March. My birthday month. I celebrate all month long, so bring on the cake!! Writing prompt: How do you recognize your birthday? 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
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. —Audre Lorde Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – May 1 1915, UK – Laurence
And while we have learned time and time again that there is no trickle down of power in America, the only opportunities for real change come when the mainstream is in productive turmoil. Because standing up to the system can be a very creative experience that opens up the imaginations of a generation. —Sarah Schulman