ComicsCamp.Club

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Sarah JacksonI was moved to have a chance to see this painting by Toulouse-Lautrec IRL, which shows the clown Cha-U-Kao with her lover Gabrielle 🥰<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-U-Kao" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-U-Kao</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ToulouseLautrec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToulouseLautrec</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FineArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FineArt</a>

NOTCHESAs <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> continues, so too does NOTCHES in our efforts to bring you LGBT history from our archives. Today, we’re spotlighting Elspeth Brown’s article: Canada’s First Gay Student Activist Group. Bringing us into the world of gay dances, basement washrooms, and job loss, Brown focuses in on key figure Jearld Moldenhauer, with some audio clips bringing Moldenhauer’s own voice to this history.Read more here: <a href="https://wp.me/p6JJ6S-3CC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wp.me/p6JJ6S-3CC</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LGBTplusHM25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTplusHM25</a>

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág"Hospitals run by lesbian couples during the world wars" is a nonfiction topic I keep coming across, and I am here for it.<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmReading</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a>

RolloTreadwayHere in the UK, it's currently <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a>. I want to mention something that's very relevant to this right now, but doesn't seem to be getting appropriate attention. Another matter that's enjoying prominence right now is the fiftieth anniversary (this month, possibly today now I come to think of it, around now anyhow) of Margaret Thatcher becoming leader of the Conservative party. Articles, tv shows and whatnot about Thatcher are appearing all over.That is a significant matter, for many reasons, and the coverage is far from uniformly hagiographic. The things she did wrong that continue to haunt us - destruction of communities, driving inequality, disastrous privatisations, selling off sovereign wealth, etc etc etc - are not being swept under the carpet. Which is all well and good. But what I'm not seeing at all is any marking of Section 28, which was very much her work, introduced at the height of her powers (it formed a central part of her victorious 1987 general election campaign and came into law the following year). And it was grotesque, inexcusable, unforgivable. Perhaps that is why there's an unwillingness to talk about it. For those outside the UK, or who are too young to have been aware of it, section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 stated:"A local authority shall not—(a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;(b) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship."('maintained school' in this context means any school that receives public funds)The word 'promote' was deliberately vague; the result was that in all schools and any other organisation (such as youth clubs) supported by local authorities, anything which even hinted that it was even slightly okay to be LGBTQIA+ was banned for fear of prosecution. Thatcher and her Government did not hide that this was the intention - a campaign poster in the 1987 election explicitly attacked Labour for suggesting that someone could be gay and proud. There was nothing about this which was not an outright attack on LGBTQIA+ people. Gay sex had been legalised twenty years earlier, and LGBTQIA+ people and issues in the media were becoming more prominent (as with musicians like Tom Robinson and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, comedians like Julian Clary, films like My Beautiful Launderette, the Lesbians And Gays Support The Miners campaign - and the reciprocal support from the National Union of Mineworkers). There was still a lot of homophobia, of course, violently so, and Thatcher's response to discrimination and abuse was: good. More of that. Pass a law to promote discrimination and abuse. Pass a law to criminalise this growing prominence of LGBTQIA+ people.This was hateful resentment against the idea that LGBTQIA+ people could lead normal happy lives. The 60s and 70s had been a time when rights were starting to be protected in law and discrimination opposed - not just for LGBTQIA+ people, but for people of colour, for women, for disabled people - and Thatcher chose through spite and inhumanity to reverse that with a law that made discrimination mandatory in schools. One thing you'll hear about a lot with these discussions around Thatcher's anniversary (from both pro- and anti- viewpoints) is her commitment to shrinking the state. But section 28 wasn't shrinking the state. It was expanding the state in order to oppress. It's something we're seeing many countries do right now, and again, it's supposed small state politicians doing it. It's something that transphobes are fighting for in the UK, right now, including (shamefully) from within the Labour Government.We can't let this be overlooked just because it's awkward for Thatcher's apologists. The whole reason we mark LGBT History Month in February is because it's the anniversary of when the Section 28 law was abolished (in 2003; such was the opposition from Tories in the Lords, it took the Labour Government six years of hard work to get the law changed). So for this LGBT History Month, and this anniversary of Thatcher's rise to prominence, let's not allow anyone to forget or to bury this: Thatcher, at the height of her power, decided to use that power to attack LGBTQIA+ children and young adults.

