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Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon become the first gay couple to legally marry in San Francisco, 2008. Martin passed away the same year.

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon become the first gay couple to legally marry in San Francisco, 2008. Martin passed away the same year.

Tagged: San Francisco, Lesbians, California, United States, Equal marriage, Proposition 8, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, .
57 ♥ 01.07.11
A queer rights demonstration outside the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 1976.

A queer rights demonstration outside the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 1976.

Tagged: New York, New York City, United States, Queer, 1970s, .
92 ♥ 01.07.11
A couple kisses after marriage is equalized in Mexico City, 2009.

A couple kisses after marriage is equalized in Mexico City, 2009.

Tagged: Mexico City, Equal Marriage, Mexico, Queer, .
22 ♥ 01.06.11
Shot during the coal miners’ strike in south Wales, 1984-85. 

Shot during the coal miners’ strike in south Wales, 1984-85. 

Tagged: United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wales, Activism, Lesbians, Gays, Queer, .
8 ♥ 12.25.10
U.S. president Barack Obama signs the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act on Wednesday. 

U.S. president Barack Obama signs the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act on Wednesday. 

Tagged: Don't Ask Don't Tell, United States, U.S. Army, Queer rights, U.S. Military, Barack OBama, 2010, .
4 ♥ 12.23.10

I’ve just started Fuck Yeah Famous Queers. Basically, famous queer people past and present are awesome and we should recognize them, and I’ll try and do so on their birthdays.

12.14.10
A plaque in the Highbury Fields neighbourhood in Islington, London, the birthplace of the U.K. queer rights movement.

A plaque in the Highbury Fields neighbourhood in Islington, London, the birthplace of the U.K. queer rights movement.

Tagged: England, London, Activism, Highbury Fields, United Kingdom, Great Britain, .
7 ♥ 12.14.10
Welsh singer and actor Ivor Novello (real name David Ivor Davies). I’m a music journalist in my day job. The Ivor Novello Awards honour Britain’s songwriters every year. Did you know they were named after a gay man? Now you do.

Welsh singer and actor Ivor Novello (real name David Ivor Davies).

I’m a music journalist in my day job. The Ivor Novello Awards honour Britain’s songwriters every year. Did you know they were named after a gay man? Now you do.

Tagged: Ivor Novello, Wales, Musicians, Actors, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Gay, .
7 ♥ 12.14.10
A detail of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany, where the Nazis murdered about 55,000 queer people. When Sachsenhausen was liberated, the queer prisoners had to finish their sentences under British and American troops because homosexuality was still illegal. (see further Heinz Heger’s book The Men with the Pink Triangle.)

A detail of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany, where the Nazis murdered about 55,000 queer people. When Sachsenhausen was liberated, the queer prisoners had to finish their sentences under British and American troops because homosexuality was still illegal. (see further Heinz Heger’s book The Men with the Pink Triangle.)

Tagged: World War II, Nazism, Homophobia, Holocaust, Sachsenhausen, Germany, Queer, .
7 ♥ 12.14.10
March on Washington for queer rights, 1993.

March on Washington for queer rights, 1993.

Tagged: March on Washington 1993, Activism, Washington D.C., United States, .
12.13.10
 
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