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LGBTQ History
This black queer legal pioneer helped launch Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto the Supreme Court
Ginsburg named her as one of the co-authors in a career-defining legal brief, even though Pauli Murray had no hand in writing it.
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LGBTQ History
This transgender soul singer publicly transitioned in the 60s & ruled the charts while she did it
Before RuPaul, there was Jackie Shane. Almost 50 years after she retired and faded from public view, she may be about to add a Grammy to her accolades.
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News (USA)
How Jesse Jackson helped bring gay rights to the Democratic mainstream
In 1984, the Reverend Jesse Jackson brought gays and lesbians into the Democratic Party as part of the “Rainbow Coalition.”
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LGBTQ History
James Baldwin, Marsha Johnson & more: 5 documentaries about being black & queer
You’ll learn something… and be entertained.
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LGBTQ History
Meet America’s first openly gay professional baseball player
Glenn Burke (1952-95) was the first and only major league baseball player to come out as gay.
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LGBTQ History
The ‘Godmother of Rock & Roll’ was a black lesbian
“All this new stuff they call rock ’n’ roll, why, I’ve been playing that for years now.”
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News (USA)
Remembering the legacy of Bayard Rustin
Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.
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LGBTQ History
Chicago’s first black mayor was a gay rights champion
He was the first mayor to headline a gay-rights rally, and he established the city’s first office on gay and lesbian issues.
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News (World)
How a bi black dancer from St. Louis helped the Resistance liberate France from Nazis
Josephine Baker became a celebrity in France. When Germany invaded, she used her skills for espionage.
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LGBTQ History
Before Moonlight: 10 films that celebrate the African American LGBT experience
Best of all, you can stream them all right now.
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News (USA)
Meet 4 historic icons who made the Harlem Renaissance ‘as gay as it was black’
“Nobody was in the closet. There wasn’t any closet.”
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Commentary
Audre Lorde criticized exclusionary feminism decades before it became a big issue
The infighting and erasure that still plague progressive movements, including the Women’s March, is nothing new. It’s time we learned from the past.
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News (USA)
In 1928, the ‘Mother of the Blues’ recorded an amazing lesbian anthem
She was singing about how she could “talk to the gals just like any old man” over 40 years before Stonewall.
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Commentary
Trump’s Frederick Douglass comment proves we still need Black History Month
Recent comments from President Trump and his press secretary have made it unclear the White House actually knows who Frederick Douglass was — and that he’s no longer alive.
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News (USA)
Unsung heroes: LZ Granderson breaks barriers for black men in journalism
If you’ve never heard of LZ Granderson, we’re just going to assume that you’re not into sports. Or politics. Or watching television.
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News (USA)
Obama: ‘You know it’s Black History Month when someone yells, “Heyyy, Michelle! Girl, you look so good!’”
We live in interesting times.