June 4~ Pride Month — The Misty Miss Christy

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Maria Dulębianka and Maria Konopnicka There are four links below: In 1889, , a mother of eight children and a writer, who was living independently and separated from her husband, Jarosław Konopnicki. Dulębianka was almost 30 at the time, and Konopnicka was 19 years her senior. The two…

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#30Daysofpride: Day 4- Screaming Queens and the Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria — Love, Seamus

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With all of the talk of riots we need to talk about an important riot in that is often forgotten and overshadowed by the stonewall riots 3 years later! In August of 1966, 3 years before Stonewall happened, there was a moment that was the first recorded act…

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