April 13

4/13/2023

Butches and Studs, Deborah Batts, Dinah Shore, Jodie Foster, Pomegranate, Priyanka Chopra, same-sex marriage

BCE to The Suffragettes

1940s The Friends of Dorothy Era and The Hayes Code

04-13-1947 – 02-03-2020 Deborah Batts – Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In June 1994, she was sworn in as a Federal District Judge for Manhattan, becoming the nation’s first openly LGBT, African-American federal judge.

She took senior status on her 65th birthday. She was in office from May 9, 1994, to April 13, 2012. She died of complications from knee surgery at a rehabilitation center in Manhattan in February 2020.

Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay federal judge …

CNN.com https://www.cnn.com › 2020/02/04 › deborah-batts-man…

Feb 4, 2020 — Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, …

The Honorable Deborah A. Batts’s Biography

The HistoryMakers https://www.thehistorymakers.org › biography › hono…

U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts was born on April 13, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. degree in government from Radcliffe …

Remembering Deborah Batts, the First Openly Gay …

The Harvard Crimson https://www.thecrimson.com › article › deborah-batts-…

Jun 28, 2022 — Deborah A. Batts ’69 — who unexpectedly died in February 2020 at age 72 due to complications from knee surgery — had an extraordinary legal …

Honorable Deborah A. Batts

International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges https://lgbtqjudges.org › honorable-deborah-a-batts

Honorable Deborah A. Batts … Judge Batts was the first openly LGBTQ judge confirmed to the federal bench. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, she was confirmed …

1950s The Decade the public learned heterosexual women wanted sex

The Civil Rights 60s: When the Boomers were under 30

1969

Diana Ross appeared solo on Dinah Shore’s NBC-TV special “Like Hep”.

1970s: Feminist, Gay Liberation and Lesbian Separatists: Civil Rights

1980s The Genderfuck Apathetics vs Yuppies : Aids the new STD on the list

1985

“The Grand Ole Opry” debuted on television.

1986

Lesbian/Gay Awareness Week (1986 April 13, University of …

Northeastern University https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu › repositories

Lesbian/Gay Awareness Week (1986 April 13, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts), 1986 April 13. File — Box: 9, Folder: 60. Citation. Request.

1990s: The Queer Slur Reclaimed: Act Up! Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation

1990

In Tokyo, Japan, Madonna began her 57-date Blond Ambition World Tour performing for the first of three nights at Chiba Marine Stadium.

1999

VH1 debuted their Internet radio station called VH1 at Work. The first webcast was the “Divas Live” concert.

2000s – “gay and lesbian” to “lesbigay” to “Lgbt/Lgbtq/Lgbtq2”

2002

Ravi Shankar’s daughter, 23 year old Norah Jones, makes her TV debut on CNN International’s The Music Room. She would go on to win nine Grammy Awards and sell over 50 million albums worldwide. Billboard named her the top Jazz artist of the 2000 – 2009 decade.

2003

Madonna struck back at online peer-to-peer pirates of her new album, “American Life” by flooding file-sharing networks with decoy files. Those who download tracks from such services as KaZaA were greeted by the voice of Madonna asking, “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”

2010s Avocado Toast is the new Latte cheaper made at home, tastes better out

-2013 French Senate voted in favor to legalize same-sex marriage. This put the landmark bill on track to become law by summer 2013. Since May 18, 2013, same-sex marriage has been legal in France. It is the thirteenth country worldwide to allow same-sex couples to marry. The legislation applies to metropolitan France as well as the French Overseas departments and territories. The first official same-sex ceremony took place on May 29, 2013 in the city of Montpellier.

2020s: Unnamed Common Oppressor/Religion VS: Sex/Gender Ideas vs Global Reality

2020

The Butches and Studs Who’ve Defied the Male Gaze and Redefined Cul…

Without their presence and contributions, queer aesthetics — and the arts at large — would be far less rich.