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๐ Queer Figure โ Happy Birthday Amanda Plummer (1957)
Award-winning actress with a powerful presence on stage and screen, and openly queer relationships.
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer History โ March 22
1978: Harvey Milk brings queer rights to a national stage
1985: LGBTQ+ press rises amid AIDS crisis
1993: โDonโt Ask, Donโt Tellโ debates heat up
We told our stories when no one else would.
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๐ Queer Figure
Happy Birthday Jeremy Clyde (b. 1941)! ๐
Actor and musician, half of Chad & Jeremy, Clyde represents quiet bisexual visibility in an era that rarely allowed it. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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๐ถ Arthur Russell (b. 1951)
Happy Birthday to queer figure Arthur Russell!
Avant-garde musician and disco pioneer whose work grew out of NYCโs queer club scene.
๐ A queer visionary whose influence still shapes music today. ๐งโจ
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Queer Figure Birthday ๐
Radclyffe Hall (b. 1880) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Lesbian author of The Well of Lonelinessโso powerful it got banned. Imagine being THAT iconic.
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Queer Figure Birthday ๐
Alberta Hunter (b. 1895) ๐ค
Blues legend, Harlem Renaissance icon, and a woman who loved womenโliving her truth long before it was safe.
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Queer Figure Birthday ๐
Henry Blake Fuller (b. 1857) ๐
Quietly writing queer themes into American literature before anyone was ready to talk about it.
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Good morning, queers & weirdos! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ค
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๐ญ Queer Figure John Kander (March 18, 1927)
Happy Birthday to John Kander ๐ญ
The genius behind Chicago & Cabaret helped define Broadway & slipped queer stories into the spotlight long before it was safe.
Icons donโt ask permission.
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โ Bayard Rustin (b. 1912)
Civil rights strategist and organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. An openly gay leader often pushed asideโbut never stopped shaping history.
๐ A foundational queer icon whose impact still echoes. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ
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Start your day with Forgotten Queers ๐๏ธ
Todayโs episode explores the independent life of Louisa May Alcott author of Little Women & the questions her life raises in queer history.
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๐ Born March 10: Bessie Smith
The legendary โEmpress of the Blues.โ Smith was openly bisexual in her time and one of the most powerful voices in early American music. A true icon in queer history.
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A young man stands confidently in front of a house, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans, with a staircase and greenery visible in the background.
๐ Born March 10: John Rechy
Author of City of Night, Rechy boldly wrote about gay life in America when few others dared. His work became a landmark of queer literature and queer history.
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Hey queers & weirdos! โ๐๏ธ
Need a break? Press play on my queer history podcast, Forgotten Queersโsharing forgotten icons, LGBTQ stories, and our queer legacy.
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