October is LGBTQ+ History Month

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Life is a bit of a rollercoaster right now – both a lot of good and some devastating lows – so no opinion essay today. Enjoy the links, quotes, and things below, and I’ll be back soon with a fuller update and the opinions you subscribed for.

Stay safe and get vaccinated, beautiful people. 

Thanks for reading.

Roll Tide,

Kyle (@kgborland)

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Links, Quotes & Things

3C General Debate Statement by the UN LGBTI Core Group; Read by South Africa Ambassador Mathu Joyini (United Nations LGBTI Core Group)

75 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Fall 2021 (Autostraddle)

$3.5 Trillion Is Not a Lot of Money (New York Magazine)

• Comment: Especially when spent over 10 years…aka only $350B/year.

A 'Blob' By Any Other Name (Eunomia)

A decade after ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,” LGBTQ veterans say they still feel the effects (Washington Post)

Affluent, Anxious and Almost Normal: A Journey Through Merkel’s Germany (NYTimes)

Alabama Amazon Workers May Get Another Crack at a Union (In These Times)

Alabama spends more than a half-million dollars a year on a Confederate memorial. Black historical sites struggle to keep their doors open. (WaPo)

Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is (The Atlantic)

Andy Serkis Talks Venom’s “Coming Out” and “Love Affair” Between Eddie and the Alien Symbiote in ‘Let There Be Carnage’ (THR)

Angry and afraid, Afghanistan's LGBTQ community say they're being hunted down after Taliban takeover (CNN)

Architect of Texas’ Abortion Ban Wants to Make Gay Sex Illegal Again (them.)

Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars (Jacobin)

Being a Queer WOC in the Art World, as Seen on TV (Hyperallergic)

Biden calls out anti-gay nations in UN address (Bay Area Reporter)

Biden’s Inflection Point (Nonzero)

Brandon Taylor Wrote 'Real Life' And 'Filthy Animals' For His Queer, Black Friends (NPR)

Breaking the Nation-Building Habit (Eunomia)

California continues to have lowest COVID rates in the country (SF Chronicle)

California to collect LGBTQ violent death data under bill signed by Newsom (Bay Area Reporter)

Can the Teamsters Organize Amazon? The question is dividing the union as it prepares for a future without a Hoffa. (New York Magazine)

Census Bureau Releases its First-Ever LGBTQ+-Inclusive Survey, Capturing Significant Economic Disparities (OUT Leadership)

Our Family Coalition @ourfamily

Happy #LGBTHistoryMonth We at OFC are sharing snippets of our vibrant history to share with you each day of this month. We are also sharing lesson plans that can be shared at home or the classroom so that everyone can learn about these amazing #LGBTQ trailblazers. #lgbthistory

China will ban video games that feature gay relationships or allow players the choice of being good or evil (Daily Mail)

Conversion therapy thrives even as bans gather pace (Reuters)

COVID-19 overtakes 1918 Spanish flu as deadliest disease in American history (STAT)

Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him. (Slate)

Descendants of Alabama’s Africatown persist despite industrial pollution struggles (Reckon)

Every day is a celebration in Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District (Bay Area Reporter)

Bay Area Reporter @eBARnews

Being Folsom Week, we dive into the early roots of leather culture, specifically in California. 'The Life and Times of Larry Townsend: Saluting the 50th Anniversary of The Leatherman's Handbook,' by Jack Fritscher, is a festive romp.

ebar.comLarry Townsend: celebrating the man behind ‘The Leatherman’s Handbook’Being Folsom Week, we dive into the early roots of leather culture, specifically in California. ‘The Life and Times of Larry Townsend: Saluting the 50th Anniversary of The Leatherman’s Handbook,’ by Jack Fritscher, is a festive romp.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie star calls on queer people to “step up” for trans community (Gay Times)

Fans hail Lil Nas X’s ‘unapologetically Black and unapologetically queer’ debut album (LA Times)

France’s submarine trouble highlights its precarious status as a great power (The Irish Times)

Germany Just Elected Two Trans Women to Its Parliament for the First Time Ever (them.)

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban says EU blocking funds over LGBTQ policies (LA Blade)

If Liz Cheney Really Believes in LGBTQ Equality, She Should Vote for It (Daily Beast)

Inside the rise of influencer publishing (New Statesman)

Invisible and silenced: LGBTQ+ online content is being censored across the globe (Gay Times)

It’s a Death Sentence’: LGBTQ Afghans Fight for Their Lives (Daily Beast)

It’s Time to Get Into Mythology (Esquire)

Justin Trudeau Is Going Viral For Not Being Able To Say "LGBTQ+," And I Think It's Pretty, Pretty Funny (BuzzFeed News)

Latin America challenges neocolonial OAS, and US hegemony, at historic CELAC summit (Ben Norton)

Leaving No One Behind: Decriminalization of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (United Nations)

LGBT People’s Experiences of Workplace Discrimination and Harassment (Williams Institute)

LGBTQ Texans face double the national discrimination rate. Pass the Equality Act. (Houston Chronicle)

LGBTQ vets with other than honorable discharges under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will get VA benefits under new plan (Military Times)

LGBTQ youths are less likely to play sports because of bullying -- and advocates fear they're missing out (USA Today)

Lil Nas X and rap’s reckoning over Black manhood (Washington Post)

Lil Nas X’s “Jolene” Cover Is Queer Country Joy at Its Finest (Vogue)

Meet the Queer, Indigenous Creatives Behind the Groundbreaking Comedy Reservation Dogs (them.)

Objects that Help Tell the Story of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas’s Romance (Hyperallergic)

Oregon voters could elect country's 1st lesbian governor. (BAR)

Organizers worked for decades to save this historic Black neighborhood in Alabama. It’s finally paying off. (Reckon)

Over half of Pentagon spending since FY2001 went to the private sector (Speaking Security)

Pandora Papers: A global investigation, billions hidden beyond reach (WaPo)

Per year, the Pentagon budget is more expensive than the reconciliation bill (Speaking Security)

Protein and Transpacific Power (Fortis Analysis)

Repeal of DADT hits 10-year milestone (Bay Area Reporter)

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Slammed for Betraying Base, Praised by Anti-LGBTQ+ (The Advocate)

Switzerland same-sex marriage: Two-thirds of voters back yes (BBC)

Texas doctor who violated state’s abortion ban is sued, launching test of constitutionality (Washington Post)

• Comment: Read why he did it from the doctor himself.

The Disruptive Architecture of Border Walls (Hyperallergic)

The ‘Ghost Empire’ of the Balkans (New Lines)

The Look of Gentrification (Darrell’s Newsletter)

The South has always been gay: nonprofit awarded grant to preserve LGBTQ history (Reckon)

The Wagner Group Files (New Lines)

These key 2021 races could change US cities forever (Progressives Everywhere)

This Cultural Moment Is Right for the Emergence of an LGBTQ+ Agency Leader (AdWeek)

This Giant Map Shows All the Metropolitan Areas in the U.S. (Visual Capitalist)

UK Equalities Minister Goes on Anti-LGBTQ Rant in Leaked Audio (VICE)

What AUKUS and Afghanistan Tell Us About the US Asia Strategy (The Diplomat)

What Lil Nas X's world means for hip-hop and queer Black men (CNN)

When Disney Declared War on Deutschland (Hyperallergic)

Why is Hollywood still denying Black queer love stories? (The Guardian)

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