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LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ+, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. It is an umbrella term, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, and gender identities which are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex.

In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the term LGB, supplanting narrower terms such as "gay or lesbian". Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT, as transgender people became more accepted within the movement. Around that time, some activists began to reclaim the term queer, seeing it as a more radical and inclusive umbrella term, though others reject it, due to its history as a pejorative. In recognition of this, the 2010s saw the adoption of LGBTQ, and other more inclusive variants. (Full article...)

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The Röhm scandal resulted from the public disclosure of Nazi politician Ernst Röhm's homosexuality by anti-Nazis in 1931 and 1932. As a result of the scandal, Röhm became the first known homosexual politician.

Röhm was an early member of the Nazi Party and was close to party leader Adolf Hitler. In the late 1920s, he lived in Bolivia where he wrote letters to a friend, Karl-Günther Heimsoth, in which he candidly discussed his sexual orientation. Röhm's double life began to fall apart when he returned to Germany in 1930 and was appointed leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing. Although the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany supported the repeal of Paragraph 175, the German law criminalizing homosexuality, both parties utilized homophobia to attack their Nazi opponents and inaccurately portrayed the Nazi Party as dominated by homosexuals. Their goal was to prevent or delay the Nazi seizure of power, which ultimately occurred in early 1933. (Full article...)

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Charles J. O'Byrne (born 1959) is an American lawyer, former Jesuit priest, and former political staffer to Governor of New York David Paterson. O'Byrne served as Secretary to the Governor—the highest unelected position in New York government—during the Paterson administration. He stepped down from that position in October 2008 after admitting to having failed to pay five years' worth of taxes.

O'Byrne previously served as Chief of Staff to Paterson when Paterson served as a member of the New York State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of New York. He also worked as a speechwriter for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. Prior to entering politics, O'Byrne practiced law and was a member of the Society of Jesus for 12 years before departing his order and authoring a controversial 2002 article about Catholic priests and seminarians. (Full article...)

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You have the audacity to talk about protecting families and children from the homosexual menace, while you yourselves tear apart families and drive children to despair. I don't know why my son is gay, but I do know that God didn't put him, and millions like him, on this Earth to give you someone to abuse.

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—Sharon Underwood

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Pro and anti-Proposition 8 protesters rally as the California Supreme Court holds a session to determine the definition of marriage. Proposition 8 is a constitutional initiative that restricted the definition of marriage in California as that of between a man and a woman.

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... that the Heian period Japanese story Torikaebaya Monogatari is the tale of a man who lives as a woman and his sister who lives as a man, who eventually swap places in order to lead happy lives?
... that in his 1999 book The Trouble With Normal, gay author Michael Warner argued that same-sex marriage is an undesirable goal for the gay rights movement?
... that the 2009 book Unfriendly Fire argues that bans on gays in the military were based on prejudices and fears, not empirical data?
... that sexual activism group Sex Panic! criticized the efficacy of 1990s US anti-HIV campaigns that, they argued, demonized public sexual culture?

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This month's birthdays

1 – E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist and short story writer
1 – James Hormel (1933–2021), American philanthropist, LGBT activist & former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
1 – Joe Orton (1933–1967), English playwright
1 – Martine Rothblatt (1954–), American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, business executive, & CEO of United Therapeutics
2 – William Haines (1900–1973), American film actor and interior designer
2 – M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935), American educator, linguist and women's suffragist
4 – Dot-Marie Jones (1964–), American actress and arm wrestler
4 – Michael Stipe (1960–), American singer
4 – Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023), Italian philosopher, politician, and Member of European Parliament
6 – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer, philosopher and activist
6 – Kate McKinnon (1984–), American actress and comedian
6 – Nancy Ruth (1942–), Canadian Senator
6 – Gábor Szetey (1968–), Hungarian politician and former Secretary of State
7 – Christian Louboutin (1963–), French footwear designer
7 – Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American poet, librettist, and translator
7 – Michael Sam (1990–), American football player, first publicly gay player drafted by the NFL
8 – Jack Andraka (1997–), American inventor, scientist, and cancer researcher
8 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864–1892), English royalty
8 – Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), American heiress
10 – Sal Mineo (1939–1976), American actor
11 – Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991), English actress, producer and director
12 – Edith Cooper (1862–1913), English poet
12 – Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), American actress
12 – Kieron Richardson (1986–), English actor
13 – Charles Nelson Reilly (1931–2007), American actor, comedian, and director
13 – Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English actress, playwright, novelist and transvestite
13 – Edmund White (1940–), American author
13 – Nate Silver (1978–), American statistician, journalist, and writer
14 – Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English fashion and portrait photographer
14 – Holland Taylor (1943–), American actress
14 – Alice Nkom (1945–), Cameroonian lawyer and LGBT advocate
18 – Cary Grant (1904–1986), English actor
18 – Mike Michaud (1955–), American Democratic congressman (Maine)
18 – Seamus O'Regan (1971–), Canadian broadcast journalist and politician
18 – Maulik Pancholy (1974–), American actor
19 – Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American novelist and short-story writer
19 – Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American rock singer-songwriter
19 – Jakub Jankto (1996–), Czech professional footballer
21 – Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer
21 – Christian Dior (1905–1957), French fashion designer
21 – Janis Sidovský (1968–), Czech producer
22 – Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author
22 – Lord Byron (1788–1824), British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism
22 – Elaine Noble (1944–), American politician and LGBT activist
22 – Ondrej Nepela (1951–1989), Slovak figure skater, 1972 Olympic champion
23 – Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino (1881–1957), Italian aristocrat, muse and patron of the arts
24 – Hadrian (76–138), Roman emperor
24 – Frederick the Great (1712–1786), Prussian king, military leader, and composer
25 – Aya Kamikawa (1968–), Japanese politician and writer, first openly transgender politician in Japan
25 – W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright, novelist, and short story writer
25 – Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer
26 – Ellen DeGeneres (1958–), American actress and stand-up comedian
27 – Eric Radford (1985–), Canadian pairs figure skater, 2015 World Champion
28 – Colette (1873–1954), French novelist
28 – Marnie McBean (1968–), Canadian rower, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
29 – Gia Carangi (1960–1986), American model
29 – Sara Gilbert (1975–), American actress and talk show co-host
29 – Greg Louganis (1960–), American Olympic diver and author
30 – Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English writer
30 – Stewart McKinney (1931–1987), American politician, Republican congressman (Connecticut) (1971–1987)
30 – Claudia Brind-Woody (1955–), American business executive, IBM
31 – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (1863–1922), British politician
31 – Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968), American actress
31 – Patricia Velásquez (1971–), Venezuelan actress and model
31 – Portia de Rossi (1973–), Australian actress
31 – Czeslaw Walek (1975–), Czech lawyer and LGBT activist