges, as well as the reportedly widespread torture and sexual abuse of persons arrested on suspicion of homosexuality.

1996

Prince released the 3 CD set “Emancipation.” The release was on his record label NPG Records.

1997 – In Spanish Fork Utah, during a meeting of the Nebo County Board of Education, supporters of lesbian teacher Wendy Weaver and those demanding her resignation presented their cases. A month earlier Weaver was dismissed from her position as volleyball coach and ordered not to discuss her sexual orientation with anyone, in or out of school.

1998 – Prosecutors in Laramie Wyoming present an outline of their case against Aaron McKinney who had been arrested for the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard.

1998

Natalie Cole sang “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” at Frank Sinatra’s eigthtieth birthday party at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. If that didn’t do it for Ol’ Blues, Little Richard’s rendition of “Old Black Magic” surely did.

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

2006

George Michael had the #1 album in the U.K. with Twenty-Five.

2009 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that state officials have the authority to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages although the court declines to rule on whether same-sex couples may legally marry in the New York.

2012 –

Transgender Pride flag flies from the Castro (San Francisco) flag pole for the first time. The flag was created by Monica Helms in 1999 and first shown at the Phoenix, AZ, pride parade in 2000. Helms is a transgender activist, author, and veteran of the United States Navy. 

Barry Manilow placed his 50th song on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart when “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” debuted at #22. He became just the fifth artist to accomplish that feat in the AC chart’s 51-year history. At that time, Elton John led with 68, followed by Barbra Streisand (64), Neil Diamond (58) and Elvis Presley (53). And also, Elvis was only “adult contemporary” in the 1970s.

2019

Justin Trudeau@JustinTrudeauOfficiel du gouvernement – CanadaOn November 28, the Government will offer a formal apology to LGBTQ2 Canadians in the House – for the persecution & injustices they have suffered, and to advance together on the path to equality & inclusion.11:14 AM · Nov 19, 2017

2021

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/stigma-among-factors-why-some-find-it-hard-accept-lgbtq-family-members-today-webinarStigma among factors why some find it hard to accept LGBTQ family members: TODAY webinar panellistsSINGAPORE — Young Singaporeans are less accepting of family members having same-sex relationships than they are of their friends and colleagues as they apply different values on both groups.www.todayonline.com

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/states-pursue-wave-anti-lgbtq-laws-cities-move-direction-rcna5890As states pursue a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, cities move in the opposite directionAs state legislatures around the country pursue anti-LGBTQ legislation in what advocates have said is the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern history, awww.nbcnews.com

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lgbt-bookshop-sends-300-trans-22198288LGBT bookshop sends 300 Trans history books to MPs across the country – Manchester Evening News
The initiative aims to give MPs ‘comprehensive knowledge’ of the history of the Trans community ‘before framing laws that affect them’.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

except the LGBTQ2 is actually divided – across many demographic lines, including the letter subcultures…

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/19/lewis-hamilton-lgbt-pride-helmet-qatar-grand-prix/Lewis Hamilton proudly wears LGBT+ Pride flag on helmet at Qatar Grand PrixFormula One champ Lewis Hamilton will wear the LGBT+ Progress Pride flag on his helmet for this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix.www.pinknews.co.uk

anyone would be less suicidal in a nation where not illegal and openly hunted

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/gay-men-who-move-to-lgbt-friendly-countries-have-lower-risk-of-suicide-study-finds/207054Gay Men Who Move To LGBT Friendly Countries Have Lower Risk Of Suicide, Study Finds – Star ObserverA study by the American Psychological Association across 48 countries found that when gay or bisexual men moved to a more tolerant country the risk of depression or suicide decreased dramatically.www.starobserver.com.au

https://deadline.com/2021/11/russian-lgbt-festival-website-blacklisted-government-1234876699/Russian LGBT Festival Has Website Blacklisted By Government – DeadlineOrganizers said the move came after a coordinate homophobic campaign.deadline.com

https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/finalists-chosen-for-canadian-monument-to-9000-killed-in-lgbt-purge/Finalists chosen for Canadian monument to 9,000 killed in “LGBT Purge” – Global Construction ReviewFive designs have been announced as finalists for a monument dedicated to the 9,000 lives lost in Canada’s “LGBT Purge” that took place between the 1950s and mid-1990s. The purge…www.globalconstructionreview.com

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/opinion/2021/11/19/on-amazons-tampa-baes-lesbians-get-trash-reality-tv-representation-just-like-everyone-else.htmlOn Amazon’s ‘Tampa Baes’ lesbians get trash reality TV representation just like everyone else | The StarWhatever struggles these women have had in coming out, or continue to have, whatever struggles they have had with their respective families, the fact …www.thestar.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1901, Mexico – Police raid a gay dance club. Of the 41 attendees, 29 men are dressed in women’s clothing and all are members of the highest classes of society. Punishment was conscription into the army. As a result of the Dance of the Forty-One Raid, the number 41 is adopted into Mexican popular culture as reference to homosexuality. No segment of the army is allowed to be given the unit number 41.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1972,

Canada – Gay McGill holds the first of what were to become the most successful community dances in Montreal. They ended in May 1975 because of the withdrawal of liquor license by Quebec liquor board.

