October Is Gay History Month In Schools

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ok,i have been going thru the list .Zora Neale Hurston,can’t find anything that is conclusive as to her sexual orientation .which brings up the tendency for the homosexual propagandist penchant to label some people ,typically long dead as members of the tribe.
 
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Michel Foucault ,He would praise sado-masochistic activity in interviews with the gay press, describing it as . yeah ,here is an exalted icon of the left.real deep thinker :rolleyes:
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I am truly embarrassed.:o
In my complete ignorance I was thinking of Leon Foucault and I was surprised that he would be celebrated during the gay month; however, as a physicist I was happy to celebrate one more scientist that made such important contributions. I was also amazed to hear that he was gay considering that at that time sexuality was not discussed too much except for artists.
 
Celebrating men that want to penetrate other men. How uplifting.
 
My problem is with “history” in general especially as it is taught in formal institutions of learning.

Let me say I’m ethnically Black-American and racially mulatto/biracial. But I’m probably one of a few that thinks Black History Month is stupid. Well… it’s not for purposes of indoctrination and propaganda.

But most history is written and/or taught that way. Real history tends to be far more complex with round characters of villains and heroes that were usually neither perfect nor entirely evil.

At my university in the Italian Language department a history course on the mafia is taught. Actually, I would agree that La Cosa Nostra and some of the other Italian organized crime groups are part of Italian history.

But likewise the Crips, Bloods, GD’s, and VL’s are a part of Black-American history. The Hell’s Angels and Outlaws motorcycle gangs are a part of White-American history.

I’ve no problem with Richard the Lion Heart being presented as likely homosexual in the history of humanity, white people, Europeans, Catholicism, and the English.
 
2012 video list. A person is celebrate for each day of the month in October.

Video
  1. Roberta Achtenberg
  2. Gloria Anzaldua
  3. Ann Bannon
  4. Katharine Lee Bates
  5. Mary Bonauto
  6. Glenn Burke
  7. Paul Cadmus
  8. Truman Capote
  9. Chris Colfer
  10. Kate Clinton
  11. Ramon Cortines
  12. Marlene Dietrich
  13. Jodie Foster
  14. Jean Paul Gaultier
  15. Henry Gerber
  16. Billy Haines
  17. Mary Kay Henry
  18. Chris Hughes
  19. Christine Jorgensen
  20. Arthur Laurents
  21. Don Lemon
  22. Federico Garcia Lorca
  23. Irshad Manji
  24. Katherine Miller
  25. Holly Near
  26. RuPaul
  27. Pierre Seel
  28. Billy Strayhorn
  29. Jon Stryker
  30. Tom Waddell
  31. Rev. Robert Wood
 
2011 list

Kye Allums – Athlete
John Ashbery – Poet,
Alison Bechdel – Cartoonist
John Berry – Gov. Official
Dustin Lance Black – Screenwriter
Keith Boykin — Commentator
Rita Mae Brown – Author
Dan Choi – Activist
Aaron Copland – Composer
Alan Cumming – Actor
Denise Eger – Rabbi
Lady Gaga – Singer
Michael Guest – Diplomat
Neil Patrick Harris – Actor
Daniel Hernandez Jr. – Hero
Langston Hughes – Author
Frida Kahlo – Artist
David Kato – Ugandan Activist
Michael Kirby – Sup. Court Justice
Victoria Kolakowski – Judge
Dave Kopay – Athlete
Ricky Martin – Singer
Amélie Mauresmo – Athlete
Constance McMillen – Activist
Ryan Murphy – Writer/Director
Dan Savage – Journalist
Amanda Simpson – Gov. Official
Wanda Sykes – Comedian
Lilli Vincenz – Gay Pioneer
Virginia Woolf – Author
Pedro Zamora – AIDS Activist & MTV Personality

This is LGBT History Month’s sixth year. LGBT History Month was officially recognized by the federal government in 2010, with Secretary Arne Duncan launching LGBT History Month ceremonies at the US Department of Education.

Read more: care2.com/causes/2011-lgbt-history-month-icons-announced.html#ixzz29mTk4jsy
 
sans_Delilah said:
Simply disagreeing with homosexuals’ morality shouldn’t prompt the erasure of our influence on history.
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I don’t think that one’s homosexuality should be the basis for noting their influence on history, unless of course “being homosexual” was the reason for or related to their contributions. I suppose that Harvey Milk would be noted as someone who fought to advance the rights of homosexual people to live their chosen lifestyle. But how does, for example, the sexual orientation of Billie Jean King impact her contribution to women’s tennis? Does it really matter?

Should the history books be altered to note the sexuality of every notable person: George Washington - does it matter to history that he was heterosexual? Would the totality of his contribution to the founding of the United States of America be somehow overlooked if his sexual orientation were not included in the textbooks?

It seems to me that this is all just part of an attempt to normalize homosexuality. For better or worse, let’s call it what it is, please.

Peace,
Robert
 
It’s like…

“Their medicine is forced down our throats.”

“What is BAD…is good, and what is GOOD is bad.”

topsy turvy

Wasn’t there a scripture that said what would happen in the (supposed) end days?

I don’t want to fear monger, but shouldn’t we ALL be more vigil right now?

I’ve never seen/heard of ANY month dedicated to…‘STRAIGHTS’.

WHY…is this homosexual agenda becoming more prevelent in society?
  • To prevent bullying?
  • To prevent stereotypes?
  • To prevent suicides?
The Bible clearly and succinctly states in Leviticus 18:22 that “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,” and in Leviticus 20:13, “If a man lies with a male as with a woman both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them.” What’s the old saying? The Bible says it – I believe it, that settles it! Leviticus also teaches us that women are unclean during their menstrual cycle, that defecating within the camp was unacceptable lest God step in it while walking in the evening, and a woman giving birth to a male child is considered unclean for a week – for a female child two weeks. Is this the inerrant Word of God? Not even the most fundamentalist/literalist would claim all of the Levitican Law is the inerrant word of God. For the rest of us, it’s not even worth debating.
 
gam197 said:
2011 list

This is LGBT History Month’s sixth year. LGBT History Month was officially recognized by the federal government in 2010, with Secretary Arne Duncan launching LGBT History Month ceremonies at the US Department of Education.
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What was your point in posting this?
 
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This is LGBT History Month’s sixth year. LGBT History Month was officially recognized by the federal government in 2010, with Secretary Arne Duncan launching LGBT History Month ceremonies at the US Department of Education.
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originally posted by PaulinVA
What was your point in posting this?
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My point is that this is an official education program in the public schools as Arne Duncan is the U.S. Secretary of Education under Pres. Obama
 
gam197 said:
My point is that this is an official education program in the public schools as Arne Duncan is the U.S. Secretary of Education under Pres. Obama
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Okay. It is so sad that our government needs to separate us by our differences instead of unite us in our commonality.
 
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