#lesbian or queer

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Barbara Jordan was a civil rights leader and progressive politician from Texas. She was first African-American woman from the south elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Jordan achieved notoriety for delivering a powerful opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. In 1976, she became the first African-American, and the first woman, to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.

Jordan is also known for her work as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.

In her 1979 autobiography Jordan recalled "having a swell time" meeting Nancy Earl for the first time in the late 1960s.

"I had had a great time and enjoyed myself very much. I remember I thought: This is something I would like to repeat… Nancy Earl is a fun person to be with … I could relax and enjoy myself … I had discovered I could relax at parties like that where I was safe."

Jordan and Earl were together for nearly 30 years. They bought land in Texas together and built a home in 1976. Earl, an educational psychologist, occasionally helped with speechwriting.

Jordan never publicly identifying as lesbian or queer. She was open about her relationship with Earl in private. But because she was the subject of homophobic attacks, and her advisors cautioning her against revealing the extend of her relationship with Earl in public.

Jordan retired in 1979 after three terms in Congress due to health challenges from multiple sclerosis. Nancy Earl became her caretaker as her health declined.

After leaving office, Jordan received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights in 1993, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented by President Bill Clinton in 1994.

An obituary in The Houston Chronicle described Earl as Jordan's "longtime companion" — the first public confirmation of their relationship.

[frontmansdefender]

fuck yeah !!!!!!!!!

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[eziojensenthe3rd]

Well fucks? Get to it!

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[genderqueerdykes]

i don't care how uncomfortable you are around cis men, queer cis men still need places to go, and sometimes, those spaces will be shared with yours. disabled and neurodivergent queer men and queer men of color especially need a place to go. the queer community isn't the "fuck cis men" community. that is the rad fem community. if you think cis men and people who read as cis men are inherently "too scary" or shouldn't be allowed in queer spaces, you joined the wrong community.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

Happy Pride Month

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[sad-klown-syndrome]

*grabs your hands and speaks to you in a tone that is so gentle* they/them pronouns stop being universal once you learn a person's pronouns. Sometimes that person's pronouns will include they/them and in that specific case you are allowed to keep using those pronouns for that person. In any case where you learn a persons pronouns and that person doesn't use they/them, you should no longer use those pronouns for that person. If you continue to use they/them pronouns knowing that person doesn't use them, you are now misgendering that person. Kindly stop doing that please. Thank you, I love you.

[theartofmadeline]

yeah i'm wlw (wench loving wench)

[guzhufuren]

Some happy things from the first day of marriage equality in Thailand 💗❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

First three couples who registered their marriage in different districts:

some openly queer actresses and a director celebrating this historical day:

[your-gay-grandma]

i need everyone to know that community is what will save us all in every single way imaginable. you forming a bond with your neighbour or coworker might help them move house or feel less alone or have the courage to leave an unhealthy living environment. you helping a stranger might provide them with hope. in turn, being able to lean on your community in times of need will save you. your broader bonds with your community are the revolution we need. our society seeks to divide and separate us in so many ways but we are all so much more united in our struggles and joys than you are made to believe. we need to hold onto each other very tightly.

[raqualswonderfunblog]

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[sscarletvenus]

this pride, i learnt about the Palestinian trans woman Oscar Al-Halabiye, dancer and resistance fighter against the israeli occupation in Southern Lebanon. she named herself Oscar after Lady Oscar from the "The Rose of Versailles", a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda.

her story is documented in Cinema Fouad(1993). zionists use pink washing to reinforce their genocidal terrorist narrative when queer Palestinians have been fighting against the occupation since the very beginning. you can watch it here with english subtitles. long live the intifada!