1974: 

The New Yorker publishes its first gay-themed short, “Minor Heroism” by Allan Gurganus.

1978

Donna Summer remained at #1 with “MacArthur Park”,   Anne Murray’s former #1 “You Needed Me” dropped to 3, and “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” from Barbra (Streisand) & Neil (Diamond) rose from 16-4.  

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

1982

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts released the album I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

1989

Tracy Chapman stayed at 9 on the USA LP Charts with Crossroads 

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

1996 – Psychologist Dr. Evelyn Hooker (September 2, 1907 – November 18, 1996) dies. Her research at UCLA provided some of the earliest evidence that homosexuality is not a psychological disease.

1997

Céline Dion released the album “Let’s Talk About Love,” which includes the song “My Heart Will Go On” from the movie “Titanic.” In her native Canada, it set a record for first-week sales: 230,000 copies, meaning one out of every 100 Canadians bought the album in the first seven days of its release.

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

2001

Britney Spears scored her second US No.1 album with ‘Britney.’ The album’s success made her the first female artist in music history to have her first three studio albums to debut at the No.1 spot. This record however would later be broken by Spears herself with her 4th studio album In the Zone which charted in the same position.

ABC aired Britney Spears’ first TV concert, “Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas.”

2003, UK – Section 28 or Clause 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 caused the addition of Section 2A to the Local Government Act 1986, which affected England, Wales and Scotland. The amendment was enacted on May 24, 1988, and stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.”  The law was repealed on this day in 2003. 

2003 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that the state’s constitution guarantees equal marriage rights for same-sex couples (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health). The November 18, 2003, decision was the first by a U.S. state’s highest court to find that same-sex couples had the right to marry and sparking a national wildfire of civil disobedience (the issuing of marriage licenses authorized by mayors and city councils in San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; New Paltz, NY and Sandoval County, N.M.) and dozens of lawsuits in those and many other jurisdictions.

2005

A Belgian songwriter won a plagiarism case against Madonna over her 1998 hit single ‘Frozen.’ Salvatore Acquaviva claimed that the song copied one of his recordings, the judge agreed that Madonna’s single used four bars of his song ‘Ma Vie Fout L’camp’, which roughly translates as ‘My Life’s Getting Nowhere.’

2010

Cher had her hand and foot prints placed in cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

2021

adult women of all sexualities’ are refused pregnancy prevention and sold products instead because doctors insist women will change their minds and have children

meanwhile, children and teens are being given puberty blockers and surgery to alter their bodies…

https://nypost.com/2021/11/17/married-lesbian-rachel-champ-allegedly-denied-hysterectomy-by-doctor/Married lesbian Rachel Champ allegedly denied hysterectomy by doctorA married lesbian woman was left in tears after her doctor rejected a hysterectomy — saying she could eventually decide to leave her wife for a man, according to a report.nypost.com

https://culturess.com/2021/11/17/demonic-bisexual-bisexual-representation/What does the demonic bisexual mean for bisexual representation on TV?Genre shows are so stranger to bisexual representation, but why is it that only evil-coded factions are allowed to explore fluidity in sexuality?culturess.com

cannibals are not representative of lesbian

this is not progress, this is the lesbian as threat, serial killers and vampires.

https://www.autostraddle.com/yellowjackets-features-one-1-lesbian-teen-cannibal/“Yellowjackets” Features One (1) Confirmed Lesbian Teen CannibalLena Waithe is making a Hoop Dreams-inspired drama, will a queer Miranda save the Sex and the City reboot, a queer Barney the Dino doc is on the way, and more!www.autostraddle.com

this is why specific language matters – it is where meaning is

and words do not include opposite, that is where meaning is lost.

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/18/1055666543/the-limitations-of-the-sapphic-anthemThe limitations of the ‘sapphic anthem’ : NPRThe sapphic music label turns lesbian identity into a homogenous category.www.npr.orgShareEmoji

http://sfbaytimes.com/non-lez-lesbian-icons/Non-Lez Lesbian Icons – San Francisco Bay Times | San Francisco Bay TimesBy Jewelle Gomez– Let’s travel way back to those mysterious times—BE. Before Ellen, that is. Or before Kristen Stewart publicly shifted her affections from the silver-skinned vampire, Robert Pattinson, to a series of charming ladies. Or before Queen Latifah finally acknowledged what we always knew. And while we may hope that one day it won’t […]sfbaytimes.com

I have no idea if this is real because this is one of the stupidest things I have ever read

http://honisoit.com/2021/11/engineers-fight-back-against-lesbian-occupation-of-pnr/Engineers fight back against lesbian occupation of PNR – Honi SoitEngineering students across campus have formed the Engineering Action Committee (EAC) to oppose the occupation of PNR by non-Engineering students…honisoit.com

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/call-to-unveil-private-diaries-of-bisexual-lord-mountbatten-tcp0vgfldCall to unveil private diaries of ‘bisexual’ Lord Mountbatten | News | The TimesA historian is seeking access to the diaries and letters of Lord and Lady Mountbatten, which he believes could contain evidence of his bisexuality.Andrew Lownie, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, also hopes to find proof of the earl’s lovers including Shirley MacLaine, the Hollywood actress,www.thetimes.co.uk

https://news.nd.edu/news/gay-men-earn-the-most-undergraduate-and-graduate-degrees-in-the-us-study-shows/Gay men earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at the highest rate in the US, study shows | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre DameNotre Dame News gathers and disseminates information that enhances understanding of the University’s academic and research mission and its accomplishments as a Catholic institute of higher learning.news.nd.edu

