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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.

i find it so hilarious that in pjo zeus is prickimus maximus but in the odyssey he is literally described as the nicest god

I don’t know how many boys follow me, but I gotta bet there’s some. I just wanna tell y’all to be careful.

Abusive girls exist and what they’re doing is seen as like “badass tough don’t take no shit” but your girl should not hit you. Ever.

She should not demand for you to hand over your phone to look through.

She should not yell at you and humiliate you either alone or in front of people.

She shouldn’t make you distance yourself from your friends or family.

She shouldn’t scratch you or twist your arms.

She should not call you names.

She shouldn’t tell you ‘she’ll kill herself if you break up’

These are just a few examples of abuse and it’s just seen as okay when girls do it and god knows I’ve fallen victim to it a few times, but you shouldn’t have to.

Never worry about not being in a relationship. If they’re worth it, they won’t hurt you.

No one has the right to hurt you.

dabihawks genderbend is adorable :)

yeah!! it’s actually how me and my friend met, cause i was talking abt mr compress and she mentioned the ship!!

Who's ur fav mha character?

Whats ur fav ship?

uhhh. fav character is possibly toga. ship?? there’s so many good ones.. um.. i mean shinkami has been my comfort ship for ages but i also keep going back to dabihawks and then erasermic is just too cute. i also quite like todoroki/tokoyami (dunno the ship name if there is one) and my friend introduced me to mr compress/mt lady and it’s grown on me

holy shit?? i used to use this bot too.

i remember once talking abt the fact that sum1 i knew was being homophobic abt the fact that i was bi and was calling me a lesbian (before i realised i was transmasc so) despite the fact that i had told him several times i wasn’t, and the advice i got was “sounds like he’s biphobic and you’re lesbophobic. kiss and move on” or smth like that?? not judging the person who wrote that, they were probably decently young, but like… why would that be allowed to go through as advice??

dear god please kill whatever this shit is

stop holding ya pee for so damn long

i feel called out, i don’t like this

ID in alt

reblog if you think aros and aces (or anyone on the aroace spectrum) are queer

trying to prove something to my mother ^^

would you put a discarded fruit sticker on my forehead in whimsical jest yes or no