December 2010
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A Suicide More Complex than a Slogan: Joseph... →
Joseph Jefferson, Not Just a Gay Suicide: “I could not bear the burden of living as a gay man of color in a world grown cold and hateful towards those of us who live and love differently than the so-called mainstream,” wrote Mr. Jefferson, 26, who killed him self last month.“ “Bullying has nothing to do with this, and that’s what I want the world to know. Joseph has never been...
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“The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than...”
– Harvey Milk, a gay male who spoke the above words at the 1978 Gay Freedom Day Rally. He was killed later that year by a fanatic.
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Dec 31st
"Iconic face of Rosie the Riveter poster dies"
majorityfemmmme: CHICAGO (AFP) – A Michigan factory worker used as the unwitting model for the wartime Rosie the Riveter poster whose inspirational “We Can Do It!” message became an icon of the feminist movement has died. Geraldine Doyle died Sunday, a spokesman for the Hospice House of Mid Michigan told AFP. She was 86. Source
Dec 31st
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“There is one thing I must tell you because I just found it to be a truth …...”
– Candy Darling—(November 24, 1944 – March 21, 1974) was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar. A male-to-female transsexual, she starred in Andy Warhol’s films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971), and was a muse of the protopunk band The Velvet Underground.
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Let's Talk about "Tranny" - Meanings by: Tobi...
Let’s Talk about “Tranny”-Meanings Filed by: Tobi Hill-Meyer, Bilerico Project December 20, 2010 5:00 PM Two years ago I wrote an article “Is Tranny Offensive?” which still gets cited and referenced. It’s a decent breakdown, but after two additional years of watching arguments unfold around the term, I’ve got a little more to say. This is part one of...
Dec 27th
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Who is Audre Lorde?
Audre Lorde is a writer, poet and activist; Audre Lorde was politically active in civil rights, anti-war, and feminist movements, as well as gay and lesbian rights. Lorde co-founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, the first U.S. publisher for women of colour. In a period when the women’s movement was associated with white middle-class women, Lorde campaigned for a feminist movement...
Dec 27th
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we...”
– Audre Lorde
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