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🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Clive Barker (b. 1952)
Openly gay writer and creator of Hellraiser. A pioneer of queer horror whose work explores desire, identity, and the beautifully grotesque.
#QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
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Good morning, queers & weirdos! ☀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It’s SaturGay! Been busy with Midsummer, but today it’s podcast time.
New ep: Tig Notaro—cancer survivor, comedian, actress.
🎧 Listen here
Love you. Take your fiber 💊
#QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories #QueerHistory
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Barney Frank (b. 1940)
One of the first openly gay members of the U.S. Congress. A fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and co-author of the Dodd-Frank Act. Proof that being out and powerful matters.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Eric Idle (1943)
Comedy legend, Monty Python icon, and openly bisexual. Smart, silly, and just the right amount of inappropriate. We love range.
#QueerLegacy #QueerHistory
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Paul Verlaine (1844)
Messy, brilliant, and very queer. His scandalous relationship with Arthur Rimbaud? Pure chaotic poet energy. Literature has never recovered.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy
🌈 Queer History — March 29
📰 1973 — LGBTQ+ marches spread beyond major cities
Following early Pride protests, more U.S. cities began organizing marches and visibility events.
It marked a shift—this wasn’t just a moment, but a movement.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Jean-Claude Brialy (b. 1933)
A key face of the French New Wave, working w/directors like Godard and Rohmer & helping shape an era of film.
Later in life, he spoke openly about being gay; that took courage.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Cy Twombly(b. 1928)
Influential American artist whose work pulls from mythology, poetry, & the human body
He lived openly as a gay man, & you can feel that sense of desire & emotion layered through his art
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
🌈 Queer Figure - Happy Birthday Christopher Rice (b. 1978)
Openly gay author. He’s carved out his own space in gothic & thriller fiction while continuing to center queer voices in his work.
A legacy name, but very much his own path.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQStories
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🌈 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Vince Clarke (b. 1960)
Gay synth-pop legend of Erasure—serving queer bops before some of you were even born. Respect your elders. #QueerLegacy
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🌈 Happy Birthday Fergie (1975)
Pop star who’s spoken openly about attraction to both men and women. From Black Eyed Peas to solo hits, she’s brought queer visibility into mainstream music.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy
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🌈 Queer History — Willem Arondeus
Dutch resistance fighter who helped destroy Nazi records to protect Jewish people. Before execution: “Homosexuals are not cowards.”
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy
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🌈 Happy Birthday Quentin Crisp (1908)
Openly gay writer & performer who lived authentically long before it was safe. The Naked Civil Servant made him an icon of queer resilience.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy
🌈 Happy Birthday Pat Bond (1925)
Openly lesbian performer who turned her life into powerful one-woman shows. From surviving the military’s purge of lesbians to national storytelling.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy
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🎉 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Alexander Calder (1898)
Innovative modern artist whose legacy is explored within queer art history.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #ArtHistory
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🎉 Queer Figure — Happy Birthday Damon Albarn (1968)
Blur & Gorillaz frontman who’s challenged rigid ideas of identity and sexuality.
#QueerHistory #QueerLegacy #LGBTQ
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Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Radclyffe Hall (b. 1880) 🏳️🌈
Lesbian author of The Well of Loneliness—so powerful it got banned. Imagine being THAT iconic.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Alberta Hunter (b. 1895) 🎤
Blues legend, Harlem Renaissance icon, and a woman who loved women—living her truth long before it was safe.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Queer Figure Birthday 🎉
Henry Blake Fuller (b. 1857) 📚
Quietly writing queer themes into American literature before anyone was ready to talk about it.
#ForgottenIcons #QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Good morning, queers & weirdos! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤓
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🏳️⚧️ Queer Figure — Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (March 18, 1928)
Happy Birthday to Charlotte von Mahlsdorf 🏳️⚧️
Trans icon, history keeper, & survivor of Nazi Germany she built safe queer spaces when the world said no.
That’s legacy.
#QueerHistory #TransHistory #QueerLegacy
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Good morning, queers & weirdos 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤓
Coffee in hand? Perfect ☕️
Now press play on Forgotten Queers your queer history podcast full of forgotten icons, #QueerLegacy & #LGBTQStories you need to know:
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🏳️🌈 Happy Birthday Justin Vivian Bond (b. 1963)!
Cabaret legend, actor & gender-nonconforming icon. Half of the iconic duo Kiki & Herb and a trailblazer in queer performance.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #QueerLegacy
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🏳️⚧️ Happy Birthday AJ Clementine (b. 1996)!
Filipino-Australian model, author & trans advocate. The first transgender model for Bonds and a powerful voice for trans visibility.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #QueerLegacy
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Start your day with Forgotten Queers 🎙️
Today’s 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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🎂 Born March 10: Bessie Smith
The legendary “Empress of the Blues.” Smith was openly bisexual in her time and one of the most powerful voices in early American music. A true icon in queer history.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #ForgottenIcons #QueerLegacy
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🎂 Born March 10: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Ballet dancer turned drag superstar, Hytes became a global icon after RuPaul’s Drag Race and now judges Canada’s Drag Race. A modern force in LGBTQ visibility.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #Drag #QueerLegacy
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🎂 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.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #ForgottenIcons #QueerLegacy
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Have you listened to all episodes of 🎙️ Forgotten Queers yet? If not, you’ve got 1 DAY to get caught up before a new episode drops Wed morning.
Learn some queer history & meet a few forgotten icons before the next LGBTQ story arrives.
#QueerHistory #LGBTQStories #QueerLegacy
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Hey queers & weirdos! ☕🎙️
Need a break? Press play on my queer history podcast, Forgotten Queers—sharing forgotten icons, LGBTQ stories, and our queer legacy.
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