Im Watching That Documentary Before Stonewall About Gay History Pre-1969, And Uncovered Something Which

I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.

So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.

Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.

That one meme I did back in November, except this time it’s with my main playlist and not just ww music

TW: mentions of rape and murder

School project about Cassandra, Princess of Troy, sister of Hector and Paris. She was a priestess of Apollo and got his favor. He gave her the gift of prophecy, but when she rejected his advances he cursed her so that nobody would believe her. She predicted how Helen entering the city would bring ruin (of course, not Helen’s fault but still) and how the Trojan Horse brought doom. Nobody believed her and thought she was insane. During the sack of Troy, she fled to the temple of Athena, where she was found, attacked, and raped by Little Ajax. After that she was brought to Agamemnon and made an enslaved concubine to the king, until she was murdered by Clytemnestra, a death she foresaw.

saw a lot of Trojan war stuff on my dash, so thought I would post this! Song is Icarus by the Crane Wives

Characters in order of appearance: Cassandra, Apollo, Paris, Helen, Hector, Achilles, Statue of Athena, King Priam, The Greek army, Little Ajax, King Agamemnon, Apollo statue, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra, Ghost of King Priam, Ghost of Queen Hecuba, Ghost of Hector, holding his son Astyanax, and the ghost of Paris

You know what I find funny?

The fact that the wildest piece of information can be dropped and then never mentioned again.

(Post contains minor Murdle 2 spoilers)

"Logico has an expertise in poisons and was therefore able to save the penguin with an antidote"

Bitch WHAT?

"Logico hacked into Irratino's bank account and sold his cryptocurrency"

HE'S A HACKER?

"Onyx has a family to feed"

BABYGIRL SINCE WHEN?!

"The Iron Tsar noticed the eye colours were different and cut down the traitor"

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY OWN FRIEND'S EYE COLOURS, HOW BRO?

he also gave Lord Violet an award at some point btw

"Major Red has Iron Tsar's helmet and boots"

Why the fuck do you have your enemy's belongings?

"She's a cannibal"

WHAT

why the fuck all these indie folk rock bands putting birds and fish in random places. theyre putting canaries in coal mines and finches in pantries and fish in birdcages. wth