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59302657Saurabh Kirpal: The man who could be India’s first openly gay judge – BBC NewsExperts say Saurabh Kirpal’s appointment will inspire other LGBTQ lawyers and judges to come out.www.bbc.com

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abqb5/afghanistan-lesbian-couple-who-fled-taliban-now-dream-of-getting-married-in-the-usLesbian Couple Who Fled Taliban Now Dream of Getting Married in the USSalma and Khadija faced marginalisation and repression under Afghanistan’s previous governments, forced to conceal their sexuality from their families. But when the Taliban took over, they feared for their lives.www.vice.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hq-health-clinic-1.6251077Health-care hub for gay men and trans community set to open in downtown Toronto | CBC NewsAfter some minor setbacks caused by the pandemic and supply chain delays, HQ is set to open to the public at Bay and College streets in February of next year. In addition to sexual health, HQ will also offer on-site mental health services and social programming.www.cbc.ca

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/18/oregon-man-charged-hate-crime-attack-grindr/8664125002/Oregon man used Grindr to target, brutally attack gay man, feds sayAn Oregon man was charged with a federal hate crime after law enforcement said he brutally attacked a gay man he targeted on the dating app Grindr.www.usatoday.com

Dear Dan

maybe pointing out being an asshole is a bad thing in simple language than trying to be meta with the cancel cancel culture

Explain that self identifiers do cause harm to those who are in the demographic

from gender, ethnicity and sexuality are not word games – but lived lives with real world consequences

the characteristics for which demographics historically and currently experience violence and barriers to the public square

being taken lightly and without regard to the persons in the demographic

is more of the same oppression

interesting the difference in response to the first letter writer

and the one from the heteroman who hits on Dan Savage…

https://www.straight.com/living/dan-savage-no-law-says-you-cant-self-identify-as-a-lesbianDan Savage: No law says you can’t self-identify as a lesbian | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment WeeklyDan advises an AMAB reader who identifies as nonbinary and leans “toward femininity” that they can self-identify as a lesbian because there are no identity cops out there.www.straight.com

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Today in LGBT History – November 18 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › today-in-lgbt-history-novembe…Nov. 18, 2017 — Today in LGBT History – November 18 · ico – Police raid a gay dance club. · 1972, Canada – Gay McGill holds the first of what were to become the …

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  THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 18 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › this-day-in-lgbt-history-novem…Nov. 18, 2019 — THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 18 · Musings of an Aging Lesbian · I began submitting two of my plays for production consideration. · Gratitude …

The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1862 – Thomas Hannah, Jr., a private in Company G of the 95^th Illinois Regiment, writes that one of the soldiers in his regiment was found to be a female. He was referring to Albert Cashier (December 25, 1843 – October 10, 1915), a female-bodied Civil War soldier who had lived as a man. Albert D. J. Cashier, born Jennie Irene Hodgers, was an Irish-born female immigrant who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier adopted the identity of a man before enlisting, and maintained it for most of the remainder of his life. He became famous as one of a number of female-born soldiers who served as men during the Civil War, although the consistent and long-term commitment to the male identity has prompted some contemporary scholars to suggest that Cashier was a trans man.

1889, UK – The New York Times publishes a report on the “Cleveland Street Scandal,” a case involving a house of male prostitutes and members of British nobility. The Cleveland Street scandal occurred in 1889, when a homosexual male brothel in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, was discovered by police. The government was accused of covering up the scandal to protect the names of aristocratic and other prominent patrons. At the time, sexual acts between men were illegal in Britain, and the brothel’s clients faced possible prosecution and certain social ostracism if discovered. It was rumored that Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and second-in-line to the British throne had visited, though this has never been substantiated. Unlike overseas newspapers, the English press never named the Prince, but the allegation influenced the handling of the case by the authorities, and has colored biographers’ perceptions of him since. After Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, was named in the press as a client, he successfully sued for libel. The scandal fueled the attitude that male homosexuality was an aristocratic vice that corrupted lower-class youths. Such perceptions were still prevalent in 1895 when the Marquess of Queensberry accused Oscar Wilde of being an active homosexual.

1901

On that night 41—possibly 42—men gathered under the cover of night to dance together. Though some may not consider this scandalous by today’s standards, fallout from “The Dance of the 41,” as it was called by the press, was controversial enough to change the landscape of sexuality in Mexico.

As part of their condemnation, the men were taken to jail, with the men dressed in women’s clothes being forced to sweep the streets in their attire. Afterwards, the men were shipped to Yucatán to assist troops in their fight against the Mayans, but not by taking up arms. They were tasked with menial duties such as digging trenches and sweeping floors.

The divide between the elites and the lower class was severe, and would eventually lead to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. However, the dance saw the lines of social status blurred among Mexicans.

