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 would have been my father’s 94thbirthday. He died six years ago at age 87. Dad was a WWII hero, one of the first liberators of Dachau concentration camp, as a service member in the 42ndRainbow Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. I believe that, to him, this was the most (and perhaps only) thing
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 10 1855 – Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) is accused of homosexuality and “Leave of Grass”was called “a mass of stupid filth” by critic Rufus Griswold. Whitman was an
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – September 3 1792, France – The head of Princess Lamballe (8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) is displayed on a stick and paraded before the imprisoned Marie Antoinette (2 November 1755 –
Midlife: when the Universe grabs your shoulders and tells you “I’m not f-ing around, use the gifts you were given.” —Brene Brown Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – March 13 1906 — Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 –