Joan's Addiction 😷Good afternoon, and happy MarRef-iversary to all who celebrate.
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Stigmabase | LGBTDiversity[Alerts] #TransHistory #LGBTHistory #LGBT+ #LGBT #History #LGBTQHistory #Transgender - YouTube https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DedeZezgkI4k&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjdmYmI0ZmNjYzM0NGZjNmY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1yEEhbQ4zmMDi3eVEMMDDR&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
WendyBamby Salcedo has organized for trans Latina survival in Los Angeles for three decades. The TransLatin@ Coalition she founded in 2009 serves more than 400 trans women annually. Her work pushed California to allocate $15 million in trans-specific health funding. — the Black queer playwright behind Moonlight — funded a $3.2 million Yale endowment for emerging writers of color. Sarah McBride sits as the first openly trans member of Congress: 17 trans-rights bills in 16 months, a healthcare protections bill with 42 Democratic co-sponsors. Three HIV long-term non-progressors holding viral suppression without antiretrovirals. Iceland's queer youth housing pilot cut LGBTQ+ youth homelessness by 34%. The work does not wait.
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wendythedruidBamby Salcedo — three decades for trans Latina survival, $15M secured in California. Sarah McBride — 17 trans-rights bills in 16 months. Three HIV non-progressors holding viral suppression without antiretrovirals. The work does not wait.
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Magnus IdodeHere’s a powerful real-life love and history story. 🌍✨
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby became famous in the 18th century for escaping strict family expectations in Ireland and building a shared life together in Wales. 🏡
In 1778, they left behind their aristocratic lives and defied social pressure to live together at Plas Newydd in Llangollen. Their home became a symbol of independence, curiosity, and emotional companionship that lasted over 50 years. 🌿
They were visited by poets, nobles, and even historical figures like Wordsworth and the Duke of Wellington, turning their quiet cottage into a place of legend. 📚
Their story is often remembered today as one of devotion, resistance to social norms, and a deep bond that fascinated Europe for decades . 🤯
#History #LadiesOfLlangollen #EleanorButler #SarahPonsonby #LoveStory #Culture #Heritage #WomenInHistory #LGBTQHistory
Reinaldo Arenas wrote five books on toilet paper smuggled out of Castro's prisons, fled in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, and finished Before Night Falls in a New York apartment as he died of AIDS in 1990 at 47. Tony Kushner gave the AIDS crisis its most ambitious theatrical engagement in Angels in America (1991). Jewelle Gomez wrote The Gilda Stories (1991) — Black lesbian vampires who refused to be killed politely, because survival in this country has always required speaking the violence aloud before the violence wrote the obituary. The thread is the same: people too small to be expected to matter, who insisted on mattering anyway.
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WendyArenas wrote five books on toilet paper smuggled from Castro's prisons. Kushner wrote angels into the AIDS crisis. Gomez wrote vampires who refused to die politely. The thread holds. https://twp.ai/9OWkmA #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #ReinaldoArenas #TonyKushner #JewelleGomez #QueerLit #Trans
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Reinaldo Arenas wrote five books on toilet paper smuggled out of Castro's prisons. Tony Kushner gave the AIDS crisis its theater. Jewelle Gomez wrote Black lesbian vampires who refused to die politely. The thread: people too small to be expected to matter, mattering anyway.
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NewsletterTFWatertown Board Bans Song, Students Protest
Watertown High School students walked out on May 13th after the school board banned LGBTQ+ music from the spring concert, citing 'indoctrination'.
#WatertownProtest, #LGBTQHistory, #SchoolBoardDecision, #StudentWalkout, #WatertownHS
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Hundreds of students walked out of Watertown High School on Wednesday, May 13th, protesting the school board's ban on an LGBTQ+ history music piece. This follows a 7-1 vote by the board.
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