LGBT History Month 2016

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  Remembering the gay man who saved 17 million lives

  Sunday, October 30, 2016

  The WWII hero saved millions of lives before being chemically castrated for being gay. He killed himself two years later.

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  Meet the gay man behind many of your favorite Muppets characters

  Tuesday, October 11, 2016

  Many of Richard Hunt's Muppet characters are household names: Beaker, Scooter, Janice, Statler and Waldorf.

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  While tales of heroes dominate, LGBT History Month should be about you

  Monday, October 10, 2016

  We can learn much from the lives of the historical figures that came before us, but perhaps we can learn even more from the LGBTQ people we meet in our day to day lives.

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  Malcolm X was a ‘gay for pay’ hustler in his youth

  Thursday, October 6, 2016

  It can also be argued that Malcolm's same-sex encounters were not solely financially motivated - including his relationship with a white businessman.

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  Out and proud: Why it is important to learn your LGBT history

  Wednesday, October 5, 2016

  As I taught a history seminar, a young gay college student from a small town in middle America raised his hand and asked, "What is a Stonewall?"

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  Confederate and Union: The untold history of gay Civil War soldiers

  Tuesday, October 4, 2016

  During the Civil War conventional gender roles and sexual behavior could not be strictly tethered to a heterosexual paradigm.

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