41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico, Thanks to a Queer …https://www.history.com › news › dance-of-41-mexico-…Jun. 27, 2018 — The reason has to do with a party held in a secret location in Mexico on November 17, 1901. On that night 41—possibly 42—men gathered under …

1925 – Rock Hudson  (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985), actor is born. He was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent ‘heartthrob’ of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as Magnificent Obsession(1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Giant (1956), and found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). After appearing in films including Seconds (1966), Tobruk(1967) and Ice Station Zebra (1968) during the late 1960s, Hudson began a second career in television through the 1970s and 1980s, starring in the popular mystery series McMillan & Wife and the opera Dynasty. While his career developed, Hudson and his agent Henry Willson kept the actor’s personal life out of the headlines. In 1955, Confidential magazine threatened to publish an exposé about Hudson’s secret homosexual life. Willson stalled this by disclosing information about two of his other clients. Willson provided information about Rory Calhoun‘s years in prison and the arrest of Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931) at a party in 1950.According to some colleagues, Hudson’s homosexual activity was well known in Hollywood throughout his career,  and former co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and James claimed that they knew of his homosexuality, as did Carol Burnett. Unknown to the public, Hudson was diagnosed with HIV on June 5, 1984, just three years after the existence of HIV and AIDS had been discovered by scientists. On July 25, 1985, Hudson’s French publicist Yanou Collart confirmed that Hudson did in fact have AIDS. He was among the first notable individuals to have been diagnosed with the disease. On October 2, 1985, Hudson died in his sleep from AIDS-related complications at his home in Beverly Hills at age 59.

1928 – The New York Times reports that a London judge found the lesbian novel “The Well of Loneliness” obscene and ordered all seized copies of it destroyed.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1960 – RuPaul (born November 17, 1960) is born. RuPaul Andre Charles  is an American actor/host, drag queen, television personality, and singer/songwriter. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race, for which he received two Awards in 2016 and 2017. He has described doing drag as a “very, very political” act because it “challenges the status quo” by rejecting fixed identities: “drag says ‘I’m a shapeshifter, I do whatever the hell I want at any given time’. RuPaul has been with his Australian partner, Georges LeBar, since 1994, when they met at the Limelight nightclub in New York City. They married in January 2017. LeBar is a painter and runs a 50,000-acre ranch in Wyoming. In 2017, RuPaul was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

November 17, 1968

Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin play the Rindge Arena in Braintree.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

November 17, 1970

Elton John’s live LP is recorded as it’s broadcast over WABC-FM from A&R Recording Studios in New York, marking one of the first times that a live rock concert is released as a recording.

1971 – A group of sex researchers looking for physical differences between homosexual and heterosexual men announce erroneous findings that heterosexuals have 40% more testosterone in their blood than homosexuals do.

1973

Elton John had the top album with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. 

November 17, 1974

ABBA kick off their first European tour in Copenhagen, playing outside of Sweden for the first time.

1974 – The New Yorker publishes its first gay-themed short, “Minor Heroism” by Allan Gurganus.

1976

A Very Special Olivia Newton-John was shown on ABC television.

1979, Canada – Vancouver Sun reverses course and accepts an ad from Gay Tide after a five-year court battle. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Sun had “reasonable cause” to refuse advertising. The first ad was submitted to the Sun on October 23, 1974.

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

1984

Wham! Were at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Make It Big’ and No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’. Michael’s inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew’s parents, originally intended to read “wake me up before you go” but with “up” accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote “go” twice on purpose.

on the USA song charts, Wham! moved up to #1 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”.

1985 – In New York City, more than 700 people concerned about negative publicity surrounding AIDS, bathhouses, and gay promiscuity attend a town meeting that leads to the founding of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Formed in New York City in 1985 to protest against what it saw as the New York Post‘s defamatory and sensationalized AIDS coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as homophobicreporting. Initial meetings were held in the homes of several New York City activists as well as after-hours at the New York State Council on the Arts. The founding group included film scholar Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990), Gregory Kolovakos (July 30, 1951 – April 16, 1990), then on the staff of the New York State Arts Council and who later became the first executive director; Darryl Yates Rist (1948-1993), Allen Barnett  (May 23, 1955 – August 14, 1991) ; and Jewelle Gomez (born September 11, 1948), the organization’s first treasurer. Some members of GLAAD went on to become the early members of ACT UP.

1987

The Madonna compilation album “You Can Dance” was released.

1988 – The first National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change conference was held in Washington DC.

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

1990

 Whitney Houston moved from 13 to 5 with “I’m Your Baby Tonight”, her 11th Top 10 song in 13 tries,

1991, UK- OutRage, a London direct-action group, stages a zap against the Living Waters ex-gay movement at St Michael’s Church in Belgravia.


1992 – Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) dies. She was a writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, and the exploration of black female identity. While highlighting Audre Lorde’s intersectional points through a lens that focuses on race, gender, socioeconomic status/class and so on, we must also embrace one of her salient identities; lesbianism. Audre Lorde was a lesbian and navigated spaces interlocking her womanhood, gayness and blackness in ways that trumped white feminism, predominately white gay spaces and toxic black male masculinity. Audre Lorde used those identities within her work and ultimately it guided her to create pieces that embodied lesbianism in a light that educated people of many social classes and identities on the issues black lesbian women face in society. From 1991 until her death, she was the New York State Poet Laureate. Lorde died of liver cancer on November 17, 1992, in St. Croix, where she had been living with Gloria I. Joseph. She was 58. In an African naming ceremony before her death, she took the name Gamba Adisa, which means “Warrior: She Who Makes Her Meaning Known.”

