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
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 15 1926, France – Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), a French philosopher, historian of ideas, and literary critic, is born in Poitiers, France. He died in Paris of AIDS, the first public figure in
All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. We are no more – and no less – heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century; and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century. We are ordinary people, living our
Santa Fe High, you didn’t deserve this. You deserve peace all your lives, not just after a tombstone saying that is put over you. You deserve more than Thoughts and Prayers, and after supporting us by walking out we will be there to support you by raising up your voices. —Emma Gonzalez Learning our history
I had the opportunity to do an LGBT history presentation in Burien, WA yesterday. The talk was fun and well received, as it nearly always is. What captured my attention, though, was the venue. It was a nursing/rehab facility! Not only were there people from the Burien community present, but patients were invited in as