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September 28: The Revolution Was Also on the Dance Floor

September 26: Visibility Changed the Conversation

September 24: We Didn't Need Permission to Exist

September 20: We Refused to Keep Hiding

September 19: We Were Already Here

September 18: Before We Could Google Ourselves, We Had to Find Each Other

🏳️‍🌈 THIS DAY IN LGBTQ+ HISTORY Some people make history standing behind a microphone. Others make history writing the music the person holding the microphone performs. September 17 belongs to one of those creative forces. Billy Strayhorn was a Black gay composer, pianist, lyricist and arranger whose music became deeply connected to the sound of one of America's greatest jazz orchestras. Yet for many years, the name most people recognized wasn't Strayhorn's. It was Duke Ell

September 16: We Didn't Wait for Acceptance — We Built Community

Sometimes LGBTQ+ history isn't found on a protest line with a sign in hand. Sometimes it is found behind a desk, with a pen, an idea, an education and enough influence to change how an entire generation sees itself. September 13 reminds us that queer people were not simply participating in history; we were helping create the culture. One of the most important examples is Alain Locke, the Black philosopher, educator, writer and cultural critic whose ideas became deeply

LGBTQ+ history is global history. Our fight for dignity, freedom, visibility, and equality has crossed borders, cultures, generations, courtrooms, dance floors, and communities around the world. September 6 reminds us of that powerful truth. On this date, we remember a social reformer whose intimate relationships with women form part of queer history, celebrate a Black gender-defying disco legend who gave generations permission to be fabulous, and recognize a historic cour