BCE to The Suffragettes
1922 – James and Louise Hathaway were approached by Boston police regarding a possible attempted car theft. What followed was the unmasking of James’s true identity: James was actually Ethel Kimball of Allston.
John Hathaway (1892–?) fraudster.
https://zagria.blogspot.com › 2015/07 › john-hathaway…
Jul 8, 2015 — One-time student nurse at Carney Hospital, Boston, Ethel Kimball was … He courted Louise of that family, and they were wed in November …
“Wife” Denies She Knew “Husband” Was Woman
https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net › files
Subject(s): Ethel M. Kimball · James Hathaway · Louise Margaret Aechtler; Places: Massachusetts > Middlesex County > City of Somerville > Somerville
Blogger Nina Notes: So not a lesbian couple passing for straight, but a deception….
1928
Having been published in Paris the previous July, Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, the first major novel in English with an explicitly pro lesbian theme, is published in the U.S. Americans buy more than 20,000 copies of the book within the next month, making it a bestseller.
1939
“Gone with the Wind,” starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, had its world premiere at Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, the culmination of three days of festivities in the city. Among those attending were Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Vivian Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Ann Rutherford, Olivia de Havilland, and author Margaret Mitchell. Noticeably absent were cast members Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen, black actresses who were not welcome on the white side of segregated Atlanta society.
1940s The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code
1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex
1950
A Senate report titled “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government” is distributed to members of Congress after the federal government had covertly investigated employees’ sexual orientation at the beginning of the Cold War. The report states since homosexuality is a mental illness, homosexuals “constitute security risks” to the nation because “those who engage in overt acts of perversion lack the emotional stability of normal persons.”
“These People Are Frightened to Death” | National Archives
https://www.archives.gov › summer › lavender
By Judith Adkins Enlarge On December 15, 1950, the Hoey committee … during the early years of the Cold War, is a well-known chapter of American history.
The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30
1962
The anti-lesbian song “Bobby’s Girl”by Marcie Blane was #3 on the pop chart, while“Ride!” by Dee Dee Sharp at #8, Little Esther Phillips edged up to #9 with “Release Me”
1964
Dusty Springfield is deported from South Africa for the “crime” of performing in front of an multiracial audience at a show near Cape Town.
Mail Online
The dark side of Dusty Springfield
She was one of the greatest female singers Britain has ever produced, but raging paranoia about her looks and voice plagued the Sixties icon until her death.
1967 – Laura M. Ricketts (born December 15, 1967) is co-owner of the Chicago Cubs. Ricketts is also a board member of Lambda Legal and the Housing Opportunities for Women organization. Ricketts’ ownership stake in the Cubs is uniquely noteworthy because it makes her the first openly lesbian owner of a major-league sports franchise.
While performing with the Jefferson Airplane on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Grace Slick appears in blackface and raises a black-leather glove in a power salute at the conclusion of “Crown of Creation”. The incident is one of several which leads to the show’s cancellation the following season. The gesture had been made infamous when two African-American athletes at that year’s Olympics raised their fists instead of putting their hands over their hearts during the U.S. National Anthem.
1970s: Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights
12-15-1973
The governing board of the American Psychiatric Association unanimously votes to change the classification of homosexuality and removes it from the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.” This followed three years of pressure from gay liberation movement. The board bases this decision on its finding that most lesbians and gay men are clearly satisfied with their sexual orientation and show no signs of mental illness. The APA declares that “by itself, homosexuality does not meet the criteria for being a psychiatric disorder.”
It was Helen Reddy’s name atop the Adult chart for a third week with her newest–“Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)”.
in the Top 10 LPs was The Singles 1969-1973 by the Carpenters, which climbed from #30 to #8.
1977
Quebec’s National Assembly amended the province’s Charter of Rights to include
sexual orientation, becoming the first province to prohibit discrimination against lesbians and gays in housing, employment and accommodations.
1979
USA LP Charts: Donna Summer sat at 2 with On the Radio–Greatest Hits–Volumes I & II, #7 Barbra Streisand’s Wet.
1980s The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list
1988, Netherlands – The Free University of Amsterdam convenes the International Scientific Conference on Gay and Lesbian Studies. The highlight of the session is a heated debate inspired by the Constructionism VS. Essentialism controversy, entitled “Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality?”
90s: Slurs Reclaimed: Act Up! Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation
1990
USA LP Charts Mariah Carey’s great debut was up to #3, #4 I’m Your Baby Tonight by Whitney Houston while Madonna jumped from 12 to 5 with her compilation The Immaculate Collection and #7 Bette Midler with Some People’s Lives
USA Song Charts #2 Bette Midler with “From A Distance” while Whitney Houston had song #3–“I’m Your Baby Tonight” and Madonna appeared to have a big hit with “Justify My Love”, moving from 10-4, #5 “Impulsive” from Wilson Phillips,
1994
It’s Now or Never: the Elvis the Tribute Concert” is broadcast.
