“LESBIANS ARE BEAUTIFUL” – “A DAY WITHOUT LESBIANS IS LIKE A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE,” Gay Freedom Day Parade, San Francisco, California, June 1979. Photographer unknown, c/o @chicagotribune.
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In the late 1970s, as former beauty queen, singer, spokesperson, and archconservative Anita Bryant’s Save Our Children campaign battled anti-discrimination ordinances across the country, the queer community unified around a common enemy.
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From 1977 to 1979, virtually every gathering of queer Americans (and many across the world) featured every kind of anti-Anita paraphernalia, including signs, banners, shirts, pins, speeches, songs, and chants.
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Here, Gay Freedom Day participants present a spin on the tagline Bryant made famous as spokesperson for the Florida Citrus Commission: “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.”
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[Please note: most sources incorrectly describe this image as one of a Chicago Pride Parade; it is, in fact, from San Francisco’s 1979 Gay Freedom Day Parade. We base the location on the streetcar tracks and the sign for Mason & Turk Streets (which intersect with Market Street) in the background. The 1979 parade was San Francisco’s first Gay Freedom Day Parade the route of which went from downtown to the Castro (as opposed to vice versa) and the marchers here are headed away from downtown; that fact, coupled with the Anita reference, gives us confidence in the 1979 date. As ever, we encourage those who are inclined to repost the picture with the correct information in order to correct the virtual record.] #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #LesbianVisibilityDay #Resist (at San Francisco, California)
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It Gets Better in July: Five Videos to Make Your Day
Since 2010, the It Gets Better Project has collected over 60,000 video stories from LGBTQ people and their allies from around the world. Here are some of our favorites from June 2017.
1. #PorUnFinalFeliz – “For A Happy Ending” Campaign
Through July, our affiliate in Chile, Todo Mejora, continues the campaign Por Un Final Feliz with the help of several media partners. A number of new videos have been uploaded to their YouTube page featuring uplifting stories from Chilean young people, as well as messages of hope from actors and other popular figures.
Todo Mejora [It Gets Better Chilé]
2. El Summit 2017 de Pride Connection Summit – It Gets Better México
It Gets Better México participated in the 2017 Pride Connection Summit and has a large number of It Gets Better videos uploaded to their YouTube page from other participants they came across there. Featured below is Carlos Maza, a manager over at Moovz, a global LGBT social network that’s particularly popular in Latin America. Pride Connection aims to foster inclusive company cultures for LGBTQ employees at professional work places across the world.
3. It Gets Better Project Checks Out Check It
In July, we heard from some of the kids featured in the documentary Check It, which chronicles the journey of a group of young black LGBTQ men and women in Washington D.C., breaking out of poverty by launching clothing labels, walking runways, and putting on fashion shows. Emerging from violence and harassment, they made a family where they didn’t have one.
“Life for the Check It can be brutal, but it’s also full of hope and an indomitable resilience.”
In this series of videos, various members of the Check It share their stories & their messages for others in the LGBTQ community.
4. It Gets Better Spain Hears From EL PAÍS
EL PAÍS is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain with a circulation of over 15 million unique readers. In this video, a number of their staff have words of encouragement for LGBTQ jóvenes – young people.
5. Petra Bayr, a Member of Austrian Parliament, Says “It Gets Better”!
Petra Bayr knows that there is bullying and even violence against LGBTQ young people in her country. But as part of the government, she she hopes she can encourage young people to come out and stresses that things will be better.
Es Wird Besser Österreich [It Gets Better Austria]
Craving more?! Go to www.itgetsbetter.org, or keep scrolling to learn more about the cool things It Gets Better and its affiliates are doing around the world.
Colombia: It Gets Better Colombia marched for Pride in Bogotá alongside 150,000 other passionate fighters for the LGBTQ community.
España: Our affiliate in Spain also marched at World Pride 2017 alongside our Portuguese and Austrian affiliates! Supported by Lush Spain, we were proud to spread hope for LGBTQ youth around the world.
Paraguay: Meanwhile, It Gets Better Paraguay was busy participating in the first module of a workshop for a leadership school in Oviedo where they educated and empowered young people on topics of human rights.
Greece: Finally, It Gets Better Greece marched at both Pride events in Athens and Thessaloniki. “Ήταν ένα εξαίσιο (It was exquisite!)” they said.
Our rainbow footprints are all over the world.
Our own Dan Savage – who founded It Gets Better btw – was featured in this list of exemplary Queer Podcasts for his project Savage Lovecast, essentially a podcast version of his weekly sex & relationship advice column.
Also featured in the list are The Read, Homoground (featuring LGBTQ music artists), Pod Save the People, and more.
You can access Savage Lovecast here.
“What we found was that people want a purpose to connect around, so it’s not just, ‘Hey you’re queer, you’ll get along.’ It’s more about, ‘Let’s find the commonality in my queer + x identity, in my intersectional identity.’“
I’m a librarian and I’m queer. As a member of the community, I help LGBT youth in a few ways. One is that I’m out and I let young people know that I’m out. In this way, they see that an adult they work with and respect is “different” and they see it’s OK. The other way I help is that I collect books that are of interest to LGBTQ youth. Many of the books I choose also feature LGBT characters. In this way, they see themselves in books and feel less alone in the world. We’re not alone, I promise.
Susan B. (El Paso, TX)
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🌈✊ YOUTH ACTIVISM SERIES - THE IT GETS BETTER PROJECT 🌈✊
THE IT GETS BETTER PROJECT IS LOOKING FOR OPENLY LGBTQ+ YOUTH ACTIVISTS TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN A WEB DOCU-SERIES.
Our goal is to give viewers around the world a hopeful, affirming glimpse into the lives of activists who identify as LGBTQ+ around the world (including outside of USA) and a respect for the intersectionality of many forms of activism. We’re looking for young people between the ages of 14-24 who are comfortably “out” as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer and who are involved in intersectional causes that aren’t necessarily directly about LGBTQ+ equality.
Maybe you’re part of a group of young queer activists working to end gun violence or fight for change in immigration policy. Maybe you’re creating a space for other LGBTQ+ youth to join you in advocating for global climate change or local workers rights. Maybe you’re creating art as activism related to racial inequality or reproductive justice. Maybe you are just a young person who is passionate about a particular cause and want to see a change in the world. We’re looking for young people between 14-24 who are changing the world…or even your own community. No cause is too small!
Does being openly LGBTQ+ impact your view of the world? Why are you so passionate about the cause you’re fighting for? The time commitment is limited- filming would take place over 1-2 days in your area based on your availability.
What’s your story? Please email us ASAP and let us know! casting@creatorup.com
PLEASE REFERENCE “ACTIVISM” IN THE EMAIL AND TELL US ABOUT YOU!
Happy Lesbian Visibility Day ❤️
Time to d-d-d-drop some knowledge about LGBTQ+ terms!
Today’s term is trans: Someone whose gender identity differs from the one that was assigned to them at birth. Many transgender people identify as either man or woman, while others may see transgender as an umbrella term and also identify as gender nonconforming, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, etc.
The important thing: how we as transgender people choose to express our gender is up to us, as is our transition!
Want more? Writing Our Own Dictionary premieres on our Youtube October 6th! Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode. In the meantime, check out our terms glossary at itgetsbetter.org/glossary.
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