Today we honor
ππ₯ππ‘π πππ ππ‘π¬ β one of the first to fight the U.S. government head-on after being fired for being gay.
He coined a truth we still repeat: Gay is Good.
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ππ₯ππ‘π πππ ππ‘π¬ β one of the first to fight the U.S. government head-on after being fired for being gay.
He coined a truth we still repeat: Gay is Good.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQHistory π§΅
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Today we honor πππ₯π₯π¬ πππ¬ β the founder of the Mattachine Society, one of the first sustained gay rights organizations in the U.S.
When few dared to organize openly, Hay built a movement.
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Today we honor πππ₯π ππππ‘π₯πππ π¨ππ₯ππππ¦
The worldβs first known gay rights advocate. In the 1860s, he spoke publicly for the decriminalization of same-sex love. A voice centuries ahead of its time.
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There was a time when an openly gay person in the U.S. Senate was unthinkable.
π§ππ π π¬ πππππͺππ‘ didnβt wait for permission. She ran. She won. And every LGBTQ kid watching saw what was possible.
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She didnβt hide. She didnβt apologize.
Tammy Baldwin walked into the Senate out and proud β and forced America to see us.
Visibility is power. That fight isnβt over.
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In 1867, Ulrichs stood before a German legal body and demanded LGBTQ freedom.
He risked arrest to speak a simple truth: love is not a crime.
Modern queer activism owes him its roots.
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In 1950, Hay gathered the first gay men willing to stand together and say: we deserve dignity.
Without him, there might be no modern LGBTQ movement.
Mattachine walked so the rest of us could run.
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Fired as a government astronomer, Kameny fought all the way to the Supreme Court.
He led the first LGBTQ protests at the White House and the Pentagon.
He helped teach us to fight with pride.
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