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LGBTQ2 for September 29

Before the 1900s to The Suffragettes

1926: The Captive, a melodrama about a young woman seduced by an older woman (her “shadow”), creates a sensation on Broadway for its lesbian undertones.

The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

1947

Dizzy Gillespie gave his first Carnegie Hall concert.

The Miles Davis Story (Documentary w/link) – Okayplayer.com …https://board.okayplayer.com › okpDamn, I would’ve never thought he was gay, bisexual, homosexual or anything other than … He talks about seeing Miles Davis tongue kissing Dizzy Gillespie.

1948 – Rope, an Alfred Hitchcock film with a gay subtext, opens in theaters. Based on the play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton and adapted by Hume Cronyn, it was inspired by the real-life thrill kill murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by gay University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

September 29, 1956

Elvis Presley’s double-sided smash “Hound Dog”/”Don’t Be Cruel” resumed the #1 position on the R&B chart. Elvis’ cover of Hound Dog sang of himself, while the original was about a cheating entire man.

RCA Victor, by this day, had received 856,327 advance orders for “Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley.

Nick Adams behind Elvis on his new motorbike

Elvis and Nick Adams returned to the Memphis Fairgrounds for the Mid-South Fair

September 29, 1959

Cliff Richard becomes the first UK artist to have a Rock ‘n’ Roll hit in the US when “Living Doll” makes the Billboard chart, where it will peak at #30. Richard was long rumoured to be gay, is the only celeb cleared of sexual misconduct with minors, publicly has only admitted to being in love with Olivia Newton-John, and refuses in the current decade to sexually identify.

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

September 29, 1962

 “My Fair Lady” closed after a 6½ year run on Broadway. The show, at the time, held the record for the longest-running musical.

1963 – Judy Garland’s variety show debuts Sunday on CBS. The Judy Garland Show was an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.

Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1973 –

W.H. Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) dies in Vienna at age 63. He was an English-American poet. Auden’s poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form and content.  From around 1927 to 1939 Auden and Christopher Isherwood maintained a lasting but intermittent sexual friendship while both had briefer but more intense relations with other men. In 1939 Auden fell in love with Chester Kallman and regarded their relation as a marriage; this ended in 1941 when Kallman refused to accept the faithful relation that Auden demanded, but the two maintained their friendship, and from 1947 until Auden’s death they lived in the same house or apartment in a non-sexual relation, often collaborating on opera libretti such as The Rake’s Progress, for music by Igor Stravinsky.

on the USA song charts at three Cher with “Half Breed”

September 29, 1975

Elton John released the single “Island Girl”.

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

1984

on the USA song charts at 4 Cyndi Lauper with “She Bop”, Bananarama edged up to #9 with “Cruel Summer”

1986

Madonna released the single “True Blue”.

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

1990

The album Listen Without Prejudice by George Michael debuted at #22 on the USA charts and had song #5 “Praying For Time” 

1991: California Governor Pete Wilson vetoes AB 101 a gay and lesbian employment rights bill, inciting what some call Stonewall II, a month of marches and angry protests across the state.

1992 – Actor, singer, and songwriter Paul Jabara (January 31, 1948 – September 29, 1992) dies from AIDS at the age of 44.  Jabara wrote Donna Summer’s Last Dance from Thank God It’s Friday, Barbra Streisand’s song The Main Event/Fight (1979), and co-wrote the Weather Girls hit It’s Raining Men with Paul Shaffer. Paul Jabara won both Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Last Dance from TGIF in which he also played the role of Carl, the lovelorn and nearsighted disco goer.

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

2004

 Bono of U2 addressed the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, England about AIDS and world poverty.

2005: Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, vetoes the bill passed by the California Legislature on September 6 that would have legalized same-sex marriage.

2006: 

Canada: The Anglican Journal reports that Terence Finlay, retired Archbishop of Toronto and Metropolitan of Ontario, has solemnized the marriage of a lesbian couple—and that Finlay’s successor, Colin Johnson, has suspended his license to conduct weddings.

USA – Closet case Florida Republican congressman Mark Foley (born September 8, 1954) resigns after Instant Messages of a sexual nature between him and underage male congressional pages are revealed.

