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

In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the initialism LGB. Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT, as transgender people gained recognition. 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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LGBTQ themes in speculative fiction include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) themes in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction and related genres.^[a] Such elements may include an LGBTQ character as the protagonist or a major character, or explorations of sexuality or gender that deviate from the heteronormative.

Science fiction and fantasy have traditionally been aimed at a male readership, and can be more restricted than non-genre literature by their conventions of characterisation and the effect that these conventions have on depictions of sexuality and gender. However, speculative fiction also gives authors and readers the freedom to imagine societies that are different from real-life cultures. This freedom makes speculative fiction a useful means of examining sexual bias, by forcing the reader to reconsider their heteronormative cultural assumptions. It has also been claimed by critics such as Nicola Griffith that LGBTQ readers identify strongly with the mutants, aliens, and other outsider characters found in speculative fiction. (Full article...)

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Josef Kohout (24 January 1915 – 15 March 1994) was an Austrian Nazi concentration camp survivor, imprisoned for his homosexuality. He is best known for the 1972 book Die Männer mit dem rosa Winkel (The Men With the Pink Triangle), which was written by his acquaintance Hans Neumann using the pen name Heinz Heger, which is often falsely attributed to Kohout. The book is one of very few first-hand accounts of the treatment of homosexuals in Nazi imprisonment. It has been translated into several languages, and a second edition published in 1994. It was the first testimony from a homosexual survivor of the concentration camps to be translated into English, and is regarded as the best known. Its publication helped to illuminate not just the suffering gay prisoners of the Nazi regime experienced, but the lack of recognition and compensation they received after the war's end.

Kohout's book inspired the 1979 play Bent, by Martin Sherman, which was made into the movie Bent, directed by Sean Mathias, in 1997. (Full article...)

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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

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—Ernest Gaines

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Christopher Street, in Manhattan, was at the center of New York City's gay rights movement in the late 1970s

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... that when reporter George Crile compared San Francisco to Sodom and Gomorrah when interviewing Dianne Feinstein for the CBS documentary Gay Power, Gay Politics, she threw him out of her office?
... that Dan Savage indulged in the seven deadly sins during research for his book Skipping Towards Gomorrah?
... that Bethany Black has been described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian"?
... that drag entertainer José Sarria was the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States, garnering some 6,000 votes in his 1961 campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?
... that ABC moved the Roseanne episode "December Bride", which featured a same-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"?

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This month's birthdays

1 – Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), American poet, playwright and novelist
1 – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer and critic
2 – Renata Borgatti (1894–1964), Italian classical pianist
2 – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
3 – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
3 – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
4 – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer and musician
4 – Aribert Reimann (1936–2024), German composer
4 – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
5 – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer
6 – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Württemberg
7 – Eva Brunne (1954–), Swedish Lutheran bishop
7 – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
7 – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer
7 – Wanda Sykes, (1964–) American comedian, writer and actress
8 – Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887–1963), English sculptor and translator
9 – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
9 – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
9 – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
9 – Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer and poet
10 – Jean Wyllys (1974–), Brazilian lecturer, journalist and politician
11 – The Lady Chablis (1957–2016), American actress, author, and transgender club performer
11 – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
11 – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
11 – Eudy Simelane (1977–2008), South African footballer
12 – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
12 – Edward Albee (1928–2016), American playwright
12 – Patricia Campos Doménech (1977–), Spanish football coach, and former naval fighter pilot
13 – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
14 – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer and spy
15 – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
15 – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer and politician
16 – Gabriel Attal (1989–), French politician, Prime Minister of France
16 – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
16 – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
17 – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
18– Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director and actor
18 – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
20 – Jan Cina (1988–), Czech actor
21 – Rosie O'Donnell (1962–), American talk show host, stand-up comedian, and actress
23 – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
23 – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
24 – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
24 – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor and producer
25 – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
27 – Pat Bond (1925–1990), American actress
27 – Margarethe Cammermeyer (1942–), Norwegian-American colonel, nurse and gay rights activist
28 – Lady Gaga (1986–), American singer, songwriter, and actress
29 – Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
30 – Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director, and socialite
31 – Camille Cabral (1944–), French-Brazilian politician, dermatologist & transgender rights advocate
31 – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
31 – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)