Gay history figures

Historical Figures of LGBTQ+ History

1936-1996

Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas. After attending Phyllis WheatleyHigh School, Jordan graduated in 1952. Upon graduation, Jordan attended Texas Southern University and earned her bachelor’s degree in 1956.She then obtained her law degree from Boston University to practice commandment in Houston, TX. In 1962, Jordan began her political career and ran for the Texas Dwelling of Representatives. She disoriented this election and ran again in 1964. However, she lost again, so in 1966 she decided to run for Texas Senate, instead. This second, Jordan won and became the first African American woman to be elected in that office.She was the first African American state senator in the U.S. since 1883. On March 28, 1972, she was elected President of the Texas Senate, making her the first Dark woman in America to oversee a legislative body. She also ran for Congress, during this

Nine historical LGBTQ figures you need to know about

5, 6 and 7. Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and Stormé DeLarverie.

In 1969, a series of demonstrations by LGBTQ people erupted in response to a police raid of a gay bar – The Stonewall Inn – in Unused York City. This became known as The Stonewall Rebellion, or The Stonewall Uprising. These events triggered LGBTQ liberation work in the US and beyond. Key figures at Stonewall included transitioned women Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, and womxn loving womxn Stormé DeLarverie.

Alfred Kinsey

8. Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin was a vitally key figure in the black civil rights movement and proximate advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr. He was openly gay and a committed advocate of nonviolence. Historians own speculated that his marginalisation in the historical record could be a product of his sexuality. On 8 August, 2013, Present Barack Obama announced Rustin would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. This is the uppermost award that can be given in the United States.

9. Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey, creator of The Kinsey Scale, was a bisexual

June is Pride Month, which commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1969, when patrons of a male lover bar, The Stonewall Inn, in Recent York City fought back against a police raid. It was an inflection point in the gay liberation movement. To celebrate Lgbtq+ fest Month, I wanted to share a bit about Gay scientists of the past.

I often undergo uncomfortable with these lists, especially when sexual orientation and/or gender identity is speculative. Many Gay people in history couldn't come out publicly (and the truth is that many today still can't), and it feels a brief intrusive to guess based on a letter or some ambiguous anecdote. But I also know that the good that comes from the visibility of those historical figures is significant. It's key to learn about the contributions Queer people have drawn-out been making. So I've included in this list people who were common about their individuality and/or orientation as well as people who are consideration to have been LGBTQ+.

This list is more on the historical side and includes mostly (though not entirely) people who are no longer working scientists. If you are more interested in learning about current LGBTQ+ scientists, grab a loo

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Born 1800–1900

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Born since 1900

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Sappho

Socrates

David & Jonathan

Harmodius & Aristogiton

Plato

Alexander

Virgil

Hadrian

St Anselm

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St Aelred

Donatello's David

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Hafiz (Mohammad Shams Od-Din Hafiz) (c.1319-c.1389) Persian poet: Dubbed Sugar-Lips for his sensuous lyrics, many in praise of rough trade. Regarded as a Sufi mystic, but preferred taverns to mosques. His tomb in Shiraz (southern Iran) is a place of pilgrimage.
Donatello (c.1386-1466) Italian sculptor: Founder of modern sculpture (i.e. in the round), reviver of classical antiquity as in his expressive and homoerotic bronze statue of David (a key marker of the birth of the Renaissance) and marble St George.
Mehmet II, the Conqueror (c.1430-1481) Sultan of Turkey: Captured Constantinople in 1453 (renamed Istanbul), defeated the Byzantime Empire and founded the Ottoman Empire (incl. Greece, Serbia, Albania). Captured Christian youths were placed in his harem. Patron of learning.
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