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
Caeser is assassinated on this day in 44 BC. This is famously dramatized in William Shakespeare‘s play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned by the soothsayer to “beware the Ides of March.” So beware! Writing prompt: What is your favorite work by Shakespeare and why? Rudyard Kipling said: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 19 1870, UK – Lord Alfred Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945) is born near London. Forever known as Bosie,the lover of Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900)becomes
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 16 961, Cordoba – Al-Hakam II (January 13, 915 – October 16, 976) dies. He was the Caliph of Cordoba and ruled in Al-Andalus as an open homosexual until his death in 976. He
Media – these are the stories you need to be covering. Stop the group-think and chasing Trump’s shiny coins! “Immigrant children in the custody of U.S. border authorities allegedly suffered pervasive abuse ranging from insults and threats to physical assaults,”according to an ACLU report. —Amy Siskind Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this
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
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. —Audre Lorde Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – May 41497, Italy – Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar, gives the Ascension
This above all: to thine own self be true… — Polonius’s last piece of advice to his son Laertes in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – April 26 1564, UK – William Shakespeare (26 April 1564–23