She rewrote the words to “Wait till the Sun Shines Nellie.” Her version went “Wait till your son turns nelly, and the neighbors start to talk.” The last line was “Gay is grand!”
https://medium.com/prismnpen/jackie-jones-a-lesbians-life-in-music-80757f2d6502

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Yesterday friends of mine celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and their 50th and 55th birthdays. We had an amazing time. Part of the celebrations was a show with a fabulous drag queen, a great and funny magician and as closing act a show from the Dutch gay icon Anita Meyer.

It. Was. Amazing.

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10 Disney Stars Who Unexpectedly Became Gay Icons You Need to Know Now

https://videovortex.tv/w/v2eiQ2eNGD6prtjfsom8E1

Doing a quiz and this is meant to represent an LGBTQIA+ icon.

Any ideas?

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Fredy (Alfred) Hirsch (1916 – 1944) was a German-Jewish sports teacher born in Aachen known for his openly homosexual lifestyle and his efforts to aid children during the holocaust.

After the passage of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, + perhaps due to increasing persecution of homosexual men in Germany, Hirsch moved to Czechoslovakia where he met Jan Mautner, another athletics teacher. According to other survivors the 2 were a well known couple in the community.
In November 1941, Hirsch was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto, a way station to the extermination camps known for its relatively rich cultural life. Fredy took a leadership role for the children. He was known to be an extremely strict instructor insisting on impeccable hygiene which helped to lower the death rate.

These efforts continued after Hirsch was deported to Auschwitz in September of 1943. The Jews from Theresienstadt received privileged treatment - they were established in a separate block known as the family camp where they were tattooed, but were not subject to selection, and were not forced to shave their heads. But it was all an illusion as the group was slated for extermination in 6 months time.

Because of the respect + admiration Hirsch received from his fellow inmates, the resistance movement of Auschwitz pinpointed Fredy as a key player in a planned revolt. After uncovering an execution date for the first transport to the family camp resistance leaders asked Hirsch to lead the Jewish sector in revolt. As usual Fredy's first concern was for the welfare of the children in his care. It was explained to him that the children would have to fend for themselves during such a revolt - and that they were slated for death regardless. According to testimony, Hirsch asked for time alone to consider his options. Unable to desert his children Hirsch committed suicide. Other theories say that camp doctors, who were not slated for execution, poisoned Hirsch to save their own lives.
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Celebrating the lesbian march. Happy #PrideMonth

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