Musings of an Aging Lesbian Twice in the last week, someone has asked me about aging. Each said that I am the role model for aging gracefully. I don’t know about that, but I do know that I have always been grateful to be whatever age I happen to be at the time…and I’m grateful
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Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 13
Musings of an Aging Lesbian Brene Brown wrote: If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive. A young woman recently shared her story with me and we met yesterday to talk about it. She was repeatedly abused by her father for many years which led to
Today in LGBT History – JULY 31
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
Today in LGBT History – JULY 27
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
Today in LGBT History – JULY 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
Today in LGBT History – MAY 14
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
Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 16
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 16 1502 – Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510) is accused of sodomy but the charges were dropped. The summary of the charge reads: “Botticelli keeps a boy.” Botticelli was an Italian
Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 15
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 15 1636 – A set of laws was enacted for the Plymouth colony (present-day Massachusetts.) Eight offences including sodomy were deemed punishable by death. 1887 – Bisexual artist Georgia O’Keefe (November 15,
Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 14
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 14 1810, Scotland – Young Jane Cummings makes an accusation of “inordinate affection” between two female teachers Marianne Woods, 27, and Jane Pirie, 26, in Edinburgh. This is the first of a
Today in LGBT History – October 31
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