1995 – James Woods III (1963-1995), co-author of “The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America,” dies of complications from AIDS at age 32. Woods graduated from Harvard College and the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. He was an assistant professor of communications at Staten Island and at the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan. He is survived by his partner, Paul D. Young

1997 – The National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum issues a press release applauding singer Janet Jackson for her use of sexual orientation themes in her album “The Velvet Rope.”


1997, Mexico – Patria Jimenez (born Elsa Patria Jiménez Flores, 1957) is the first openly gay person elected to a Latin American congress. She is a Mexican politician and head of Clóset de Sor Juana (Sister Juana’s Closet). Openly lesbian, she became the first gay member of Mexico’s legislature in the country’s history—the first in any legislature in Latin America. Jiménez is the longtime head of Sister Juana’s Closet, a lesbian rights group named after Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Carmelite nun and renowned Mexican poet. It is a United Nations accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).

1998

Whitney Houston released “My Love is Your Love.”

1999 – Methodist minister Jimmy Creech was stripped of his clerical status for presiding over a same-sex holy union.

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

2003 – The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts rules that the state cannot bar same-sex couples from marrying and gives the legislature until June to rewrite the laws.

2010 – Transgender Phyllis Frye (born 1946) is appointed an associate judge for the City of Houston. She is the first openly transgender judge appointed in the United States.  Frye graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. While at Texas A&M, Frye was a member of the University’s Corps of Cadets, belonged to the Texas A&M Singing Cadets and got married. She was honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1972. She transitioned in 1976. On April 28, 2013, Frye was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transgender Foundation of America.

2013, UK – Nikki Sinclair (born 26 July 1968) comes out as the first transgender member of the European Parliament. She is a British politician and former leader of the We Demand a Referendum Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 2009 to 2014.

2013, Chili – Claudio Arriagada (Oct. 22, 1955), the mayor of La Granja, Santiago Province, is elected to the Chilean chamber of Deputies after coming out as gay. He is the first openly gay person elected to Congress in Chilean history.

2015 – The U.S. Congress launches the Transgender Equality Task Force to address issues affecting transgender and gender non-conforming people.

2021

November 17, 2021, the Women’s Liberation Front filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections. The lawsuit alleges that California’s law SB 132, which allows inmates to choose to go to whichever prison best suits their “gender identity,” has resulted in egregious violations of the constitutional rights of incarcerated women. Currently, these women are being forced to share their intimate spaces with male prisoners who claim a gender identity of “female,” “gender-fluid,” or “non-binary.” Read more…

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Dear Europe: Lest We Forget oppressing demographics was the problem last time, let’s not keep seeing the same patterns over decades, eh

signed
a Canadian

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/europe-divided-over-lgbt-rights-sees-spike-in-homophobic-transphobic-attacks/206983Europe Divided Over LGBT Rights, Sees Spike In Homophobic & Transphobic Attacks – Star Observer‘We are at a juncture in history when anti-LGBTQI forces are rife, not only in headline-grabbing countries like Poland and Hungary, but across Europe,” says ILGA.www.starobserver.com.au

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a38267930/nicholas-ashe-coming-out-story/Queen Sugar’s Nicholas Ashe on Coming Out and Micah’s Queer StorylineNic Ashe of Queen Sugar talks about coming out in an Instagram post that went viral, and Micah’s queer romance on season 6 of the OWN series.www.oprahdaily.com

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/16/no-straight-lines-alison-bechdel-queer-comicsNo straight lines: Alison Bechdel and the unstoppable rise of queer comics | Documentary films | The GuardianThe artist discusses her role in an eye-opening new documentary that trails the history of LGBTQ+ comic books and the people behind themwww.theguardian.com

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19723348.glasgow-man-working-lgbt-youth-centre-jailed-sex-attacks/Glasgow man working at LGBT youth centre jailed for sex attacks | Glasgow TimesA FORMER volunteer at a centre for LGBT people has been jailed for six years for sex attacks on a teenager he met there.www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

given the history of religion and vulnerable population groups, not a good thing, religion is why shelter and safety are needed

https://southfloridagaynews.com/World/lgbt-youth-find-refuge-at-church-run-shelter-in-el-salvador.htmlLGBT Youth Find Refuge at Church-run Shelter in El Salvador | World | News | SFGN ArticlesSouth Florida Gay News, SFGN, Florida’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper.southfloridagaynews.com

that there are LGBT elderly, and every decade young ones become them

https://wehoville.com/2021/11/16/new-senior-housing-center-opens-at-los-angeles-lgbt-center/New senior housing center opens at Los Angeles LGBT Center – WEHOvilleThe Los Angeles LGBT Center celebrates another milestone:  the opening of The Ariadne Getty Foundation Senior Housing, a cutting-edge 70,000-square-foot  building in Hollywood with 98 affordable housing units for seniors ages 62 and above. The Senior Housing, created in partnership with affordable housing developer Thomas Safran & Associates, represents the culmination of years of planning and …wehoville.com

companies advocate for stockholders alone

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2021/11/chan-companies-must-advocate-for-lgbt-rights-everywhere-in-the-world-not-just-where-its-easy/CHAN: Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it’s easy – The Brock NewsKen Chan, Brock University Vice-President, Administration and Global Executive PhD student at ESCP Business School, had a piece recently published in The Conversation about actions corporations can take to advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in countries where …brocku.ca