GLAD files and wins lawsuit on behalf of Rhode Island to allow out-of-state same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts, the only state in the country in which same-sex marriage is legal

2008

Timeline: Notable Events in LGBT Canadian History – CBC.cahttps://www.cbc.ca › interactives › gayrevolution › time…– September 29: At an all-candidates debate staged for a high school student audience in Sudbury during the 2008 federal election, independent candidate David …

2010: 

Tasmania passes a bill recognizing legal same-sex marriages performed outside Tasmania.

2012: 

California Governor Jerry Brown signs SB 1172, a historic bill banning gay conversion therapy for minors.

2012

The UK press reported that there really was a girl who works down the chip shop and swears she’s Elvis’ daughter, after Lisa Marie Presley was spotted serving up deep-fried treats on a mobile motor called Mr Chippy. The 44-year-old, offspring of Elvis and actress Priscilla, donned an apron and cooked battered cod for the locals. Kim Scales, who owned the business, said: “Lisa Marie likes to see how we live and experience British life. We were laughing because the customers didn’t know who she was. She really enjoyed it.” The singer, had moved to the quaint village of Rotherfield, East Sussex, two years ago from Los Angeles.

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Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie working in a chip shop – Mirror Online

2021

Given that lesbians and gay men were oppressed by heterosexual owing to our not having procreative sex owing to our same sex/same gender respective sexualities.

which are no longer in the diagnostic manual and are a protected characteristic under most western nation law

the legal argument that the non procreative sexof Lesbians and Gay men sexuality is a hate crime or bigotry against persons with a body dysmorphia diagnosis of transgender, is foolish on the face of the claim

https://www.rebelnews.com/at_least_one_incarcerated_california_woman_pregnant_by_male_inmate_identifying_as_trans_womens_group_saysAt least one incarcerated California woman pregnant by male inmate identifying as trans, women’s group says – Rebel NewsThe fearless source of news, opinion, and activism that you won’t find anywhere else.www.rebelnews.com

it was heterosexual men who coined the phrases “homophobia” and “transphobia” to make their having murdered, raped and assaulted individually and in groups of “heterosexual” men vs gay men and transwomen

there is no word other than assault, rape and murder when hetero men do this to heterosexual women, bisexual women and lesbians

Pansexuals and nonbinary are new identities which have not been illegal by name and definition in law

so for anyone to claim it is “transphobic” or “pan” or “bi” phobic for a heterosexual, bisexual or a gay man and lesbians to say no to a date with a bi, pan or trans person is to very much use the word incorrectly

gay men do not have to date gay men who do drag, which is bashing on women, nor transwomen who do not appeal as males nor transmen as penis transplants, which is proven medically possible are not done and objects are not body parts.

and for bisexual women and lesbians, in particular, to be told we do not have a no to a date, with a person who is clothes away from a heterosexual, is not only denying our human right to choose who we have sexual relationships with, to name call and insist we ignore our own senses is gaslighting.

post op transwomen may be sufficient for heterosexual or bisexual males, but bisexual women and lesbians are aware of what vaginas are

sexual activity is not interchangable and nonprocreative sex between the same genders and procreative sex between the two genders in a sexually reproducing species are the only two options

anyone who avoids informed consent and cannot accept a no to a date request, and responds with the name calling and sluring, is admitting that no one should date them, regardless of identity.

there is a right to a no individually and by demographic definition

which may not be “self identified” into by those who lack the shared characteristics

words have specific meaning, which can not include the opposite

biology terms, legal words and for human rights to matter, not words that allow women to positively self identify. language is intended to be specific and commonly understood.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/09/29/lawmakers-propose-to-outlaw-lgbt-panic-defense-in-criminal-trials-during-22-session/Lawmakers propose to outlaw LGBT ‘panic’ defense in criminal trials during ’22 session – Florida PhoenixLegislation filed for the Florida legislative session that opens in January would bar use of the “gay panic” defense — arguments before a judge or jury that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity so freaked out the assailant that the assault was reasonable. The House sponsor — Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orange County […]floridaphoenix.com

meanwhile in the real world, and not academics, where an idea that may not be questioned by peers or at all, may be dismissed without consideration.

