This is the most true thing ever like I am fully fucking awake right now

I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.

So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.

Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.

dude had guts, someone needs to update his Wikipedia page

me after doing some impulsive shit that i know im gonna regret later: its called being spontaneous

Something you won’t be shown at  Super Bowl

love the solidarity of seeing this reblogged by blacklivesmatter

Just change the damn name!

Reminder.

It was ‘Ms. Frizzle’ and not ‘Mrs. Frizzle’ because it was the 90s and the magic school bus lady couldn’t marry her gf yet

THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH

Okay but it is Mrs Frizzle now, now that marriage equality is a thing ye? <3

Okay y'all here’s the thing. Ms Frizzle was voiced by Lily Tomlin, a lesbian. In the new show, she’s being voiced by Kate McKinnon, also a lesbian.

She’s absolutely gay.

^ No heterosexual woman could be as powerful as Ms Frizzle

The best part: Kate McKinnon didn’t replace Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle. There are two Ms. Frizzles.

Lily Tomlin still voices the Original Friz, Valerie. Kate McKinnon voices her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle.

THEY ARE BOTH VOICED BY LESBIANS. Not just one, but two gay Ms. Frizzles! Adorable redheaded lesbian science teacher sisters!

:-D

What’s better than a magical lesbian?

TWO MAGICAL LESBIANS

peak academia is scanning a 300 page book for a single phrase to use in ur essay just to add the big fancy book title to ur sources

don’t ever lose sight of what’s important in life (being gay)

date a girl who eats books

shakespeare was ahead of his time

reblog if baby don’t hurt me just played in your head in perfect tonality

20gayteen is real and it’s only march

rosa diaz is the natasha romanoff we deserved

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT INTO WORDS

the word lover is so infinitely soft. So universal. So timeless. Two girls with awkward, hungry hands. A boy and a girl in the dark. Two men in empty light. A marriage of 40 years. Letters over eons. Sappho’s poems. The corner of a mouth. Lovers, lovers, lovers.

“i’m sad and idk how to feel better”

“i don’t know what to draw”

“i always mess up”

“BUT I SUCK”

LISTEN TO BOB ROSS.

Bob Ross was paid $0 to make his series. He made a living giving lessons IRL and later selling his own line of paints and brushes.

I apologize for not reblogging him as much but everyone needs this on their dash daily.  Seriously everyone needs this on their blog or wherever. Do they rerun this anymore or no?

Words of wisdom!