June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
aka LGBTQ+ Pride Month
"It is a whole new world out there …
Whoever thought we'd get to say 'wife'
or 'husband'? I got to put a ring on it!"
—Sarah Kate Ellis,
GLAAD CEO & President
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WOW2 is a four-times-a-month sister blog
to This Week in the War on Women.
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“All of us who are openly gay are
living and writing the history of our
movement. We are no more—and no
less—heroic than the suffragists and
abolitionists of the 19th century; and
the labor organizers, Freedom Riders,
Stonewall demonstrators, and
environmentalists of the 20th century.
We are ordinary people, living our
lives, and trying as civil rights
activist Dorothy Cotton said, to
‘fix what ain’t right’ in our society.”
—Tammy Baldwin,
first openly gay U.S. Senator
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“No pride for some of us,
without liberation
for all of us.”
— Marsha P. Johnson,
Co-founder of STAR
(Street Transvestite
Action Revolutionaries)
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The purpose of WOW2 is to learn about and honor women of achievement, including many who’ve been ignored or marginalized in most of the history books.
These trailblazers have a lot to teach us about persistence in the face of overwhelming odds. I hope you will find reclaiming our past as much of an inspiration as I do.
Many, many thanks to libera nos, intrepid Assistant Editor of WOW2. Any remaining mistakes are either mine, or uncaught computer glitches in transferring the data from his emails to DK5. And much thanks to wow2lib, WOW2’s Librarian Emeritus.
THIS WEEK IN THE WAR ON WOMEN
will post shortly, so be sure to go there next, and
catch up on the latest dispatches from the frontlines.