Just as atheists do not have to practise religions rejected, no one has to accept an idea that explains nothing, predicts nothing and cannot be tested, and also does not explain any better than what is more projection than substance.

UCLA Study Suggests Nearly Half of LGBT Renters Behind on Rent Fear Eviction Within 2 Months

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/poland-anti-lgbt-resolutions-eu-b1929135.htmlThree Polish regions row back anti-LGBT resolutions after EU pressure | The IndependentThe EU had threatened to pull about £130m in fundingwww.independent.co.uk

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/29/sisanda-gumede-south-africa-lesbian-murder/Defenceless young lesbian’s alleged murderer gloated about freeing her family from an evil ‘curse’South Africa’s LGBT+ community are demanding justice for a lesbian whose alleged murderer gloated about removing a “curse” from her family.www.pinknews.co.uk

https://www.nme.com/news/music/grimes-jokes-about-building-lesbian-space-commune-after-elon-musk-split-3058201Grimes jokes about building “lesbian space commune” after Elon Musk splitGrimes has joked in a new interview about her plans to build a “lesbian space commune” following her split from Elon Musk.www.nme.com

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/29/guardians-galaxy-bisexual-star-lord/Marvel abruptly cancels Guardians of the Galaxy comic featuring bisexual Star-LordMarvel Comics had abruptly cancelled the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series featuring a bisexual Star-Lord. The entertainment company’s comic division has dashed hopes of a bisexual, polyamorous Peter Quill,  the 1980s pop culture-grooving armed professional scavenger, becoming a mainstay. Marvel, without offering an explanation, has made the 22 September issue of the rebooted series … Continuedwww.pinknews.co.uk

https://screenrant.com/james-bond-new-actor-gay-ben-whishaw-response/No Time To Die Star Wants James Bond To Be Played By Out Gay ActorNo Time to Die’s Ben Whishaw shares his thoughts on an openly gay actor being cast as James Bond, stating he believes it would be extraordinary.screenrant.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/opinion/Roxane-Gay-Pass-Over.htmlOpinion | Roxane Gay: “Pass Over” on Broadway, and the Death of My Beloved Brother – The New York TimesEven when I feel there is nothing more any of us can say about our collective grief for the fragility of Black life, there can be a way forward.www.nytimes.com

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/29/colombias-first-openly-gay-congressman-to-seek-re-election/Colombia’s first openly gay congressman to seek re-electionMauricio Toro elected in 2018www.washingtonblade.com

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/tommy-kirk-child-star-yeller-died-79-80315322Tommy Kirk, the child star in ‘Old Yeller,’ has died at 79 – ABC NewsTommy Kirk, a child star who played in Disney films such as “Old Yeller” and “The Shaggy Dog,” has diedabcnews.go.com

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July 17, 1959

Billie Holiday died in a New York City hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse, aged 43. (While under arrest for heroin possession, with Police officers stationed at the door to her room.) In the final years of her life, she had been progressively swindled out of her earnings, and she died with $0.70 in the bank. Holiday had a longtime addiction to drugs and alcohol, but evidence suggests she died from a kidney infection. Among Holiday’s best-known songs were “Lover Man,” “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child.” It was not until 1986 — 27 years after her death — that she was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1976

 Changesonebowie by David Bowie rounding out the LP chart at 10

1982

The Human League held on to #1 for a third week with “Don’t You Want Me”

 Soft Cell moved up to #8 with “Tainted Love”, 

1993

Barbra Streisand’s album Back to Broadway debuted at #1.  Janet by Janet Jackson fell to #2.  