Melissa Etheridge delivers on Burning Love
1997
‘Spice World The Movie’, featuring The Spice Girls premiered at The Empire, Leicester Sq, London. The following year it was nominated for the ‘worst film’ at the Golden Raspberry Awards.
Blogger Nina Notes: the Faux Lesbian marketed heterosexual band….
Post 9/11 – The Shock Decade From “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”
2000
Delaware governor Thomas Carper issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.
2008
Madonna paid former husband Guy Ritchie around £50m as part of their divorce settlement. The singers US spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press the figure included the value of the couple’s Ashcombe home in England, and the financial part of the settlement had been worked out but custody of the couple’s children had yet to be finalised.
2010s Avocado Toast is the new Latte cheaper made at home, tastes better out
2013
Actress Joan Fontaine, younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, died at age 96. Fontaine and de Havilland are the only siblings to ever win lead acting Academy Awards, for “Rebecca” and “To Each His Own” and “The Heiress,” respectively.
2014
Taylor Swift was at No.1 on the US album chart with her fifth studio album 1989. The album eventually became the best-selling album of 2014 in the US market and had sold over 5.7 million copies by the end of 2015, while selling 9.5 million worldwide. Seven singles have been released from the set.
2015
The history of lesbian slang–or the absence thereof
MetaFilterhttps://www.metafilter.com › The-history-of-lesbian-sl…
December 15, 2015 11:21 AM Subscribe. Last week, the BBC radio programme Woman’s Hour ran an item on the American documentary film “Do I Sound Gay?
2018
The Economisthttps://www.economist.com › europe › 2018/12/15
Why lesbians flock to Lesbos. And why locals, once leery, now welcome them. Dec 15th 2018 | LESBOS. Share. INSPIRED BY THE erotic poetry of Sappho, …
2020s: Unnamed Common Oppressor VS: Heterosexual women VS Trans vs LGB/
2021
Do Lesbian Breakups Really Hit Harder?
Refinery29https://www.refinery29.com › en-ca › 2021/12 › lesbi…
Do Lesbian Breakups Really Hit Harder? Amelia Abraham. Last Updated December 15, 2021, 9:30 a.m.. Collage image of two women’s hands torn a part.
2022
it is not lesbians doing the searching https://torontosun.com/news/world/lesbian-hentai-among-most-searched-on-pornhub
torontosun
‘Lesbian’, ‘hentai’ among most searched on Pornhub
funny how rape and murder is against the law but police are helpless to stop men but arresting women who speak to reality is a priority
Norwegian filmmaker faces up to 3 years in prison for saying men ca…
Lesbian filmmaker Tonje Gjevjon is under investigation on charges related to Norway’s recently revised hate speech laws on gender identity and expression.
NPR.org
Tonje Gjevjon faces up to 3 years in prison for saying men …
New York Posthttps://nypost.com › 2022/12/15 › tonje-gjevjon-faces…
… men cannot be lesbians. By. Fox News. Thanks for contacting us. We’ve received your submission. Back to Reading. Published Dec. 15, 2022, 12:32 p.m. ET.
Remembering Marijane Meaker, a pioneer of lesbian pulp fiction
Meaker wrote Spring Fire in 1952, and was surprised when it sold 1.5 million copies. She went on to write other lesbian-themed books under pen names. She died Nov. 21. Originally broadcast 2003.
How Lesbian Jesus Stole Christmas
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Dear Dictionaries
stop capturing misuse of words
words have meaning
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/anyone-who-identifies-as-female-dictionary-updates-woman-to-be-inclusive
Anyone who ‘identifies as female’: Dictionary updates ‘woman’ to be inclusive
Anyone who identifies as female is a ‘woman’, say the editors, who studied society’s use of the word
The decision “reflects how the intersection of gender, identity, and language dominates the current cultural conversation”, the online lexicon said.
Search interest spiked during March hearings in the US to confirm the first black woman to the US Supreme Court.
The word was also used frequently during other newsworthy events of 2022.
Events that contributed to the website’s choice include the decision by the US Supreme Court to terminate the national right to abortion, the death of Queen Elizabeth, the move by tennis legend Serena Williams to leave tennis, the equal pay deal secured by the US women’s soccer team, and gender equality protests in Iran.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63966582
and speaking of words and age appropriate
Southern Manitoba parents call for ‘sexually explicit’ children’s books to be removed from libraries
2023
These Women Cope With the Challenges Of Being Queer In South Korea …
Queer women share how they cope with everyday life in conservative South Korea.
At The Lesbian Switchboard, Empathy Was On The Other End of the Lin…
Denise Tuite recalls volunteering at The Lesbian Switchboard, a helpline for gay women that operated in New York City from the 70s to the 90s.
‘All in the Family,’ Norman Lear brought gay, lesbian characters out of the closet
cited sources
Today in LGBT History by Ronni Sanlo
LGBT History Month
celebrating a history of diversity: – lesbian and gay life in Canada
https://lgbtdailyspotlight.com/
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other discontinued blogs:
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
- Youtube Channel
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