Tales from Wyrd ScotlandBusy writing another episode - delving into an enigma from Scotland's ancient history! - but until it is ready, settle back and enjoy our back catalogue! For <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> listen to a rainbow-coloured history of Scotland...<a href="https://soundcloud.com/you-better-run-records/tales-from-wyrd-scotland-episode-7-a-little-light-in-the-fedora-an-lgbt-history-of-scotland?in=you-better-run-records/sets/tales-from-wyrd-scotland" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/you-better-run-records/tales-from-wyrd-scotland-episode-7-a-little-light-in-the-fedora-an-lgbt-history-of-scotland?in=you-better-run-records/sets/tales-from-wyrd-scotland</a>

Thomas Wrightson (he/him)It's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> in the UK. So here's my list from last year's Pride Month detailing thirty LGBTQIA+ authors, from old to new. Enjoy, and remember: they brought us great art.<a href="https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/2024/06/30/summary-30-days-of-pride/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/2024/06/30/summary-30-days-of-pride/</a>

TransActualRegular followers of TransActual's social media channels will know that we like our history. So naturally, we love <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a>.We really enjoyed reading Roland Betancourt's article 'Transgender Lives in the Middle Ages through Art, Literature, and Medicine'. You can read it too: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/news/scholars-respond-to-an-exhibition-about-medieval-prejudice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.getty.edu/news/scholars-respond-to-an-exhibition-about-medieval-prejudice/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QueerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonBinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonBinary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a>

Vagina MuseumA hundred years ago, there was a research centre, archive, clinic and museum space dedicated to sexuality. It researched and provided birth control advice, gynaecological services, and trans healthcare as well as doing advocacy work. Its work might seem ahead of its time, even now. This is the story of Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute of Sexology <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a>

TransActualTrans people have always been around. Alan L Hart medically transitioned in 1917 and his experiences as a trans man influenced the novels that he wrote. He was a radiologist who made massive contributions to research in tuberculosis.You can read more by revisiting the article linked in bio, scroll to 'featured articles' to find it.Alt text: Grey scale photo of Alan L Hart in a suit and smoking a pipe. Text as in post.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a>

Vagina MuseumOLD THREAD REPOSTAs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> draws to a close, let's celebrate the sapphic urge to spend the 1920s prolifically creating beautiful female gaze art of your wife. Here is a thread of some of Gerda Wegener's paintings and illustrations of her wife, Lili Elbe. Portrait of Lili Elbe, 1928

Barnaby EdwardsNyankh-khnum and Khnum-hotep (gouache on papyrus)Today’s LGBTQ+ heroes are Nyankh-khnum and Khnum-hotep (5th Dynasty, c.2494–2345 BCE). They are believed to be one of the earliest known same-sex couples. Nose-to-nose denotes kissing in Ancient Egyptian art. They were buried together by their families. #41 of 2023<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lgbthistorymonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbthistorymonth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lgbtpride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtpride</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AncientEgypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientEgypt</a>

karenBack to 1987 for this, when the police raided the RTV wearing rubber gloves, because of course they did - queer people might have HiV and just touching them was seen as a risk The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is one of londons oldest lgbtq venues, close to vauxhall Gardens which themselves were a space for lgbtq ppl/sex workers etc for centuries. Most of the oldest lgbtq venues were in these liminal spaces <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/lgbtHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/lgbtqhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtqhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a>

Matthew HodsonThis is me (right) on an Outrage ‘kiss in’ demo at Clapham Common in 1991. At the time you could be arrested for demonstrating same sex affection in public under gross indecency laws, not repealed until 2003. This ‘kiss in’ was in response to Police harassment of gay cruisers on Clapham Common. Although we no longer risk arrest in the UK, it is still unsafe for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> people to show affection in public. Sometimes it’s not even safe just to be ourselves. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTplusHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTplusHM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a>

EloquarQuick reminder: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> is February in the US, and October in the UK <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> is February in the UK, and October in the US

Marjorie H Morgan🏳️‍🌈 From slavery to voguing: the House of Swann - a guest blog by <a href="https://mas.to/@MarjorieMorgan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MarjorieMorgan</a> on the incredible and previously hidden history of William Dorsey Swann, the 18th century Queen of Drag and pioneer of modern ballroom culture. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a>+ <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WilliamDorseySwann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilliamDorseySwann</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drag</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Voguing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voguing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiverpoolMuseums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiverpoolMuseums</a> <a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/slavery-voguing-house-of-swann" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/slavery-voguing-house-of-swann</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

Login