Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 31 1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972), American playwright, poet and novelist, is born. She lives as an expatriate in Paris and is known as the
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 30 1944 – Gay composer Aaron Copland’s (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) “Appalachian Spring” premiers in Washington DC. The piece was written in New Jersey where Copland lived with his partner
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 28 1824, France — Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, the Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857), is beaten and left for dead after propositioning a male soldier in Saint-Denis. The scandal forces him out of
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 27 1998, Canada – Glen Murray (born October 26, 1957), an out gay man, was elected mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He served as the 41st Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1998 to 2004, and was
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 25 Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people. 1955 – The “Village Voice” newspaper is launched. The Village Voice was an American news and culture paper, known for being
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 24 44 BC, Italy – The first written reference to same-sex marriage appears when Cicero insults promiscuous Mark Antony whose father Curio “established you in a fix and stable marriage, as if
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 23 1766 – Christoffel Bosch van Leeuwarden, a 70 year old porter in the Netherlands, was convicted of seduction to sodomy and sentenced to three years of prison labor. 1893 – Jean
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 22 1870, UK – Lord Alfred Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945) is born near London. Forever known as Bosie, the boy lover of Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November