If it’s Pride Month, Gayskool is back in session!
Gayskool is my pet project.1 Every day in June, I write a new LGBTQ-related post for The Daily Dave. When I started it in 2021, my goal was to keep my writing skills sharp while educating, engaging, and entertaining people about issues important to me.
Posts (Newest to Oldest)
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Themโs Fightinโ Words
For a long time now, the word โhomosexualโ has been considered highly offensive. For decades, gay men have gay men… Read more …
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Donโt Leave the T out of LGBTQ
There were times when lesbians, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people did not stand united as one group. These will… Read more …
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
LGBTQ people across the United States should credit their civil rights and social acceptance to one woman: Marsha P. Johnson.… Read more …
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Raising the Bar
In 1966, three gay men in New York, inspired by the sit-ins in the South, protested anti-gay laws with a… Read more …
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Karl-Maria Kertbeny Gives Gays a Name
The term โhomosexualโ was created in 1868 by journalist Karl-Maria Kertbeny. Before that, there wasnโt really a nonjudgmental word (at… Read more …
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Welcome to Gayskool
June is the most rainbow-tactic, glitteriffic, fabulous month of the year! Itโs when we in the LGBTQ community celebrate Pride.… Read more …
- This is a pun on Playskool, which is a horrible name for a line of educational toys. Toddlers are impressionable. Don’t expose them to spelling errors. โฉ๏ธ