June is the beginning of a special month. Yes, it is the beginning of summer, but there is something else. Think about it. In the mean time, here is a list of twenty people. You have no doubt heard of them or at least most of them. Read the list and then tell me what they have in common. I'll give you a clue - it's the same as the month of June.
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
George Choy (1960-1993)
Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
Keith Haring (1958-1990)
Harry Hay (1912-2002)
Sylvester James (1947-1988)
Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989)
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Del Martin (1921-2008)
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Randy Shilts (1951-1994)
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
Tom Waddell (1937-1987)
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
So, what do they have in common? Well, they are all part of the LGBTQ community and they were all the initial honorees of the Rainbow Honor Walk in San Francisco's Castro District. David Perry had this great idea about honoring pioneers in the LGBTQ+ community, people who laid the groundwork for LGBTQ+ rights, and to teach us all and future generations about these heroes. I've written about the Rainbow Honor Walk here before, and you really should check in out when in San Francisco. More information (including a list of all the honorees and their biographies) can be found on their website at http://rainbowhonorwalk.org/
Oh and about June? Well this is LGBTQ Pride Month, and so I'm going to spend some time here in this space to do a little of what the Rainbow Honor Walk does, but not only will I look at people here, I'm also going to write about some events and some places and some ideas. I hope you will look in each day as we walk through June and this LGBTQ Pride Month.
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