BCE to The Suffragettes
March 26, 1804
The U.S. Congress ordered that all Indians east of the Mississippi were to be removed to Louisiana.
March 26, 1885
In Rochester, New York, the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. produced the first commercial motion picture film.
03-26-1928 — 06-21-2019 Harriet Sohmers Zwerling – American writer and artist’s model. She lived in Paris in the 1950s. She was bisexual and had a few love relationships with women, including Maria Irene Fornés from 1954 to 1957, and then Susan Sontag until 1958. She also appears in the documentary Regarding Susan Sontag, shown at the Tribeca film festival, April 2014.
1940s The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code
1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex
03-26-1954 – 12-10-2008 Dorothy Featherstone Porter – Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an Australian poet. She received many awards including The Age Book of the Year for poetry, the National Book Council Award for The Monkey’s Mask, and the FAW Christopher Brennan Award for poetry. In 2000, the film The Monkey’s Mask was made from her verse novel of the same name. Porter was working on a rock opera called January with Tim Finn at the time of her death. Porter was openly lesbian and in 1993 moved to Melbourne to be with her partner, fellow writer Andrea Goldsmith. In 2009, Porter was posthumously recognized by the website samesame.com.au as one of the most influential gay and lesbian Australians. She died of breast cancer at the age of 54.
The Hearts, (originally called the Jaynets), one of the first rock ‘n’ roll female groups, stormed the R&B charts with their scintillating, powerhouse performance of “Lonely Nights,” reaching #8. The record was also one of the first to have a talking bridge, and anyone who’s heard that smokin’ line “You great big lump o’ sugar” will never forget the first in-your-face- attitude hit. The group included Zell Sanders, Jeanette “Baby” Washington, Hazel Crutchfield, Forestine Barnes, Joyce West, and later Louise Harris.
Kay Starr had the #1 song in both the United States and the U.K. with “Rock And Roll Waltz”.
The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30
1964
The original Broadway production of the musical “Funny Girl,” starring Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Jean Stapleton, Roger De Koven, and Kay Medford, opened at New York’s Winter Garden Theatre for 1,348 performances.
1966
The timeless Soundtrack to “The Sound of Music”, moved back up to #4 after 54 weeks of release on the USA Charts
1970s: Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights
1970
“Woodstock,” a chronicle of the 1969 music festival held near that town in upstate New York, opened in movie theaters throughout North America.
Janis Joplin featured.
03-26-1971 Rennae Stubbs – Born in Sydney, Australia. She is a retried Australian
professional tennis player. She has won 4 Grand Slam Doubles Titles and 2 Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Titles. She also represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games. Stubbs went from playing tennis immediately into a successful television career as a commentator and host for TV Networks including, ESPN, Tennis Channel, and Channel Seven Australia. She also worked as the lead female analyst at the 2012 London Olympics for NBC. She is openly lesbian.
1975: After the local district attorney’s office rules that there are no county laws preventing two people of the same-sex from getting married, Boulder, Colorado county clerk Clela Rorex issues a marriage license to two gay men. It is the first same-sex marriage license issued in the United States. She says in a statement, “I don’t profess to be knowledgable about homosexuality or even understand it, but it’s not my business why people get married. No minority should be discriminated against.”
1977
Natalie Cole led the way once again on the R&B chart as her great song “I’ve Got Love On My Mind” was #1 for a fifth week.
USA LP Charts The Soundtrack to “A Star Is Born” from Barbara Streisand dropped to #3
1980s The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list
1980
Breaking the record for the longest-charting Pop album, previously held by Carole King’s “Tapestry”; Pink Floyd’s 1973 album “Dark Side Of The Moon” became the album with the longest consecutive stay on the Billboard 200 album chart, remaining there until 1988.
1985: A 4-4 tie vote in the U.S. Supreme Court effectively overturns an Oklahoma law that would have banned homosexuals, or those defending or “promoting” the homosexual “lifestyle”, from teaching in the state’s public schools.
1988
USA Song charts, #3 Debbie Gibson was back with “Out Of The Blue”, Belinda Carlisle with her former #2 smash now #6 “I Get Weak”,
After nine weeks at #1 on the Album chart and then falling back, the Soundtrack to “Dirty Dancing” had now spend three more weeks at #1.
