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
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
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
This fake president should be protested everywhere he goes and everyday until he is out. —Amy Siskind Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 17 1730, Netherlands – In Rotterdam, Leendert de Haas, age 60, candlemaker, Casper Schroder, distiller,
My feeling is that the straight public still sees LGBT people as victims. Right now we need a different perspective. LGBT people are surviving and living strong, positive lives. —John Scagliotti, filmmaker and historian, in Proud to Be by Amy E. Dean Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now
I recall an article in the Advocate from 1991 written by Urvashi Vaid entitled Eating Our Own. Urvashi’s premise was that we LGBT people tend to devour our leaders and prevent them from, well, leading. Worse, we offer no Plan B; we just pick up our ball and go home, spending the next weeks complaining
Orcas floated by our house yesterday as they swam into Discovery Bay. They are such a rare sighting and we were thrilled! Our meditation reading this morning was about Pride, commemorating LGBT Pride Month. The author wrote that Pride isn’t about acclaims and glory but about the “declaration of personal self-acceptance.” For me, that means