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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π³οΈβπ Naval Gazing
Hey, did you know that Judy Garland was indirectly responsible for a multi-year taxpayer-funded anti-gay witch-hunt? Not only is this… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ A Gay Olβ Times
You can expect fair and balanced coverage of LGBTQ issues in The New York Times today, but that wasnβt always… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Born This They
The singular they β that is, using the pronoun βtheyβ as a non-gendered alternative for βheβ or βsheβ β isnβt… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Transformational Technology
If it werenβt for Lynn Conway, the Daily Dave wouldnβt be online. It would be handwritten. Or mimeographed. Or carved… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Since I wrote about baseball yesterday, letβs switch gears today and talk about β¦ (checks notes) β¦ baseball. Depending on… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Up High!
Did you know that the high five was invented by a gay man? As the story goes, on October 2,… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Itβs the Most Wonderful Time of the Queer
Itβs June, which can only mean one thing1 β itβs Pride month! And that calls for another 30 days of… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ History’s Biggest Celebration of Pride β 50 Years After Stonewall
The biggest LGBTQ event in history1 was exactly two years ago today β and the Complimentary Spouse and I were… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Animal Magnetism
Animals can be gay! Scientists have observed same-sex behavior, including pair bonding and parenting, in many species. My favorite same-sex… Read more …
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π³οΈβπ Where It all Began
Anything I write about the Stonewall Riots, which began 52 years ago today, will pale in comparison to what others… 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. β©οΈ