Resistance

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Today in LGBT History – ARIL 1

This was a very busy day in LGBT history. Happy birthday, Rachel Maddow! Rudyard Kipling said: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.The snippets of LGBTQ history here are the stories of our lives, the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we all stand. Learn about them

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Today in LGBT History – MARCH 30

Today I hit a milestone: My weight is now the same as when I was in the 7thgrade! I have tried to reach this weight for decades but my fondness for food kept that from happening. Seven years ago I weighed over 155. At 5’5” and rather muscular, that was fine. I was a size

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Today in LGBT History – FEBRUARY 24

Rudyard Kipling said: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.The snippets of LGBTQ history here are the stories of our lives, the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we all stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember, because knowing your history IS resistance! Thanks for

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Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 21

“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.”Martin Luther King, Jr. said

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Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 20

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day,an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Dr. King King was the primary spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday

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Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 19

Today is the Women’s March 2019. Today we gather by the thousands in cities around the country. There are many issues surrounding this march, but the bottom line is that when we show up in numbers, we roar! Lesbian poet Mary Oliver died this week. She wrote a poem called I Worried: I worried a

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Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 17

I am deeply pained by the current political situation in the U.S. The head of the EPA says there’s no global warming when we are seeing the changes daily; racism, anti-Semitism, and homo/transphobia are rampant; and there’s no end to the amount of frightening wrongdoing by the President to the extent that people’s lives are

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Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 28

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works. These snippets of LGBT history are the stories of our lives the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember. Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go

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This Day in LGBT History – November 27

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works. These snippets of LGBT history are the stories of our lives the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember. Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go

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This Day in LGBT History – November 26

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works. These snippets of LGBT history are the stories of our lives the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember. Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go