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/public-input-sought-on-lgbtq2-national-monument-designsPublic input sought on LGBTQ2+ National Monument designs | Ottawa CitizenThe monument is championed and funded by the not-for-profit LGBT Purge Fund.ottawacitizen.com

https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-lgbt-icon-bulgaria-liana-georgi/31565959.htmlLGBT Protester Who Went Viral For Standing Up To Police Has Released A ‘Gay Anthem’ For TurkeyBorn to Bulgarian and German parents and drawn to Turkey “because I grew up between two cultures,” expat singer Liana Georgieva puts her LGBT activism to a musical test.www.rferl.org

“dysphoria is an obsessive and dissociative condition “

They don’t say “born in the wrong body” anymore, but this is what they mean.

The Gingerbread model actively encourages people to think of themselves as if they were made from component parts, like robots, not humans. It encourages people to think of their body as disconnected from their identity and their sexuality

How much worse, then, to regard your self and your actual human partner as robotic, as a collection of parts. How dissociated from yourself and your partner do you have to be to say “if you want penetrated, why does it matter if it’s a penis or a strap” or “he’s just a man with an extra hole.” These are the words of porn addled robot people. People who view themselves and others as a collection of interchangeable, swappable identities and parts. People whose concept of their self and their body is robotic, rather than human, in nature.

https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/06/lauren-black-gloves-off-im-going-to-talk-about-how-dysphoria-plus-the-gingerbread-model-plus-pornography-leads-to-the-creation-of-who-i-call-porn-addled-robot-people/Lauren Black: “Gloves off. I’m going to talk about how dysphoria, plus the gingerbread model, plus pornography, leads to the creation of who I call ‘porn addled robot people’.” – Lesbian and Gay NewsLauren Black lives with dysphoria You may also like “Coming out… all over again”: James Roberts on Gender Critical Coming Out Day, Sunday 19th December “As one of the lesbians quoted in this article, this backlash has hurt. Deeply.” Kat Howard reflects on her BBC interview on the cotton ceiling. Julie Bindel: “According to the […]lesbianandgaynews.com

To be intersex is to have a disorder (or ‘difference’) of sexual development (DSD), a group of rare conditions involving genes, hormones and reproductive organs, including genitals. It is estimated that between 125 and 150 children are born with a DSD every year in England; a vanishingly small number.

The encroachment of intersex people’s experience by trans ideologues extends to language and it starts in the maternity ward. The term ‘assigned at birth’ is now widely used to accommodate a narrative about feelings of ‘gender identity’ potentially not aligning with sexed genitals. But for the overwhelming majority of people, even those with DSDs, sex is observed; only 0.001% of babies are born with ambiguous genitalia which needs to be assigned.

‘This leads me on to question why trans organisations have included intersex into the sexual orientation/gender identity acronym, because intersex conditions are not an identity, but a biological reality that myself and many others deal with on a daily basis – after all the acronym community wouldn’t hijack other medical conditions like deafness, blindness or mobility disabilities – why are they hijacking people with intersex medical conditions?’

Sex is not a spectrum; there is no middle point between egg and sperm.

https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/06/jo-bartosch-on-why-intersex-people-are-fed-up-with-their-medical-conditions-being-repurposed-as-a-transgender-identity/Jo Bartosch on why intersex people are fed up with their medical conditions being repurposed as a transgender identity – Lesbian and Gay NewsFascists can be easily spotted; they tend to have an unhealthy obsession with flags and a penchant for colonising terrain to which they have no claim. This is perfectly illustrated by this year’s ‘progress pride’ flag, to which has been added a purple circle on a yellow background apparently to signal intersex inclusion. Underlying the […]lesbianandgaynews.com

Who was meant to be paying that price? The many placards gave the answers: “Stonewall erases lesbians” / “Transing lesbian girls is gay conversion therapy” / “Complicit in the sterilisation of children who play with the ‘wrong’ toys?”. The angry chants also focused on medicalisation: “Stop transing children, kids cannot consent” / “Hey Stonewall, leave the gays alone.

https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/10/it-was-the-first-lgb-led-protest-against-an-organisation-increasingly-seen-as-having-betrayed-the-gays-reports-mrmenno-from-the-comeoutofstonewall-protest/“It was the first LGB-led protest against an organisation increasingly seen as having betrayed the gays,” reports MrMenno from the #ComeOutOfStonewall protest – Lesbian and Gay News“Who took the first brick out of Stonewall?” may well be the question asked in years to come if the beleaguered ‘alphabet soup’ lobby group ends up toppling over. Some may point at investigative journalists, some at senior cabinet ministers, and some at Allison Bailey for suing them over allegedly colluding to have her sacked […]lesbianandgaynews.com

