Today someone on Farcebook altered and reposted it.
Apparently we’re now “Cretinazon.”
If accurate LGBTQ+ history upsets bigots and Holocaust deniers, I’m doing something right.
Today someone on Farcebook altered and reposted it.
Apparently we’re now “Cretinazon.”
If accurate LGBTQ+ history upsets bigots and Holocaust deniers, I’m doing something right.
7 February 1962
Comedian, actor, and gender-nonconforming trailblazer whose career challenged rigid ideas of identity, fashion, and performance long before mainstream acceptance.
#EddieIzzard
7 February 1962
Comedian, actor, and gender-nonconforming trailblazer whose career challenged rigid ideas of identity, fashion, and performance long before mainstream acceptance.
#EddieIzzard
The Gay Liberation Front organized a protest at Barney’s Beanery in LA, forcing the removal of a long-displayed homophobic sign reading “FAGOTS – STAY OUT.” Though it reappeared at times, the sign was permanently removed in 1984.
#QueerHistory
The Gay Liberation Front organized a protest at Barney’s Beanery in LA, forcing the removal of a long-displayed homophobic sign reading “FAGOTS – STAY OUT.” Though it reappeared at times, the sign was permanently removed in 1984.
#QueerHistory
The Netherlands passed anti-discrimination legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation—a key early legal protection for LGBTQ+ people at the national level.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #Netherlands
The Netherlands passed anti-discrimination legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation—a key early legal protection for LGBTQ+ people at the national level.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #Netherlands
5 February 1914
Writer and Beat Generation provocateur whose work confronted sexuality, control, and power with unsettling honesty, reshaping experimental literature and queer expression.
#WilliamSBurroughs
5 February 1914
Writer and Beat Generation provocateur whose work confronted sexuality, control, and power with unsettling honesty, reshaping experimental literature and queer expression.
#WilliamSBurroughs
IRIN reported that “honor killings” of gay men were common in Iraq and that a 2001 law prescribing the death penalty for homosexuality remained unchanged, despite orders to roll back the criminal code—highlighting the severe risks LGBTQ+ people faced.
IRIN reported that “honor killings” of gay men were common in Iraq and that a 2001 law prescribing the death penalty for homosexuality remained unchanged, despite orders to roll back the criminal code—highlighting the severe risks LGBTQ+ people faced.