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Sharing information at the intersection of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, ability and so forth. Knowledge opens minds to acceptance

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 15m

82 % of #LGBT adults say it is important that their health insurance carrier provides domestic partner coverage in employer offered plans.

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 31m

Alex Van Halen #Drummer #VanHalen #Indonesian #Dutch #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 41m

Godfrey Cambridge Standup #comic #Actor #Guyanese #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 52m

“Allies can use their voices to help people reconsider their belief systems”

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

“Blue Boy Forum” a weekly television show on WKID-TV Channel 51 in #Miami #Florida, claimed to be the first weekly #gay themed show in the United States. October 1976

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

“About A Boy Who Isn’t” by Benoit Denizet-Lewis won the 2003 GLAAD award in the Print category

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

“Although we can choose whether or not to act on our feelings, psychologists do not consider sexual orientation to be a conscious choice that can be voluntarily changed”

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

“against nature” does NOT mean #homosexual vs. heterosexual but rather dominant and passive roles.

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

Piccadill is a word commonly used in English, but with origins in #Spanish

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

Desiree Rogers was the first #African #American White House Social Secretary 2009

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

Juliana R Force was the first #woman to present folk art in an official public showing exhibition in America, 1924

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

Lucille Thompson became the first African American #woman to serve as a US Coast Guard Special Agent, 2000

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

Alejandrina Torres #Activist #PuertoRican #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

Alejandro Escovedo #Singer #Songwriter #Musician #Mexican #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

Reverie is a word used in English, but has origins in #French

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

Cordelia E Cook was the first #woman to receive both the Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart, 1944

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 4h

Reverend Jerry Falwell describes #AIDS as the “#gay plague” in 1983

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 4h

Alex Verdugo #Baseball #Mexican #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 4h

Alex Wagner #Journalist #German #Burmese #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 4h

Reverend Troy Perry ended a ten day fast for #gay rights and sex law reform after “meaningful discussion” with Los Angeles officials, July 1970

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 5h

Alejandro Enrique Planchart #Musicologist #Conductor #Composer #Venezuelan #American #HeritageMatters

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 5h

Rhode Island State Council of #churches agreed to recognize Metropolitan Community #church as a member of the association in April 1974

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 5h

“California Says ‘NO SEX’” headlined the Advocate in October 1971 after legislator Willie Brown’s liberal sex law reform bill was defeated by a vote of 41 to 25

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 6h

Derek Laud (1964-) #British #Political #Activist #RealityShow Contestant #Gay

EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 6h

Gottlieb Bender Chrstiansen founding president of the United Danish #Evangelical #Lutheran #Church #Danish #American #HeritageMatters