As far as I’m concerned, gender identity is like a religion. If others believe in it and want to live their lives in accordance with its strictures, that’s fair enough. But as a non-believer I’m not obliged to do the same

https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/11/claire-heuchan-every-time-i-see-one-woman-dismiss-another-either-as-a-terf-or-handmaiden-my-heart-sinks/Claire Heuchan: “Every time I see one woman dismiss another, either as a ‘TERF’ or ‘handmaiden’, my heart sinks.” – Lesbian and Gay NewsI recently ordered an anthology called First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far). The rush of serotonin I get from buying second-hand books online has, thus far, sustained me through the pandemic. Mostly I choose lesbian novels and feminist texts. But reading is supposed to expand our horizons – so I try to read […]lesbianandgaynews.com

https://www.newsweek.com/theres-no-standard-care-when-it-comes-trans-medicine-opinion-1603450There’s No Standard for Care When it Comes to Trans Medicine | OpinionThe day I got my first testosterone shot, I wept with joy. I thought I had discovered my path to self-actualization as a transgender man. One year later, I would be curled in my bed, clutching mywww.newsweek.com

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Today in LGBT History   by Ronni Sanlo

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 17 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › this-day-in-lgbt-history-novem…Nov. 17, 2019 — THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 17 … We bought new bike helmets yesterday. The kind we bought is important because our old brains need all …

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  Today in LGBT History – November 17 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › today-in-lgbt-history-novembe…Nov. 17, 2017 — Today in LGBT History – November 17 … From Sarah Schulman: “Didn’t 70’s feminists, the most maligned radicals in American history, tell us …

The Lavender Effect

Our Daily Elvis

BCE to The Suffragettes

1502, Italy – Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510) is accused of sodomy but the charges were dropped. Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Botticelli’s posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then, his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting.

1928, UK – “The Well of Loneliness” by Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) is declared obscene. Hall is best known for this groundbreaking work in lesbian literature.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

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

1964: 

Randy Wicker is a guest on The Les Crane Show, becoming the first openly gay person to appear on national television. Following the show, Wicker is barraged by hundreds of letters from isolated lesbians and gay men across the country. He is an American author, activist and blogger. After involvement in the early homophile and gay liberation movements, Wicker became active around the issue of human cloning.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1970, UK – The London Gay Liberation Front attends a demonstration in support of the National Union of Students.

Anne Murray’s single “Snowbird” was certified Gold.

Elton John recorded a show at A&R Recording Studios in New York City for live broadcast on radio station WABC-FM that was later released as the 11-17-70 album.

1971 – Bruce Voeller (May 12, 1934 – February 13, 1994), chair of the Gay Activist Alliance State and Federal Affairs Committee, questions Sen. Ted Kennedy. Kennedy said he would support efforts to end policies which deny homosexuals the right to work gainfully in their professions.

November 16, 1973

David Bowie‘s first British TV special, 1980 Floor Show aired on NBC as an episode of Midnight Special. His guests were Marianne Faithful and The Troggs.

 Elton John had the top album with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.  

November 16, 1974John Lennon was at No.1 in the US singles chart with ‘Whatever Gets You Through The Night.’ Elton John played on the session and made a deal with Lennon that if the song reached No.1, Lennon would have to appear on stage live with Elton. Lennon kept his side of the deal and appeared live with Elton. They played three songs together: ‘I Saw Her Standing There,’ ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’ and ‘Whatever Gets You Through the Night.’ Backstage after the concert, Lennon got back with Yoko Ono after a temporary split.

 ABBA ventured out of their native Sweden for the first time.  But not too far–just on a tour of Europe, which began at the Falkonercentret in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1976

 A Very Special Olivia Newton-John was shown on ABC television.

1978

A concert by Queen at New York’s Madison Square Garden featured a row of semi-nude, over-weight women on bicycles to promote the band’s current single, “Fat-Bottomed Girls”.

1979 –

Martin Sherman’s (born December 22, 1938)  “Bent,” about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, starring Richard Gere and David Dukes, begins previews on Broadway. Sherman is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 55 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. 

ABBA was verified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the top-selling group in recording history.

ABBA had their fifth #1 album in the U.K. with Greatest Hits, Volume 2.

On the USA LP charts:  Barbra Streisand edged up with Wet, One Voice from Barry Manilow captured the #9 spot 

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

1980

Dolly Parton released the single “9 To 5”.

1984,

Germany – The West German government announces it will attempt to pass legislation making it a crime for a person with AIDS to have sex.

On the USA song charts: Wham! moved up to #1 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”.  Prince peaked at #2 with “Purple Rain”

1985

Wham!  led the way on the U.K. Album chart with Make It Big.

1987

Madonna released her compilation You Can Dance.

1989, Germany – The Center for Homosexual Lifestyles was established in Berlin. It was the first time in Germany that a public office was established specifically to deal with the concerns of lesbians and gay men. Called the Referat fur Gleichgeschlectliche Lebensweisen (Center for Homosexual Lifestyles), the state-level office works to eliminate discrimination and promote understanding of gay men and lesbians.

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

1990

Bette Midler continued her momentum as “From A Distance” remained #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week.

Whitney Houston moved from 13 to 5 with “I’m Your Baby Tonight”, Vanilla Ice cooled off with “Ice Ice Baby which Queen sued him for copyright; and Bette Midler moved into the Top 10 with “From A Distance”.

1995, Canada – A directive was issued by the Canadian Government allowing workers in same-sex relationships to take time off in the event of a partner’s illness or death.