1989
In the Soviet Union, the first free elections took place. Boris Yeltsin was elected to be the first President of the Russian Federation.
1990s: The Queer Slur Reclaimed: Act Up! Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation
1992
Trisha Yearwood’s self-titled debut album was certified Platinum.
1994
03-26-1994 Alison Van Uytvanck – Born in Grimbergen, Belgium. She is a Belgian professional tennis player. On October 26, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41, and her best doubles ranking of world No. 106.
Van Uytvanck is openly lesbian and is in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen as of 2018.
USA LP charts Toni Braxton’s self-titled debut fell from 1 to 5, Music Box by Mariah Carey was on its way down and The Colour of My Love from Celine Dion fell to #8.
1995
An opera based on the life of tennis player Martina Navratilova premiered at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
1996
The Woman in Me the second studio album by Shania Twain was at No.1 on the Country chart. It went onto become her biggest-selling recording at the time of its release, selling 4 million copies by the end of the year. ‘Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?’, a song about a woman confronting her lover about his frequent infidelity, was released at the first single from the album.
2000s – “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”
2000
Melanie C of the Spice Girls replaced former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell at #1 in the U.K. with “Never Be The Same Again”, her duet with Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC.
2002
Celine Dion released the album A New Day Has Come.
2010s Avocado Toast is the new Latte cheaper made at home, tastes better out
2012
Madonna released the album MDNA.
2011
After nearly a decade, Lick nightclub, the only operating lesbian bar in Vancouver, is closing its doors.
The Lotus Club had closed previously and had been the one before the Lotus, name will be added when source located.
2013
California’s Prop. 8 – Oral arguments heard at the United States Supreme Court.
2020s: Unnamed Common Oppressor/Religion VS: Sex/Gender Ideas vs Global Reality
2023
Vancouver Is Awesome
This popular lesbian drama TV show was filmed in Vancouver
While the sequel series is cancelled, a reboot of the original show is in the works.
WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
One Archives to Screen ‘Unidad: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos’ Docum…
ONE Archives Foundation is hosting a closing event for their Together On the Air exhibition with a special screening of the LGBTQ+ and Latinx documentary Unidad: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos, in honor of César Chávez Day, March 31, 2023. An exclusive panel discussion with the filmmakers and stars of the film, which tells the groundbreaking
Mail Online
JK Rowling blasts ‘mob’ at trans critic Kellie-Jay Keen rally
JK Rowling has slammed trans rights activists in New Zealand and the UK calling the scenes in Auckland. In London today, protesters gathered outside an event held by The Lesbian Project.
It is not sporting of men to deny women sports and then wonder why girls and teenaged girls are dropping sports.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/world-athletics-trans-ban-debate-1.6790454
First Lesbian in space
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/weather/2023/03/20/sally-ride–the-first-american-woman-in-space
Sally Ride: The first American woman in space
Sally Ride flew on two Space Shuttle missions.
2024
“At Her Service” Is a Sweet Sapphic Romance With Crucial Lesbian Kickball Representation
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/26/ive-never-seen-anything-like-it-how-a-scottish-lesbian-lifeguard-drama-is-changing-tv ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: how a Scottish lesbian lifeguard drama is changing TV This hilarious and nuanced show’s 10-minute episodes are landmark television. Its rare glimpse of queer love in small-town Scotland is devastatingly charming http://www.theguardian.com
the Guardian
‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: how a Scottish lesbian lifeguar…
This hilarious and nuanced show’s 10-minute episodes are landmark television. Its rare glimpse of queer love in small-town Scotland is devastatingly charming
India Today
‘I cheated on her’: India-Pakistan lesbian couple break up weeks be…
Anjali Chakra from India and Sufi Malik from Pakistan have announced the end of their relationship weeks before their wedding. The couple went viral for their photoshoot in 2019.
Viral Lesbian TikTok Couple Breaks Up Weeks Before Wedding
https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/renee-rapp-fans-questioning-sexuality-1235641651
Reneé Rapp Has ‘Had Enough’ of Fans Questioning Her Sexuality Online
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Today in LGBT History by Ronni Sanlo
LGBT History Month
EqualDex
https://lgbtdailyspotlight.com/ (site)
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music and movie information from my previous blog
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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