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Together “Black Lives Matter & the LGBTQ movement” will make the world a better place
When Donzaleigh Abernathy saw what happened at the Capitol on January 6, she was angered and moved. But it wasn’t anything she hasn’t seen before – and she still believes that we’re on the path to a better world.
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She grew up with MLK and was Kamala Harris’ gym buddy. Meet Donzaleigh Abernathy.
She was irreparably shaped by the sudden assassination of her beloved Uncle Martin, but she refused to let fear hold her back.
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Iowa bill would ban teachers from saying that Pete Buttigieg is gay without notifying parents
The bill’s supporters said that Buttigieg’s identity is a “controversial topic” that parents should have a right to opt their children out of.
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LGBTQ history is being taught in schools now. But what’s in the textbooks?
Have you seen an LGBTQ History textbook? Do you know what’s in there?
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The ‘Black Cat gay riot’ is well-known… it’s also a myth
When cops wreaked havoc at the Black Cat Tavern, history labelled it “a riot”… but what really happened there?
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Franklin Graham tells parents to pull kids out of school because the lessons are ‘an affront to God’
“I don’t believe that the schools have a right to teach our children something that is an affront to God.”
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It’s the 61st anniversary of the first gay rights wins at the U.S. Supreme Court
A one-sentence 1958 Supreme Court ruling marked the first time gay rights ever won in the highest U.S. court.
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Researchers may have found a 3000-year-old burial site for transgender people
A recent study of 51 ancient tombs shows that burial rites likely included a third gender beyond male and female.
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Legendary performer Maurice Hines talks seven decades of dancing
“I was so young and quite a few of the chorus boys were gay. And my mother and father never had any stigma about it at all.”
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These men were having a gay old time at a party in the early 1900s
It would be 70 years before a gay bar opened in Portland, Oregon. So these guys made their own fun.
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The story of how Pennsylvania’s governor became an unlikely LGBTQ hero
In April of 1975, a groundbreaking event occurred in the fight for gay and lesbian equal rights.
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Gilbert Baker may have designed the rainbow flag, but this woman made it happen
Without Lynn, there would be no rainbow flag.
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This one’s alive: A tribute to the soldier who taught straight Christians how to love gay people
The church, he taught, was the one condemning gays and not Jesus. And people listened.
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Michigan is trying to erase LGBTQ people & immigrants out of school history classes
They even struck the small “d” “democratic” from “core democratic values,” changing it simply to “core values.”
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YouTube reverses some restrictions on LGBTQ videos
YouTube set a huge number of LGBTQ videos on “restricted” mode, upsetting some of its biggest stars and their fans.
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Founders of the Homocore movement angered by Gucci ‘Queercore’ shoe line
“Queercore didn’t ‘lend it’s name’ to Gucci for their shoes. I should know, I invented the term ‘Queercore,’” said legendary punk filmmaker and musician G.B. Jones.
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Groundbreaking gay album’s history revealed after decades of speculation
The album was so ahead of its time in 1962 that it didn’t even include any information on who the singer was, who played on it and who produced it.
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Attempt to save former SF gay bar sites and rumored escape tunnels faces setback
Those seeking to preserve the site for its LGBTQ historical significance now take their appeal to the full Board of Supervisors after failing before the Planning Commission.
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This sneak peek of LGBTQ rights miniseries ‘When We Rise’ will give you shivers
This epic drama aims to tell “the tale of a family of individuals that helped pioneer one of the last legs of the LGBT movement.”
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George Takei gives personal art and memorabilia to Japanese-American museum
The museum announced the gift Wednesday and said the collection will be featured in an exhibition next year.