2021

https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/sex/why-lesbian-sex-is-great/1675017Why Is Lesbian Sex Great? 10 Awesome Things About Lesbian Sex That Nobody Tells You About“Oh, lesbian sex is probably so good because you inherently understand each other’s BODIES better, right?”
I remember overhearing a woman ask another woman this in a downtown Manhattan coffee shop when I was a little kid. I was maybe 10 years old,…www.elitedaily.com

horror movies are about clutching each other on a date – but the threat to women, in particularly lesbians is really not entertainment

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/movies/fear-street-lesbian-romance.htmlIn ‘Fear Street,’ a Lesbian Romance Provides Hope for a Genre – The New York TimesMainstream horror rarely lets queer women be the heroes. The Netflix trilogy takes a defiant stance with a relationship that covers centuries.www.nytimes.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/culture/social-media-cancel-culture-roxane-gay.htmlOpinion | Roxane Gay: Why People Are So Awful Online – The New York TimesOn social media, we are all hammers seeking nails.www.nytimes.com

https://www.coastreporter.net/bc-news/incompetent-nurse-serving-gay-community-stripped-of-licence-ordered-to-pay-24268-3963146Nurse serving Vancouver gay community stripped of licence – Coast ReporterNurse put “vulnerable patients at risk for harm, both physically and psychologically,” BC College of Nurses and Midwives disciplinary panel findswww.coastreporter.net

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2021/07/16/no-ordinary-man-shatters-stereotypes-about-transgender-men/?sh=29aa44386f47‘No Ordinary Man’ Shatters Stereotypes About Transgender MenIt wasn’t until after jazz musician Billy Tipton died that his family and the world learned of his secret. But this film does more than reframe his life; it shines a new light on men whose lives are too often overlooked.www.forbes.com

June 7 for lgbtq2

June 7, 1965

The USA Supreme Court handed down a decision that legalized the use of contraception by married couples.

1971
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Paul Cohen’s disturbing the peace conviction in Los Angeles , by wearing a jacket displaying “Fuck the Draft” in the public corridors of a California courthouse.
establishing the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen_v._California

1975

Elton John’s album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which came in #85 in the Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*, had been released this week and debuted at #1, the first album in history to accomplish the feat and one of a select few in the Rock Era.  Elton toppled Earth, Wind & Fire’s album That’s the Way of the World while the Soundtrack to “Tommy” fell to #3.  Jeff Beck was #4 with Blow By Blow and America reached #5 with Hearts“.  The rest of the Top 10:  Alice Cooper with Welcome To My NightmareChicago VIII was at #7, Bad Company fell to #8 with Straight ShooterNuthin’ Fancy from Lynyrd Skynyrd was #9 and Carly Simon had the #10 album with Playing Possum.

1980

“The Rose” spent a fifth week at #1 for Bette Midler on the Adult Contemporary chart.

1980

Elton John’s 29th career hit “Little Jeannie” was #10

1986

Madonna had the new #1 with “Live To Tell” but it would be short-lived as Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald’s “On My Own” was closing fast.  Whitney Houston fell to 3 after three weeks at #1 with “Greatest Love Of All”.

The album Whitney Houston spent its 11th week at #1 and 36th in the Top 10 and 63rd week on the Album chart.

1987

David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin in front of the Reichstag with the speakers pointing towards the nearby Berlin Wall where thousands of young East Berliners stood and listened.

1993

Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol (

The Artist

).  (from the name “The Artist formerly Known as Prince) – the symbol being a combination of the Male/female ones – and also used for transgender.  The name change reflected an ongoing battle with Warner Brothers Records over ownership and direction of his music.

2000

The “Prince: A Celebration” party began at Paisley Park Studios. The weeklong event was in celebration of The Artist reclaiming his name “Prince” after a 7-year battle with Warner Brothers.

2009

Elton John’s musical Billy Elliot won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

2020

Grease: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Reflect on THAT Finale Reveal | rETroET spoke with the cast of ‘Grease’ about turning the hit Broadway musical into a cinema classic. John Travolta reveals who else was considered to portray Sandy, and why he knew Olivia Newton-John was the only person for the role. ‘Grease Sing-a-Long’ will air June 7 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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2021

https://theindependent.ca/journalism/why-st-johns-pride-banned-uniformed-police/Why St. John’s Pride Banned Uniformed Police — The IndependentWhy St. John’s Pride Banned Uniformed Policetheindependent.ca

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/06/stonewall-risks-all-it-has-fought-for-in-accusing-those-who-disagree-with-it-of-hate-speechStonewall risks all it has fought for in accusing those who disagree with it of hate speech | Sonia Sodha | The GuardianThe charity has forgotten that true power lies in solidarity and compromisewww.theguardian.com

gender critical feminists are women.. so siding against women is being against women.

