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#PRU Good morning resisters! Today Suzie Q @myserenity69 @ Tatiana @BeautyAbounds4U return as Hosts along with 3 new Hosts, Ellie @ellievan65 Shazz @gordy_shanks and SuzieQ's alt @MaddoxxMe. #Proud Resisters Unites is expaning and we have two more Hosts for next time already!
PRU Everyone, please give out new hosts a great big welcome and be sure to check out their lists. We all do a lot of hard work making these lists so you all can connect. The least we ask in return is that you look at what we have to offer.
#PRU Now I want to thank the following people who have been so much help in cleaning up these lists and helping me: @GabsNGripes
@TeriannMann @LA_Karma1 @Jackelina_L @SkiBuni & @DDupre9
@TeriannMann @LA_Karma1 @Jackelina_L @SkiBuni & @DDupre9
1/ THREAD: A brief #LGBTHistory for this #Pride. Really FEEL THIS. Prior to the 1970s, being LGBT was ILLEGAL & homosexuality was considered a mental illness. Police would conduct a raid, arrest you, cuff you, humiliate you, then publish your name, address & photo in the paper.
2/ After your name, address & mugshot appeared in your local paper, you’d then be fired from your job. There were no legal protections--which is still true in 28 of 50 states today, but back then it was a near certainty.
3/ And then at Compton’s, at Stonewall, our LGBT forebears fought back. They said “No more" to these police raids on their communities. Along with Vietnam objectors, civil rights activists and feminists, they protested. They were targets. It was dangerous.
