Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 31 12 AD, Italy – Gaius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41) , is born in Anzio, Italy. He was violent and cruel. Bisexual, his male
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Today in LGBT History – August 30
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 30 1928 – The New York Times reports that U.S. publisher Alfred Knopf had purchased the American rights to Radclyffe Hall’s (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943)novel about lesbianism, The Well
Today in LGBT History – August 29
Don’t just vote, volunteer! Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 29 1844, UK – English writer Edward Carpenter (August 29, 1844 – June 28, 1929) was born in Brighton. He was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early activist for rights for
Today in LGBT History – August 28
Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. —Sen John McCain Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your
Today in LGBT History – August 27
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 27 1782 – John Laurens (October 28, 1754 – August 27, 1782) dies at the age of 28. He was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolinaduring the American Revolutionary War, best known for
Today in LGBT History – August 26
RIP TO A MAVERICK: John McCain(1936-2018), a longtime senator, war hero and political force has died at 81 after battling brain cancer. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 26 1904, UK – English-American novelist Christopher Isherwood (August 26, 1904 – January 4,
Today in LGBT History – August 25
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. —George Orwell, 1984 Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 25 1845, Bavaria – Ludwig II (August 25,
Today in LGBT History – August 24
Courts are Draining the Swamp by sending Swamp Creatures to prison. —Warren Blumenfeld. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 24 79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and preserving the city. In a macabre way, it was fortunate for
Today in LGBT History – August 23
Courts are draining the swamp by sending swamp creatures to prison. —Warren Blumenfeld. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 23 1954 – Charles Busch (August 23, 1954) is born. He is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator,
Today in LGBT History – August 22
Analysis of this “administration”: the canary is getting drowsy, and the frog in the pot is beginning to sweat. —Paul Zak Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 22 1662, Spain – A leader of the Mexican Inquisition sent