The Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project hopes to keep its LGBTQ history on the map.
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“This generation has grown up with LGBT rights being affirmed. They need to know about the hard work and perseverance that LGBT pioneers exhibited when the political and social climate was more hostile,” said Horacio Sierra, a professor at Bowie State University.
“The focus is on the LGBT history of Charleston,” said Bulldog’s head tour guide John LaVerne. “We’re also going to cover some basic Charleston information and historical facts that people are going to need to know so they have a better understanding of what Charleston is about.”
“He was an activist,” said Sara Burningham, producer of Making Gay History, a podcast about important figures in North American LGBTQ history.
“He was not a central activist but he was there at some really important moments in the civil rights struggle.
"But what’s become almost as important about him is that photograph.”
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“The poster comes for you in ways art simply can’t. The poster comes for you where you live.”
There are lots of other historic sites throughout Philadelhia that played a part in the LGBTQ rights movement.
Despite these strides, LGBTQ rights remain under assault heading into 2018, particularly in the workplace.
In Madison, Wisconsin: “We want to reach out to underrepresented groups and make sure that … those places that are significant to them and in the history of our community are part of our preservation efforts in the future.”
Happy birthday to Frida Kahlo The legendary Mexican artist would have been 111 today. Her work has inspired generations of artists. Frida occasionally wore men’s clothing and was proudly bisexual — despite the world being hostile to LGBTQ people in the early 20th century. 📸: #NickolasMuray The first portrait was taken by Frida’s father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1926.