Tag Archives: History

December 05

Why America needs a new Harvey Milk

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Originally posted on Can't rest with the unrest:
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet shoot down every closet door.”  -Harvey Milk The Harvey Milk foundation leads Milk’s legacy after he was shot on November 27, 1978.  Unlike other public figures, Milk knew he was going to be assassinated.  But the…

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November 13

Relevancy: The Gay and The News; and The Pride in Coming Out

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Originally posted on Aries Gay Man Musings:
I have always been the kind of person that considers his sexuality something personal (which is not the same as private). Therefore, I’m not fond of the ‘Hey, I’m X and I’m Gay’. I simply do not consider it relevant at stage of the conversation. However, this ‘relevancy’…

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November 12

The Real Dogs of the RMS Titanic (?)

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Originally posted on Featured E – Magazine:
If you are a dog lover, you will love this story. The other day, our local dog park posted something about the dogs who survived the Titanic on Facebook.  So, I wanted to do a little research.  I have never really read or heard much about the dogs…

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October 22

Gay Life During the Height of the HIV / AIDS Epidemic

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Queerty profiled a moving photo series on gay couples during the HIV / AIDS era. The photo journalism project feels like a window into another era. Here is the overview of the project from Queerty: “In the Summer of 1986, photographer Sage Sohier set out to document the lives of gay and lesbian Americans in […]

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October 15

LGBT History: The Curious Case of John Henry Newman

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Originally posted on Metathesis:
John Henry Newman has been in my Twitter feed a lot lately. Apparently, when this Victorian cardinal wasn’t writing his Apologia Pro Vita Sua, the nineteenth century’s longest and driest autobiography (sorry, Newman), he wrote religious commentary that some people still find instructive. But it wasn’t all that long ago that…

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October 12

Remembering Matt Shepard

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For 16 years, Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder has represented the very worst of American anti-gay bigotry. The crime has been a rallying cry for a more tolerant, more inclusive society. Late on the night of October 6, 1998, 21 year old Matthew Shepard left a bar in Laramie, Wyoming with Aaron McKin­ney and Russell Henderson. A […]

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October 05

Pride – The Unlikely Union between Miners and LGBT Activists

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Coal miners and gay activists. I saw Pride – a wonderful film – about these two marginalized communities joining forces. The movie follows the LGBTers who help miners during the lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. The miners, while slow to accept this strange alliance, ended up becoming a powerful force […]

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July 30

The Skies Belong to Us: How Hijackers Created an Airline Crisis in the 1970s

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Originally posted on Longreads:
Brendan I. Koerner | The Skies Belong to Us | 2013 | 25 minutes (6,186 words) ? ‘There Is No Way to Tell a Hijacker by Looking At Him’ When the FAA’s antihijacking task force first convened in February 1969, its ten members knew they faced a daunting challenge—not only because…

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May 25

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away…

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So I am not a Star Wars fan (I grew up watching Star Trek). But as a lover of pop culture and history I can appreciate Star Wars. The movie opened up 37 years ago today. Here are some facts about the movie to hold you over while you get dressed in your best Darth […]

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December 28

1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment Discovered In Paris

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Originally posted on BELLO:
This real-estate story sounds almost like a fairy tale or the beginning of a big Hollywood production. Back in 2010 a Parisian apartment on the Right Bank, near the Opéra Garnier, left unoccupied since 1942 was discovered. It was owned by Madame de Florian – a socialite and an actress –…

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