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LGBT History Month

Index LGBT History Month

LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. [1]

69 relations: Abby Stein, Allan Horsfall, Ally Week, Andrew Sullivan, Ann Bannon, Antonia Pantoja, Anwen Muston, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Axel and Eigil Axgil, Black History Month, BPM (Beats per Minute), Brenda Howard, Clive Davis, Coming out, Dusty Springfield, Edith Windsor, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elaine Noble, Elly Barnes, Elsie de Wolfe, February 1, Frances Perkins, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, GLSEN, Háttér Archive, History of lesbianism in the United States, Ian McKellen, Jane Addams, Julia Gasper, Justice and Witness Ministries, Katharine Lee Bates, Keith Haring, Larry Kramer, Laverne Cox, LGBT, LGBT history, LGBT rights in Romania, LGBT rights in South Africa, LGBT Youth Scotland, LGBTQ psychology, List of awards and nominations received by Angelina Jolie, List of LGBT awareness days, List of LGBT periodicals, List of month-long observances, Malcolm L. Lazin, Marlborough Pub and Theatre, Martina Navratilova, Mary Bonauto, Matt Fishel, Miriam Ben-Shalom, ..., Moms Mabley, National Coming Out Day, October, Out on Film, Patrick Califia, Philip Davies, Pink Triangle Trust, Polari, Queering Paradigms, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roberta Achtenberg, Robin Roberts (newscaster), Sandra Alland, Section 28, Staceyann Chin, Transgender American Veterans Association, UK LGBT Archive, Victoria Kolakowski. Expand index (19 more) »

Abby Stein

Abby Stein (born October 1, 1991) is an American transgender activist, author, blogger, model, and speaker.

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Allan Horsfall

Allan Horsfall (20 October 1927–27 August 2012) was a British gay rights campaigner and founder of the North West Committee for Homosexual Law Reform, which became the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.

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Ally Week

Ally Week is a national youth-led effort encouraging students to be allies with the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) members of their community in standing against bullying, harassment and name-calling.

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Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is an English-born American author, editor, and blogger.

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Ann Bannon

Ann Weldy (born September 15, 1932), better known by her pen name Ann Bannon, is an American author who, from 1957 to 1962, wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.

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Antonia Pantoja

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Anwen Muston

Anwen Dawn Muston is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected to Wolverhampton City Council at the 2016 elections, and represents the city's East Park ward.

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), now officially proclaimed Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, takes place in May.

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Axel and Eigil Axgil

Axel Axgil (3 April 1915 – 29 October 2011) and Eigil Axgil (24 April 1922 – 22 September 1995) were Danish gay activists and a longtime couple.

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Black History Month

Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in the U.S., is an annual observance in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.

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BPM (Beats per Minute)

BPM (Beats per Minute), also known as 120 BPM (Beats per Minute), (120 battements par minute) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Robin Campillo and starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois and Adèle Haenel.

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Brenda Howard

Brenda Howard (December 24, 1946 – June 28, 2005) was an American bisexual rights activist, sex-positive feminist, polyamorist and BDSM practitioner.

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Clive Davis

Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer, A&R executive and music industry executive.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

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Edith Windsor

Edith "Edie" Windsor (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St.

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Elaine Noble

Elaine Noble (born January 22, 1944) is an American politician and LGBT activist who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for two terms starting in January 1975.

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Elly Barnes

Dr Elly Barnes MBE (born 1971 in Leicestershire) is the Founder and Chief Executive of the charity Educate & Celebrate, the organisation that transforms schools into LGBT+ friendly places.

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Elsie de Wolfe

Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, (December 20, 1859? – July 12, 1950) was an American actress, interior decorator, nominal author of the influential 1913 book The House in Good Taste, and a prominent figure in New York, Paris, and London society.

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February 1

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Frances Perkins

Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an American scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory.

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GLSEN

GLSEN (formerly the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) is a United States-based education organization working to create safe and inclusive K-12 schools.

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Háttér Archive

Háttér Archive is the oldest and largest LGBT+ archive and library in Hungary, a unique LGBT+ collection in Eastern Europe.

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History of lesbianism in the United States

This article addresses the history of lesbianism in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, the members of same-sex female couples discussed here are not known to be lesbian (rather than for example bisexual), but they are mentioned as part of discussing the practice of lesbianism — that is, same-sex female sexual and romantic behavior.

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Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor.

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Jane Addams

Jane Addams (September 8, 1860May 21, 1935), known as the "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, public administrator, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.

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Julia Gasper

Julia Gasper is an English independent academic specialising in historical literature, and a right-wing political activist affiliated with the English Democrats.

