George Washington

• Birth date: 1732
  

Both the American and British governments have taken the first steps toward reckoning with their past ostracization of LGBTQ servicemembers. But more must be done.

In 1778, George Washington had a soldier drummed out of the military for sodomy. 243 years later, the Fife and Drum Corps, Honor Guard Company, and the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard were all there to celebrate a lesbian general’s retirement.

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Fun fact: President’s Day isn’t an actual federal holiday. It’s George Washington’s birthday. Some states make it more inclusive.

What better time to make an “orange fool” – a dessert fit for a former president?

“I should go spit on his grave,” the filmmaker said about one slave-owning ancestor.

And the internet had a good laugh.

Deborah Sampson dressed as a man to join the Army. While she married and had children after the war, her gender identity wasn’t important on the battlefield.

This is the dude who deserves the credit, and we bet you never heard of him.

The Founding Father was bisexual. So why doesn’t anyone sing about Hamilton’s lover, John Laurens?

Without his leadership, our modern America might still be the British Colonies.

The majority of the Founding Fathers held a secularist and globalist view, but in some cases – like George Washington’s – this included a strongly gay-friendly attitude.