June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
aka LGBTQ+ Pride Month
“When you are doing something
that is right, you just do it and take
care … Someone has to do this.”
–Alice Nkom,
Cameroonian civil rights lawyer,
defender of victims of Cameroon’s
harsh laws against homosexuality
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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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“It takes no compromise to give people
their rights ... it takes no money to respect
the individual. It takes no political deal
to give people freedom. It takes no
survey to remove repression.”
–Harvey Milk
assassinated San Francisco
gay rights activist_________________
“There will not be a magic
day when we wake up and
it’s now okay to express ourselves
publicly. We make that day by
doing things publicly until it’s
simply the way things are.”
–Tammy Baldwin,
first openly gay U.S. Senator
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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.

THIS WEEK IN THE WAR ON WOMEN
has posted, so be sure to go there next, and
catch up on the latest dispatches from the frontlines.