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Justice and Witness Ministries

Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM) is one of five covenanted ministries of the United Church of Christ.

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Katharine Lee Bates

Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American songwriter.

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Keith Haring

Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art and graffiti-like work grew out of the New York City street culture of the 1980s.

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Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935) is an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist.

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Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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LGBT history

LGBT history dates back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love and sexuality of ancient civilizations, involving the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgender (LGBT) peoples and cultures around the world.

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LGBT rights in Romania

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Romania may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in South Africa

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in South Africa enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people.

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LGBT Youth Scotland

LGBT Youth Scotland is a voluntary organisation dedicated to the inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) young people (12-26yr olds) in the life of Scotland.

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LGBTQ psychology

LGBTQ psychology is a field of psychology surrounding the lives of LGBTQ individuals, in particular the diverse range of psychological perspectives and experiences of these individuals.

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List of awards and nominations received by Angelina Jolie

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie.

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List of LGBT awareness days

The following is a list of notable LGBT awareness days.

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List of LGBT periodicals

The following is a list of periodicals (printed magazines, journals and newspapers) aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) demographic by country.

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List of month-long observances

The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.

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Malcolm L. Lazin

Malcolm L. Lazin (born December 5, 1943) is an American social activist, prosecutor, entrepreneur and educator.

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Marlborough Pub and Theatre

The Marlborough Pub and Theatre is a historic venue, situated at 4 Princes Street, Brighton.

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova (Martina Navrátilová; born Martina Šubertová; October 18, 1956) is a former Czechoslovak and later American professional tennis player and coach.

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Mary Bonauto

Mary L. Bonauto (born June 8, 1961) is an American lawyer and civil rights advocate who has worked to eradicate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and has been referred to by US Representative Barney Frank as "our Thurgood Marshall." She began working with the Massachusetts-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, now named GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) organization in 1990.

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Matt Fishel

Matt Fishel is a British singer, songwriter, music producer and record label owner.

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Miriam Ben-Shalom

Miriam Ben-Shalom (מרים בן שלום, born May 3, 1948) is an American educator, activist and former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army.

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Moms Mabley

Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American standup comedian.

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National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on October 11 and October 12 in some parts of the world.

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October

October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days.

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Out on Film

Out on Film, Atlanta, Georgia's gay film festival, was established in 1987 and is one of the oldest gay film festivals in the United States devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

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Patrick Califia

Pat Califia (born 1954, formerly also known by the last name Califia-Rice) is an American writer of non-fiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry.

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Philip Davies

Philip Andrew Davies (born 5 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire.

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Pink Triangle Trust

The Pink Triangle Trust is a UK-registered charity whose aims are "to advance the education of the public, and particularly of lesbians and gay men, in the principles and practice of Humanism, and to advance the education of the public, and particularly of Humanists, about all aspects of homosexuality." Its long-standing secretary is George Broadhead.

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Polari

Polari (or alternatively Parlare, Parlary, Palare, Palarie, Palari) is a form of cant slang used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals, prostitutes, and the gay subculture.

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Queering Paradigms

Queering Paradigms (QP) refers to an informal network, a series of conferences and a book series.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair

Richard Barrington "Rikki" Beadle-Blair MBE (born July 1961) is a British actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, designer, choreographer, dancer and songwriter of British/West Indian origin.

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Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe (November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale, highly stylized black and white medium of photography.

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Roberta Achtenberg

Roberta Achtenberg (born July 20, 1950) is an American politician.

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Robin Roberts (newscaster)

Robin René Roberts (born November 23, 1960) is an American television broadcaster.

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Sandra Alland

Sandra Alland is a Glasgow-based Scottish-Canadian writer, interdisciplinary artist, small press publisher, performer, filmmaker and curator.

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Section 28

Section 28 or Clause 28While going through Parliament, the amendment was constantly relabelled with a variety of clause numbers as other amendments were added to or deleted from the Bill, but by the final version of the Bill, which received Royal Assent, it had become Section 28.

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Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin (born December 25, 1972) is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist.

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Transgender American Veterans Association

The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) is an advocacy group for transgender veterans from the US military.

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UK LGBT Archive

The UK LGBT Archive, formerly the LGBT History Project, is an LGBT online encyclopaedia for the United Kingdom It was created in June 2011 by Jonathan Harbourne using MediaWiki software.

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Victoria Kolakowski

Victoria Kolakowski (born August 29, 1961 in Queens, New York) is an American lawyer, and, since January 2011, judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month

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