BCE to The Suffragettes
1783: In West Point, New York, Deborah Sampson is honorably discharged from the Massachusetts Regiment. Wounded in one of several battles in which she fought, Sampson had escaped discovery for almost a year and a half until falling sick with a fever. One of the earliest American examples of a passing woman, Sampson formed several attachments with women while dressed as a man. She later marries and receives a military pension.
1940s The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code
1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex
In Youngstown, Ohio, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Platters, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Clyde McPhatter, the Clovers, Chuck Berry, Shirley and Lee, Ella Johnson, Shirley Gunther, and the Flairs played two shows at Stambaugh Auditorium.
The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30
1970s: Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights
10-25-1970 Chely Wright – Born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an American country music artist and starting in 2010, a gay rights activist. She became one of the first major country music performers to come out as a lesbian. She cited among her reasons for publicizing her homosexuality was a concern
with bullying and hate crimes towards gays, especially gay teenagers, and the damage to her life caused by “lying and hiding.” A documentary film Wish Me Away about her coming out was released in 2011. Her memoir Like Me tells of the toll that her secret life exacted on both her and her partner. On April 6, 2011, Wright announced her engagement to LGBT rights advocate Lauren Blitzer. The couple married on August 20, 2011, in a private ceremony in Connecticut officiated by both a rabbi and reverend.
1979 – The Front Page, the first LGBT newspaper in Raleigh, NC, is published.
1980s The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list
1980
Barbra Streisand scored her fourth US No.1 album with ‘Guilty.’ Also on this day Streisand started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song written by the The Bee Gees ‘Woman In Love’, the singers only UK No.1. Streisand made it a sweep of the top three charts with the #1 AC song as well–“Woman in Love”. #6 The “Xanadu” Soundtrack
Barbra Streisand registered the fifth #1 song of her career with “Woman In Love”, taking over from Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust”.
10-25-1984 Katy Perry – Born in Santa Barbara, California. She is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2008 with the release of the singles I Kissed a Girl (which was controversial
because of its gay theme) and Hot n Cold. She married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010. On December 30, 2011, Brand announced that they were divorcing. After the marriage ended in 2012, Perry began dating John Mayer in August. Perry is an LGBT rights activist. She supported Stonewall during their “it gets better…today” campaign to prevent homophobic bullying and dedicated the music video of her song Firework to the It Gets Better Project. In December 2012, Perry was awarded the Trevor Hero Award by The Trevor Project for her work and activism on behalf of LGBT youth. Perry identifies as a feminist. In 2016, following the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Perry and almost 200 other artists and executives in the music industry signed an open letter organized by Billboard addressed to the US Congress demanding increased gun control.
1985: Against Mayor Ed Koch’s recommendation, New York State urges local NYC health officials to padlock gay baths and sex clubs. A month later the Mine Shaft is shuttered, followed by Plato’s Retreat, a straight swingers’ club.
1986
For the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, the top three spots were held by female solo acts. Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” held down the #1 position, followed by Tina Turner’s “Typical Male” at #2 and Janet Jackson’s “When I Think Of You” at #3.
90s: Slurs Reclaimed: Act Up! Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation
1994
The Madonna album “Bedtime Stories” was released.
1995
in Straight coopting gay Culture: The musical “Victor/Victoria” opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.
1997
The Spice Girls went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Spice Up Your Life’. Taken from their second album ‘Spiceworld’ the single set new record, making them the only act to have their first five singles reach No.1.
The Velvet Rope by Janet Jackson debuted at #1. Butterfly from Maria Carey was #3 and #6 Songbook – A Collection of Hits by Trish Yearwood.
1999
Attorney General Jim Flaherty introduced Bill 5 in the Ontario legislature on Oct 25, 1999, an act to amend certain statutes because of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the M. v. H. case.
Instead of changing Ontario’s definition of spouse, which the Supreme Court essentially struck down, the government creates a new same-sex category, changing the province’s Family Law Act to read “spouse or same-sex partner” wherever it had read only “spouse” before. Bill 5 also amends more than 60 other provincial laws, making the rights and responsibilities of same-sex couples mirror those of common-law couples.
Post 9/11 – The Shock Decade From “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”
2006:
The New Jersey Supreme Court rules in a 4–3 decision that the state constitution guarantees same-sex couples all the legal benefits of marriage, but does not explicitly legalize same-sex marriage in the state.
On the Opra Winfrey show, an interview with Madonna aired. Madonnna discussed her adoption of an 18-month old boy from Malawi in the 30-minute interview.
2011:
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ruled in favor of two women seeking a legal civil marriage. It found that “sexual orientation should not serve as a pretext for excluding families from the legal protection that marriage represents.”
2012
Forbes magazine reported that Elizabeth Taylor, who died in 2011 at 79 years old, topped their list of highest-earning dead celebrities by earning $210 million in the past year
2014
The U.S. government recognizes same-sex marriage in six more states and extending federal benefits to those couples. The states are: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming.
2017
LGBTQ Nation
These historic photos from the National Gay & Lesbian Archives will fill you with pride
It’s like looking at old family snapshots – if your family was a lot of fun.
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2018
LGBTQ Nation
Frances Kellor: The lesbian behind the multiculturalism
Kellor was known as a tomboy who could whittle and shoot as well as any boy. She grew up to be an important, progressive social reformer.
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Oct 25, 2018
2019
https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/the-urge-to-merge-do-young-lesbians-queer-women-commit-faster
Is There Any Truth In The U-Haul Lesbian Stereotype?
2020s: Unnamed Common Oppressor VS: Heterosexual women VS Trans vs LGB/
2021
Angela Davis is America’s most famous living revolutionary. She’s also a lesbian.
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept…
2022
Japan could ban sperm donation for lesbians and single women
Pride Index Spotlight:
2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-viral-footage-spray-lesbian-nana-b2434955.html
The Independent
Leeds police officer ‘under investigation’ after pepper spray incid…
Video shared on social media shows an officer spraying multiple people during a public disturbance in Leeds
Autostraddle
Two Longtime Lesbian Activists and Writers Have Died
Eva Kollisch and Amber Hollibaugh recently passed away.
https://www.mamamia.com.au/my-first-lesbian-date/
Mamamia
‘5 things I wish I knew before my first lesbian date.’
I’m proud to be a lesbian – Temmie Ovwasa – The Nation Newspaper
The Nation Newspaper I’m proud to be a lesbian – Temmie Ovwasa
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Today in LGBT History by Ronni Sanlo
Today in LGBT History – October 25 – Ronni Sanlo
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Oct 25, 2017 — 1929 – David McReynolds (born October 25, 1929) is born. He appeared on the Socialist Party ballot, becoming the first openly gay individual to …
Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 25 | Ronni Sanlohttps://ronnisanlo.com › today-in-lgbt-history-october-…Oct 25, 2019 — Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 25. 51 AD, Rome – Titus Flavius Domitianus (51-96) was born in Rome. The Emperor is the first recorded case …
LGBT History Month
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