Fallon Unlimited

FALLON UNLIMITED is a brand, it’s a lifestyle, and unlimited really is the right word because we are planning to have businesses in every form of media you can imagine. Including, our new namesake magazine. We present a new vision and a new mission to focus on girls and women feeling their own unlimited power.

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𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟:

Fallon Unlimited is a FICTIONAL multimedia business 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦: 𝑎 𝐶𝑊/𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠/𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠/𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐶𝑊, 𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠.

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑰𝑺 𝑭𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑶𝑵 𝑼𝑵𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑫?

Our CEO/Editor-in-Chief, Fallon Carrington, purchased NTNR Enterprises to acquire Elcott Publishing a year ago; she then decided to invest on NTNR, renamed it Fallon Unlimited and made it a modern and up-to-date magazine and corporation that women and men alike can relate to.

This July 13th, Fallon Unlimited will be hosting an invite-only event for a brand relaunch.

With guests such as: Amelia Rocco and Kai Kincaid; and a special number from Fallon Carrington herself.

𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘!

Read FALLON UNLIMITED's JULY 2020 Issue featuring the biggest boss ladies in the US.

On our front cover, the baddest, fiercest, Celysse Lincoln!

WATCH OUT FOR THE RE-LAUNCH OF Fallon Unlimited SOON!

Read the magazine here:
https://anyflip.com/wewew/hpgo/

Guess who's here for our July 2020 Issue?
No other than THE Celysse Lincoln.

𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕!

Read more about the Icons of the LGBTQIA+ Community in the June Issue of Fallon Unlimited.

*𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿 𝐿𝐼𝐹𝐸*

𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤𝗜𝗔+ 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗸

𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗸 was an American politician and 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂. Although regarded as one of the biggest gay icons in history, Milk was never open about his s*xuality nor was he active in fighting for gay rights until his 40′s.

In the 70′s, Milk moved from New York City to San Francisco to pursue his political career – he was unsuccessful for three years and took advantage of the economic and political growth of the community in San Francisco. Milk's theatrics in campaigns earned him a larger audience and in 1977 won him a seat as a city supervisor.

Milk served almost a year in office, during which he sponsored a 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. Unfortunately, this has come to an end when Harvey Milk was assassinated with Mayor George Mascone.

Despite his short stay in office, Milk has become a gay icon and a martyr in San Francisco; In 2002, 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒌 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔".

After his death, he was awarded [posthumously] the 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 in 2009.

“𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑛, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑊𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒.”
― 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒌

So, when everything seems to be unclear, and everything does not fall into place like you intended it to, remember Harvey Milk’s dedication and tenacity. And in his own words, “𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. “

*𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿 𝐿𝐼𝐹𝐸*

𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤𝗜𝗔+ 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻

𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 was an American civil rights activist, he was a leader for socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.

He also testified on behalf of New York State's Gay Rights Bill. In 1986, he gave a speech "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙉***𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙮𝙨", in which he said,

“𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 "𝘯***𝘦𝘳𝘴" 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘴.... 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥: 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

While Rustin was a gay rights activist in his later life, and while he was regarded as a pioneer of coming out, the truth is far from that.

In 1986, Rustin was invited to contribute to the book 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆: 𝑨 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚. He refused and said,

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩. ...𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 "𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘵" 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺—𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. ...𝘐 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵.”

Bayard Rustin did not join any gay rights protests until the 1980′s. He was actually only urged by his partner Walter Neagle who said that if he was not in the office that time when the gay organizations were sending their invites, Rustin wouldn’t have joined.

Due to the lack of gay rights at the time, Rustin did the most unusual thing to protect his partner’s rights – he adopted Walter Neagle at the age of 30 years old in 1982.

A 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴 anthology movie, Out of the Past, featured letters and archive footage of Rustin.

In 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲, Bayard Rustin High School opened in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

In 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬, California State Senator Scott Wiener, chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus, and Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, called for Governor Gavin Newsom to issue 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻.

Newsom 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝟱 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹.

*𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿 𝐿𝐼𝐹𝐸*

𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻𝑸𝑰𝑨+ 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆

“ 𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 “ - 𝘊𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 (𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯; 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 2)

We’re not going to sugarcoat it; 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻-𝗼𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 nowadays but imagine being all three at a time where these were looked down upon and no one had the right to voice it out.

𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆 was an american writer, a feminist, a librarian, and a civil rights activist. She always described herself as “𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕”; she dedicated her life and talent in tackling controversial (at the time) issues such as injustice specifically towards to 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮. This strong woman 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅.

Lorde famously said, "𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯; 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 – 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 – 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵."

Audre Lorde 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒕; she also identified issues of race, class, age and ageism, s*x and s*xuality. Later in her life, she tackled issues about chronic illness and disability as she lived her later years with cancer. Audre Lorde wrote these as 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏. She made a point that, “𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥.” and this is true, everyone has different experiences and we can only address issues with authenticity if you have experienced it; that is when you can spread your learnings through experience for everyone to also learn from it.

There has been a lot of causes/awards named after this wonderful woman, such as:

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏-𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓, an organization in New York City named after Michael Callen and Audre Lorde. An organization dedicated to providing medical health care to the city's LGBT population. Callen-Lorde is the only primary care center in New York City created specifically to serve the LGBT community.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕, founded in 1994, is a Brooklyn-based organization for LGBT people of color. This organization focuses on community organizing and radical non-violent activism around cumulative issues within NYC; especially issues relating to LGBT, AIDS, HIV, pro-immigration, prison reform, and organizing among the youth of color.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, an annual literary award presented by Publishing Triangle to honor works of le***an poetry, first presented in 2001.

So, next time you’ve been dis-empowered by a White Cis-Person for being yourself (whether you’re black, woman, or q***r, or all three) 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆. 𝑩𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.

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Thank you.

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*𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿 𝐿𝐼𝐹𝐸*

𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻𝑸𝑰𝑨+ 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅

The Bis*xuals have always felt invisible in the modern LGBTQIA+ Community, main reason being them [𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴] being attracted/in a relationship with the opposite s*x. Little did they know that the very first LBGT Pride was organized by a Bis*xual Woman, 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅.

Brenda Howard, also known as the “𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆”, was an activist. She was present in many protests like: The Movement against the Vietnam War in the late 60′s, the Feminist Movement, the LGBT Rights Movement and others.

She was also a member of the 𝑮𝒂𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 and the chairperson for the 𝑮𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆'𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒖 for several years in the post-Stonewall era.

In the late 80′s, Brenda Howard helped found the 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 to cater to the growing Bis*xual Community in the region. Not only that but Brenda also was an active member of 𝑩𝒊𝑷𝑨𝑪/𝑩𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 (an early Bis*xual Political Activist Group) and was the founder of Alcoholics 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 and she didn’t stop there.

She took her activism to the national level when she worked on both the 1987 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 and the 1993 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝑮𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒊 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 where she was female co-chairperson of the leather contingent and 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 25 in 1994.

Brenda Howard now has an award named after her, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅.

It was created in 2005 by the Queens Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Le****ns and G**s). 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏.

The annual award 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 best exemplifies the 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, and who serves as a positive and visible role model for the entire LGBT community.