Post by @heavymetalyogi-blog · 4 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Pride 2025 Day 5: Brenda Howard (1946-2005) Brenda is the polyamorous, bisexual, kinky, Jewish, Mother of Pride. While she wasn't at the Stonewall riots, she organized a rally 3…

Pride 2025 Day 5: Brenda Howard (1946-2005)
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Post by @heavymetalyogi-blog · 4 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Pride 2025 Day 4: Donny the Punk (1946-1996) Born Robert Martin Jr, he assumed the name Stephen Donaldson when he founded the Student Homophile League at Columbia University in 19…

Pride 2025 Day 4: Donny the Punk (1946-1996)
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Post by @heavymetalyogi-blog · 4 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Pride 2025 Day 3: Ernestine Eckstein (1941-1992) Ernestine wrote under the name Eckstein, because she was a lesbian at a time when police raids were common. While in college she…

Pride 2025 Day 3: Ernestine Eckstein (1941-1992)
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Post by @heavymetalyogi-blog · 2 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Pride 2025 Day 2: Larry Kramer (1935-2020) Larry did an immense amount of work for AIDS advocacy. He was a highly acclaimed gay Jewish screenwriter, playwright, and author. In th…

2025 Day 2: Larry Kramer (1935-2020)
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Post by @heavymetalyogi-blog · 3 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Pride 2025 Day 1: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera For Pride month 2025 I am going to attempt one post per day on people I see as important figures in queer history. While some…

Pride 2025 Day 1: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
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#lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #marshapjohnson #sylviarivera #transgender #Stonewall #pride #pride2025

May 6, 1933: the day the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft library was torched.
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Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 28: Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) Daniel was the fifth of seven children born to a free family in Philadelphia. When he was 9 years old his father died, and his moth…

2025 Black History Month Day 28: Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #danielhalewilliams #doctor #heartsurgeon #providenthospitalchicago

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 27: Ernestine Eckstein (1941-1992) Ernestine wrote under the name Eckstein, because she was a lesbian at a time when police raids were common. While in college she was…

2025 Black History Month Day 27: Ernestine Eckstein (1941-1992)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #ernestineeckstein #lgbt #lesbian
#lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #daughtersofbilitis #naacp #mattachinesociety #blackwomenorganizingforaction

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 26: Hiram Revels (1827-1901) Hiram was born free in North Carolina. When he was 18 he was ordained as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church. He resided in…

2025 Black History Month Day 26: Hiram Revels (1827-1901)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #hiramrevels #congress #senate #Mississippi #alcornstateuniversity #rustcollege

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence 2025 Black History Month Day 25: Mamie Till-Mobely (1921-2003) 70 years ago this year,  when Mamie was 33 years old, she lived through an occurrence that nobody should ever have to. He…

2025 Black History Month Day 25: Mamie Till-Mobely (1921-2003)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #emmetttill #mamietillmobely #lynching #naacp

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence 2025 Black History Month Day 24: Fred Hampton (1948-1969) Fred was an agent of change in his tragically short life. He grew up in Chicagoland and was interested in helping those in ne…

2025 Black History Month Day 24: Fred Hampton (1948-1969)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #fredhampton #blackpantherparty #blackpanthers #rainbowcoalition #naacp #fbi #cointelpro

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 23: Kiah Duggins (1994-2015) As a reminder that black history is still being made, I've made the choice to bump Bessie Coleman (the first black female pilot) in favor of…

2025 Black History Month Day 23: Kiah Duggins (1994-2015)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #kiahduggins #prisonreform

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 22: Victor Hugo Green (1892-1960) Raised in New Jersey, Victor worked as a letter carrier for the USPS. He married in 1917 and served in WWI in France.  After returning…

2025 Black History Month Day 22: Victor Hugo Green (1892-1960)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #victorhugogreen #negromotoristgreenbook #greenbook #travel #travelingwhileblack

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence 2025 Black History Month Day 21: Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) Mary was the 15th of 17 children of former slaves born in a one room cabin.  Her mother worked for the family of her fo…

2025 Black History Month Day 21: Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #marymcleodbethune #fdr #unitednations #education

