In 1947 it was the first lesbian-interest publication in the United States.
Vice Versa
1939 Autobiography
Frances V. Rummell, an educator and a teacher of French at Stephens College, published an autobiography under the title Diana: A Strange Autobiography; it was the first explicitly lesbian autobiography in which two women end up happily together.[ This autobiography was published with a note saying, “The publishers wish it expressly understood that this is a true story, the first of its kind ever offered to the general reading public”
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was an important civil rights activist. He was a leader in the movement to end racial segregation in the United States. His most famous address was the “I Have A Dream” speech. He was an advocate of non-violent protest and became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was assassinated in 1968.
Mona’s 440 Club
1936 it was the first lesbian gay bar in America, opened in San Francisco. Mona‘s waitresses and female performers wore tuxedos and patrons dressed their roles.
1931 Was Big
In Berlin, Dora Richter, born as Rudolph Richter, is the first known transgender woman to undergo vaginoplasty.
Mädchen in Uniform is released and is the first film with a pro-lesbian story.
Transgender Flag in Congress
The new congresswoman from the 10th district of Virginia said she hung it to honor trans friends and family.
Newly elected Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., started her term with a statement of transgender equality by hanging the trans pride flag outside her office in Washington.
The flag, which can be seen by visitors to the Longworth House Office Building on the south side of the Capitol, is one of the flags that officials traditionally display outside their offices. The American flag and state flags are most common, but representatives can choose what flags to hang.
Abby Carter, Wexton’s chief of staff, confirmed that Wexton — the aunt to a transgender child — hung the flag to make a statement about trans inclusion.
“This is personal for me. We’re talking about my family and friends,” Wexton said in a statement to NBC News. “I want everyone in the trans community to know that they are welcome and loved even in the face of this administration and its attacks on who they are.”
“I didn’t think putting it up would be a big deal, but I’ve received a huge outpouring of support and appreciation from the LGBT community in the past two days,” Wexton added. “We’ve been receiving messages from across the country and they’ve been telling me how much it means to them to see that in the halls of Congress.”
More Diverse Congress
Kyrsten Lea Sinema is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. Representative from Arizona’s 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. She previously served in both chambers of the Arizona State Legislature, having been elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and the Arizona Senate in 2010.
Sinema began her political career as an activist for the Green Party before joining the Arizona Democratic Party in 2004. In the 2012 elections, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first openly bisexual member of Congress in the history of the United States.
The Year was 1924
Society for Human Rights – First gay rights organization in the United States (West Third). Published Friendship and Freedom, the first American gay publication.
This was also when the first issue of Die Freundin (the girlfriend) appears; it was the first Lesbian magazine worldwide.
Madonna rings in 2019 with surprise appearance at Stonewall Inn
The Queen of Pop was recently named an ambassador of the iconic LGBTQ venue
Madonna rang in 2019 with a surprise appearance at Stonewall Inn, the iconic LGBTQ venue in Greenwich Village, New York.
The Queen of Pop was recently named an ambassador of Stonewall and her New Year’s appearance kicked off a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In a short speech, Madonna reflected on the anniversary of the gay liberation movement, saying: “I stand here proudly at the place where pride began, the legendary Stonewall Inn, on the birth of a new year. We come together tonight to celebrate 50 years of revolution, 50 years of freedom fighting, 50 years of blood, sweat, and tears. 50 years of sacrifice, 50 years of standing up to discrimination, hatred, and indifference. Let us never forget the Stonewall riots and those who bravely stood up and said enough.”
At the conclusion of her remarks, she led the crowd in singing Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” as well as her own seminal hit “Like A Prayer”. See fan-shot footage below.
On A Grey Thread
In 1923 Lesbian Elsa Gidlow, born in England, published the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry in the United States, titled “On A Grey Thread.”