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

2000

Elton John told a London High Court that his former lover and manager John Reid betrayed him over touring costs. The singer said Reid, had been “caught with his hands in the till”. Elton was suing Andrew Haydon, former managing director of John Reid Enterprises, his management company alleging Haydon was negligent in allowing JREL to charge him “several millions” in overseas tour expenses.

Cher was a guest star on the show Will & Grace on NBC-TV.

2006

In a poll compiled by the Official UK Charts Company, “Queen’s Greatest Hits” was named as the most popular album of all time in Britain. According to the list, the album has sold around 5.4 million copies, beating the Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, which has sold 4.8 million copies.

2019

Colonial Williamsburg begins researching LGBTQ historyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com › history › 2019/11/16Nov. 16, 2019 — ‘Like chasing shadows’: Uncovering Colonial Williamsburg’s LGBTQ history. The Fife and Drum Corps performs in Colonial … November 16, 2019.

2021

first books, then people

https://www.klfy.com/lafayette-parish/lgbtq-book-to-remain-in-circulation-at-lafayette-public-library/LGBTQ book to remain in circulation at Lafayette Public libraryThe banning of a particular book named This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson was at question at the Lafayette Library Control meetingwww.klfy.com

it is this hunting of people that is concerning.. doxxing to uttering threats –

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/anti-lgbtq-group-offers-500-bounty-turn-divisive-teachers/Anti-LGBTQ group offers $500 bounty to turn in “divisive” teachers / LGBTQ NationMoms for Liberty previously protested a school because two girls kissed in public during Homecoming. Now they want to end teachers’ careers if they’re “divisive…www.lgbtqnation.com

https://apnews.com/article/gender-identity-st-louis-kansas-city-kansas-columbia-81beb493b36915321b9a564351564c4cIndependence bans LGBTQ conversion therapyINDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City suburb of Independence is the latest in the metropolitan area to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to prohibit mental health professionals from using conversion therapy.apnews.com

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2021/11/15/whatever-happened-to-the-palms-dubbed-americas-first-lgbtq-retirement-community/?itm_source=parsely-apiWhat happened to America’s first LGBTQ retirement community?“It was a dream,” said one resident of the Tampa Bay neighborhood. “That’s all it was.”www.tampabay.com

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/15/22778378/lgbtq-students-universities-worst-list-safety-mental-health-elizabeth-ziffFinding better ways to ensure safety for LGBTQ young people – Chicago Sun-TimesConcerns about safety and belonging stem from real and acute threats to physical, mental, and emotional safety. In 2020 The Human Rights Campaign reports a record number of incidents of fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people.chicago.suntimes.com

anyone surprised?

https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/7513454/lgbt-survey-reveals-high-police-distrust/LGBT survey reveals high police distrust | Manning River Times | Taree, NSWFour out of five LGBTIQA+ Victorians do not trust police to use their powers reasonably and half don’t trust them with their personal information, a survey ha…www.manningrivertimes.com.au

health care continues to barely include heterosexual women

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/this-short-film-wants-to-show-medical-professionals-how-to-provide-lgbtq-inclusive-care-1.6248586This short film wants to show medical professionals how to provide LGBTQ-inclusive care | CBC NewsA new short film aims to show medical professionals how the healthcare needs of transgender and LGBTQ folks often go unmet, and how they can combat this.www.cbc.ca

do not congratulate for minimal results – it is not like anything has improved for heterosexual women….

and it is not like ethnicity is understood as being oppressed

and sex – so sexuality – is what makes most loose their minds completely

being bothered others exist to inferring with other person’s lives

https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/11/16/letters-why-veterans-day-2021-special-lgbt-vets/6387276001/Letters: Why Veterans Day 2021 was special for LGBT vetsLetters to the Editorwww.dispatch.com

Misogyny in the LGBQT2 goes mainstream where misogyny is king

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/drag-performers-going-mainstream-1.6248819Drag performers go mainstream outside of LGBTQ community, Pride season | CBC NewsThere is growing momentum for the performative art as television shows like Canada’s Drag Race are growing in popularity and a local elementary school recently held a drag queen story hour.www.cbc.ca

https://english.newstracklive.com/news/lgbt-no-entry-in-virat-kohlis-restaurant-after-the-ruckus-this-kind-of-cleaning-was-given-sc82-nu915-ta328-1192827-1.htmlLGBT no entry in Virat Kohli’s restaurant! clarification was given after controversies | NewsTrack English 1Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is in the news, but this time he has been the talk of the town on social media not about cricket but beca..|News Trackenglish.newstracklive.com

those who oppose equality and human dignity: it is always religion

https://international.la-croix.com/news/world/catholic-bishops-in-ghana-reiterate-support-for-anti-lgbt-bill/15217Catholic bishops in Ghana reiterate support for anti-LGBT billAs Ghana’s parliament debates controversial bill to criminalize the practice and promotion of homosexuality, the country’s Catholic bishops say it should be voted into lawinternational.la-croix.com

identify as so as to not be heterosexual or actually are?

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/30-percent-of-us-millennials-identify-as-lgbt/30 percent of US Millennials identify as LGBT – Mission Network NewsUSA (MNN) — Earlier this year, a Gallup survey of Generation Z found 1 in 6 identified as LGBT.www.mnnonline.org

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