Yesterday I wrote here that LGBTQ+ Pride Month has begun. During these thirty days we celebrate, but we also remember our past and work for a better future. Some of that remembering we can do every day now thanks to a wonderful memorial that initially included these twenty people:
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/
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