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 20: Ronald McNair (1950-1986) Ronald grew up in segregated Lake City, SC. When he was eight years old he went to the Lake City Public Library and picked out some books t…

2025 Black History Month Day 20: Ronald McNair (1950-1986)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #ronaldmcnair #nasa #astronaut #spaceshuttle #challenger

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence, sexual assault 2025 Black History Month Day 19: Daisy Bates (1914-1999) Daisy's early life was impacted by the horrors of racial and sexual violence when her mother was gang raped a…

2025 Black History Month Day 19: Daisy Bates (1914-1999)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #daisybates #littlerocknine #naacp #Arkansas

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence 2025 Black History Month Day 18: Octavius Catto (1839-1871) Octavius was born free in Charleston, SC. His mother was a member of a prominent mixed race family of the city which were lo…

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2025 Black History Month Day 18: Octavius Catto (1839-1871)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #octaviuscatto #Philadelphia #civilwar #15thamendment

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence, sexual assault 2025 Black History Month Day 17: Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) Mary Church was born in Tennessee to freed slaves during the Civil War.  After the war, her parents ope…

2025 Black History Month Day 17: Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #suffragette #feminism #education #marychurchterrell

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 16: Otis Blackwell (1931-2002) Nobody has had a greater impact on Rock and Roll than musical genius Otis Blackwell.  In addition to the thousands of songs he wrote, El…

2025 Black History Month Day 16: Otis Blackwell (1931-2002)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #otisblackwell #Elvis #smithereens #rocknroll

2025 Black History Month Day 15: Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #lesbian #intersectionalfeminism #lgbt #lgbtqia #audrelorde

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 14 Charles R. Drew (1904-1950) Charles was born into a middle class black family in Washington D.C. in 1904. He grew up in an interracial neighborhood and went to integr…

2025 Black History Month Day 14 Charles R. Drew (1904-1950)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #charlesrdrew #bloodmobile #bloodbank

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence 2025 Black History Month Day 13: Sarah Bickford (1856-1931) Today I am celebrating another black woman in Montana history. Sarah was born enslaved in Tennessee. The evils of chattel s…

2025 Black History Month Day 13: Sarah Bickford (1856-1931)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #montana #sarahbickford

2025 Black History Month Day 12: Richard Allen (1760-1831)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #richardallen #ame #africanmethodistepiscopalchurch

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 11: Lucy Hicks Anderson (1886-1954) Lucy was a black transwoman born in Kentucky. AMAB, she insisted from her earliest point in childhood that she was a girl. Her parent…

2025 Black History Month Day 11: Lucy Hicks Anderson (1886-1954)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #lgbtq #transgender #lgbt #lgbtqia #lucyhicksanderson

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 10: Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954) Alain would come to be known as the Father of the Harlem Renaissance. He was born to a prominent family in Philadelphia, PA. He was…

2025 Black History Month Day 10: Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #alainleroylocke #harlemrenaissance

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence, sexual assault 2025 Black History Month Day 9: Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) Ida was born into slavery the oldest of 8 children during the Civil War in Holly Springs, MS. After the war he…

2025 Black History Month Day 9: Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #idabwells #lynching #naacp

I wish more programs included Justice with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, so that when they came trying to destroy the JEDI everyone would know they come from the dark side! JEDI = DEI
#jedi #dei #justice #equity #diversity #inclusion

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 8: Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) Bayard grew up in a afluent home in West Chester, PA. He was raised by his grandparents, because he was the illegitimate child of one of the…

2025 Black History Month Day 8: Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
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#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #bayardrustin #gay #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia+

Heavy Metal Yogi 2025 Black History Month Day 7: Shirley Chisolm (1924-2005) It is difficult to try to capture all the ways Shirley Chisolm improved the United States and the world.  Please know these are just some…

2025 Black History Month Day 7: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
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#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #shirleychisholm

Heavy Metal Yogi TW: violence, sexual assault 2025 Black History Month Day 6: Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) Not many people know this, but when I was young I really Really REALLY wanted to be a DANCER but was too fearf…

2025 Black History Month Day 6: Alvin Ailey (1931-1989)
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#blackhistorymonth
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#ailey