Cotton Ceiling is a transwomen admission of hate crime against lesbians

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/07/gender-critical-feminism-far-right-agenda-institute-race-relations-trans-transphobia/There’s a alarming link between ‘gender-critical’ feminism and the far-rightThe anti-trans arguments made by ‘gender critical’ feminists risk enforcing heterosexual norms, the Institute of Race Relations has warned.www.pinknews.co.uk

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-biblioracle-0613-20210607-wltdlmxncngchgejxa43ifgcbe-story.htmlOpinion: Roxane Gay Books — a model for publishing industry – Chicago TribuneGrove Atlantic’s recent announcement to launch Roxane Gay Books to help foster and promote underrepresented writers is a good first step forward — and is a model that could be replicated by other publishers, writes Biblioracle columnist John Warner.www.chicagotribune.com

https://www.espn.com/soccer/concacaf-nations-league/story/4401690/usmnt-mexico-nations-league-final-halted-for-anti-gay-chant-by-fansUSMNT-Mexico Nations League final halted for anti-gay chant by fansThe CONCACAF Nations League final between the United States and Mexico was marred by unruly fan behavior.www.espn.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/books/review/ravenous-sam-apple.htmlHow Did a Gay Scientist of Jewish Descent Thrive Under the Nazis? – The New York TimesIn “Ravenous,” Sam Apple tells the story of a researcher who was able to carry out his groundbreaking work on cancer cells even in the middle of World War II.www.nytimes.com

https://thetab.com/uk/2021/06/07/dont-act-straight-when-youre-gay-tiktok-sound-208638What is the “don’t act straight when you’re gay!” sound all over TikTok rn?The “don’t look at me like that, don’t act straight when you’re gay” sound is all over TikTok right now, but where is it from originally?thetab.com

https://www.nme.com/news/music/rob-halford-looks-back-on-coming-out-as-gay-on-mtv-its-a-glorious-moment-2962447Judas Priest’s Rob Halford looks back on coming out as gay on MTVJudas Priest’s Rob Halford has marked Pride month by reflecting on the moment he came out as gay on television.www.nme.com

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4av3jb/chiles-conservative-president-suddenly-supports-gay-marriage-activists-say-its-pinkwashingChile’s Conservative President Suddenly Supports Gay Marriage. Activists Say It’s ‘Pinkwashing.’The country’s LGBTQ community cautiously welcomed the move from President Sebastian Piñera, but many suspect it is a bid for popularity and question whether he will act on his words.www.vice.com

https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/06/chick-fil-a-wont-stop-funding-anti-gay-causes-so-burger-king-is-stepping-in-to-help/Chick-fil-A won’t stop funding anti-gay causes, so Burger King is stepping in to helpBurger King’s Ch’King sandwich will help fund LGBTQ equality to counter Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy’s support for anti-LGBTQ causeswww.metroweekly.com

denying access to material is censorship.

from the article:

Carmel Farahbakhsh, who goes by the pronouns they/them, said they understand that the libraries do not want to engage in censorship and does agree with that.

“I do not want to tell the person who wrote this book that they cannot publish. But I do want to have a community-centered space…taking a stance to protect marginalized voices and say that they’re not going to carry it,” they said.

LGB Alliance is a British charity that advocates for the rights of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. Its exclusion of transgender and nonbinary communities from its advocacy angers many groups focused on LGBTQ issues, a consortium of which recently challenged the alliance’s charitable status. They accuse LGB Alliance of being transphobic and having links to the U.S. Christian right, VICE reports.

LGB Alliance denies both accusations. They assert that lesbians, gays and bisexuals have “specific concerns” that differ from transgender people, and that it’s “unhelpful” for them to work together.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/twitter-verifies-transphobic-group/LGBTQ advocates outraged Twitter verified a transphobic group during PrideLGBTQ advocates slam Twitter for verifying the account of LGB Alliance, a British charity they say is transphobic.www.dailydot.com