Jason Colls, first openly gay athlete to play NBA, mak U.S. sports history

Contents:

• WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS
• THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
• WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE
• WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY PERSON THE WORLD?
• THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
• GAY PRI
• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
• JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE TO PLAY NBA, MAK U.S. SPORTS HISTORY

WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Karl Herich Ulrichs is nsired by many as the first gay activist morn tim, and the first person to publicly “e out”.

HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS

Throughout his life, Ulrichs fought tirelsly for the rights of gay people – even before the term ‘homosexual’ was ed. In fact, Ulrichs is wily creded as the pneer of the morn gay rights movement, and is famo for makg his own words up to scribe gay men, lbians, bisexuals and tersex people. In the works, Ulrichs fought for the rights of gay people and outled his theori on homosexualy.

THE OLST GAYS HISTORY

Afterwards, he worked the civil service of Hanover until 1854, when he stepped down before he uld be dismissed over his homosexual activy. Although gay acts weren’t yet illegal Hanover, he uld still be fired om his job as a civil servant.

Essays on gay love. Between 1863 and 1865, Ulrichs wrote a seri of five says published as Forschungen über das Rätsel r mannmännlichen Liebe (Studi on the Riddle of Male-Male Love), which he provid his own terms for gay men, lbians, bisexuals and tersex people.

WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE

In his says, Ulrichs lled gay men ‘Urng’ – a term spired by a sectn Plato’s philosophil text Symposium – and lbians as ‘Dng’.

WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY PERSON THE WORLD?

Ulrichs’ fns were ground-breakg for the time – wasn’t until 1869 that Atrian wrer Karl-Maria Kertbeny ed the term “homosexual.

But for gay dienc—both at the time and now—’s one of many unspoken but crystal-clear ditns that Plato is drawn to Jim as more than jt a father figure. Meo, who was 16 years old when Rebel opened, later lled Plato “the first gay teenager films. " Beyond her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also anized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered om domtic vlence and their Jam Baldw (Photo by Ted Thai)The LIFE Picture Collectn/GettyJam Baldw (1924-1987)A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son, " and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room, " which picts them of homosexualy and bisexualy.

THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?

Baldw spent a majory of his lerary and activist reer tg others about Black and queer inty, as he did durg his famo lecture tled “Race, Racism, and the Gay Communy” at a meetg of the New York chapter of Black and Whe Men Together (now known as Men of All Colors Together) and playwright Lorrae Hansberry her New York Cy apartment April Attie / Getty ImagLorrae Hansberry (1930-1965)Hansberry was an activist and playwright bt known for her groundbreakg play “A Rais the Sun, ” about a stgglg Black fay on Chigo’s South Si.

The inic work was then ma to a 1961 film starrg Sidney Poier and Ruby to “A Rais the Sun” fame, Hansberry — who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian — joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, “The Ladr, ” acrdg to LGBTQ historian Eric Marc, host of the “Makg Gay History” podst. Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama, ” ris Ltle Rock, Arkansas, where she ntu to be a vol Sprg's mayor Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagRon On (Born 1950)When On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy.

GAY PRI

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But they did not have a rigid nventn of sexualy as eher heterosexual or homosexual, and, at least at certa tim, and certa strata, may have tolerated and even celebrated same-sex love. Dpe this, however, he died as a disgraced “crimal” — simply for beg a gay man. “However, his many ntributns to society were still not enough to spare him the appallg treatment to which he was subjected simply bee he was gay.

10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

Now we know them as programs, ” acrdg to David Llie of the Alan Turg beg an outstandg puter scientist and a war hero didn’t spare Turg om what some have lled a “wch hunt” of gay and bisexual men the U. K., which led to the imprisonment of thoands of gay men and those spected of beg gay throughout the January 1952, Turg was prosecuted for cency over his relatnship wh another man Manchter.

Homosexualy was crimalized the U. This is the first time that a gay man is featured on a Brish bank note.

JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE TO PLAY NBA, MAK U.S. SPORTS HISTORY

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the first Europeans to suggt that gay men belonged to a "third.

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