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BCE to The Suffragettes
Culture Changing technology
May 24, 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse gave the first public demonstration of his telegraph by sending a message from the Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad “outer depot” in Baltimore. The famous message was, “What hath God wrought?”
1940s The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code
1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex
1951
Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants was ruled illegal.
May 24, 1956
The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland. The event was the brainchild of Marcel Baisoncon of the European Broadcasting Union. Seven countries participated and they were each allowed two songs. Both Luxembourg and the winner Switzerland used the same singer for both. Switzerland won with ‘Refrain’ by Lys Assia.
1960s: When the Boomers were under 30
1970s: Civil Rights: Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists:
1974
On “Midnight Special,” guest Olivia Newton-John.
1980s Gen X: The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list
1980
Bette Midler remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week with “The Rose”.
Blondie held on to #1 for a sixth week with the smash “Call Me”. Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes were responsible for song #4–“Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer”. Linda Ronstadt enjoyed her eighth Top 10 and 26th hit with “Hurt So Bad”,
1986
“Greatest Love Of All” from Whitney Houston was #1 for the fifth straight week.
Whitney Houston continued to top the Album chart in its 61st week on the chart. Control from Janet Jackson was #7,
1990s: The Queer Slur Reclaimed: Act Up! Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation
1997
The Spice Girls went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Spice’, making them only the third all girl group to do so after The Supremes and The Go-Go’s and the first ever UK girl group to do so.
The new single from that album Spice became one of the highest debuting songs of the rock era. “Say You’ll Be There” from the Girls entered the chart at #5.
1998
The first Native American Music Awards took place at the Fox Theater at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CN.
2000s – “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”
2004
Madonna kicked off the North American leg of her Re-invention World Tour by playing three sold out nights at The Los Angeles Forum. The tour became the top grossing of the year, with ticket sales of nearly $125 million, with over 900,000 fans attending the 60 date tour. As a follower of the Kabbalah, Madonna didn’t play any Friday night gigs as the teaching of the religion forbids it.
2010s It Should Be The Q-Word for the same N-Word Reasons
2010
Aretha Franklin was awarded an honorary degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
2020s: Gender Ideas vs Global Observable Sexed Reality
2024
For Old Lesbians, Queer is a slur word and invokes PTSD It should be The Q Word for the same The N Word reasons. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/may/22/old-lesbians-reclaiming-old-age-and-queerness-through-storytelling
the Guardian
Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling
From first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out and from loss to connection. For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled from Houston across the US to record hundreds of oral ‘herstories’ from a rapidly disappearing population. Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices…
NBC News
Dakota Johnson plays a late-blooming lesbian in ‘Am I OK?’
The Max comedy is based on the real-life coming out story of screenwriter Lauren Pomerantz, a longtime writer for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Autostraddle
At Last, Dakota Johnson and Kiersey Clemons’ Lesbian Rom-Com Has Come Along
Max is debuting Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allyne’s rom-com “Am I Okay?”, in which Dakota Johnson plays a baby gay.
https://tonemadison.com/articles/the-revolutionary-lesbian-gaze-of-desert-hearts/
The revolutionary lesbian gaze of “Desert Hearts”
Donna Deitch’s 1985 road-movie romance screens at the Chazen on May 29 as part of Cat Birk’s “Becoming Horse Girl” movie series.
Autostraddle
Anna Dorn Writes Maximalist, Campy Queer Fiction Inspired by Lesbian Pulp
“I have problematic fantasies about being closeted in the 50s and just like having ‘a friend.’”
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My own previous blogs are described here as:
the As I peaked blog (2019 – 2022)
Gen X Mid Life changes: December 2012 – August 2020
My Original Blog to December 2, 2012
for which there were spin off blogs:
- Confessions of a teenaged poet
- Lez Flirt
- Living Well
- NatGeo Gallery
- The Shut-in Stand-Up Comedic look at life from the POV of a virtual shut-in
- Wayback Machine
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