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7 Things to Make Your Summer Queer(er)

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Life Through Lenses Sunglasses not only signal your style, but when you teeter on the edge of novelty, the also possess the power to flaunt your fabulousness to the world.

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Queer Vibeology Atlanta-based and queer-owned Yeahbuzzy has done it again with a Spring Pride collection that celebrate and embody queer vibes, whether you want a hat, a tank, or a graphic tee.

Yeahbuzzy Queer Vibes Tee, $30 SNIF of Summer Lucky for us all, there are numerous smaller, noncommercial boutique brands that are leading the evolution of fragrances right now. Like this nongendered creation by SNIF, perfect for your scent of summer.

SNIF Way With Woods, $65 Get Back at the Book Ban Need a book to brighten up your Pride month? With all the book bans in effect, we should all support queer writers and stories. For example this story of teenage love and summer fun.

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By Tim Larcombe The idea that LGBTQ+ history is simply a tale of because he went on trial for being gay, stood firm modern queer liberation or the triumph of “progress” and fought, and was sentenced to hard labor. over homophobia is not a complete or accurate Bash: One of the most fascinating figures to me picture. Queer people have been challenging is the transgender spy, diplomat, intellectual, and heteronormativity and gender for centuries. In the soldier from 18th-century France, who we cover new series, Historical Homos, executive produced in our second episode. The Chevalier d’Eon had

by Zachary Quinto, hosts Bash and Donal Brophy a rollicking life, working for kings, going to royal celebrate Pride and delve into the full history of masquerade balls in drag, spying for decades, and the LGBTQ+ community, aiming to prove that eventually transitioning their gender publicly - 250 identities and the fluidity of gender are more than years ago! trends or whims.

What proof do you have of William This is our “Queer, Shakespeare’s bisexual proclivities?

Cool Summer” issue. Bash: He wrote about 120 sonnets to a “Fair Youth,” Why was it important a young man who has been potentially identified to make queer history as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. At fun and cool? the very least, Shakespeare portrays an interest Bash: Because it is fun in having sex with this Fair Youth in some of his and cool. Most people Sonnets. And he talks about the Fair Youth’s think queer history hold over him. It’s possible that the Fair Youth is started when someone a poetic device, but we can’t avoid the fact that threw the first brick at Shakespeare was writing about being in love with Stonewall, but that’s a a young man. heteronormative view of human history. Some There’s been some debate about Socrates’ of the greatest, most sexuality. accomplished, most Bash: Socrates had absurd, most entertaining figures in history were a wife, like most queer. Socrates? Had a boyfriend. Michelangelo? Athenian men. But he Obsessed with a gorgeous twink. Virginia Woolf? spoke and thought Literally invented lesbian love letters. Even Queen about passionate love Marie Antoinette was rumored to enjoy letting her between men in a ladies-in-waiting literally and figuratively eat her huge number of the cake. dialogues that Plato and Xenophon’s writings Who would you name as the coolest queer in record. He was known history? to be in love with Donal: Oscar Wilde sticks out as the coolest Alcibiades, the dashing for me, obviously for his body of work, but also young aristocrat who

served with him in battle and appears drunkenly at the end of the “Symposium,” trying to get Socrates to sleep with him.

Why is it important that we out these historical figures once and for all?

Donal: The world was a very different place even up until the 1960s. We believe it’s important these people get their moment and the recognition they deserve.

Bash: It is important that people today see Historical Homos is executive produced themselves in the past. That kind of historical by Zachary Quinto and streaming now on community gives queer people a sense of Dekkoo.com, a subscription streaming service legitimacy and solidarity. And all these figures dedicated to gay men. prove that homosexuality, queerness, and gender fluidity are not modern inventions. They are fixtures of all human societies. We need to challenge the narrative that queerness was invented 150 years ago.

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Juneteenth

- And why we need to celebrate it

By Miko Evans

Sources: The Smithsonian Institution Photos: History of Black Gay America/Meak Productions

Juneteenth is one of the newest treasures Union soldiers, many of whom were black, added to the list of federal national holidays. marched onto plantations and across cities in the South, reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and spreading the news of freedom in the Confederate States. Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the United States.

The post-emancipation period, Reconstruction (1865-1877), marked an era of great hope, uncertainty, and struggle for the nation. Formerly enslaved people immediately sought to reunify families, establish schools, run for political office, push radical legislation, and even sue slaveholders for compensation. Given the 200+ years of enslavement, such changes While many in our country consider this a were remarkable. Not even a generation out recent phenomenon, the black community of slavery, African Americans were inspired has carried this tradition for years. For and empowered to transform their lives and those who don’t know the reason for this country. memorable holiday, let’s bring our attention Because of the continued injustice that to American history. people of color still face, Juneteenth By definition, Juneteenth is a holiday was considered the black community’s celebrated on June 19 to commemorate independence day. Many millennial and the emancipation of enslaved people in Gen-Z African-Americans no longer had an the US. The holiday was first celebrated in interest in investing their time celebrating Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the July 4 as many felt this country never really aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people rectified its original sin, “Slavery.” Although were declared free under the terms of the long celebrated in the black community, this monumental event remains largely 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. unknown to most Americans.

However, many history books forgot to mention that not everyone in Confederate Juneteenth makes the 2nd holiday territory would immediately be free. dedicated to African-American heritage According to the National Museum of (The 1st being MLK Holiday).

African American History and Culture, the Emancipation Proclamation could The historical legacy of Juneteenth shows not be implemented in places still under the value of perseverance, strength, Confederate control. As a result, enslaved determination, and endurance. Making people would not be free in the westernmost this moment a national holiday was long Confederate state of Texas until much later. overdue and a step in the right direction for Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, this country to heal and progress. when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as “Juneteenth” by the newly freed people in Texas.

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I went on a coffee date with a guy a year ago, and we got along pretty well. We talked for about two or three hours, and I thought we made a connection. But when I tried to hang out with him again, he just ghosted me.

Now I see him from time to time at the gym, and he stares at me from across the gym but never comes over to speak. I still like him and would like to get to know him better, but I feel like he does not want anything to do with me. So, when I went up to him at the gym and started a conversation, he seemed kind of resistant, but he answered and had a short conversation with me. Now I’m confused; does he like me or was he just responding to me sor is it all in my head. I want to know him more or go on a date, but should I just give up on him entirely?

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From the ghosting over the glances at a distance to the hesitant conversation at the gym, I’m afraid it’s pretty clear that this guy isn’t interested in you. I also see why you would initially like this guy because in a world with a multitude of dating apps and casual hookups, having an actual date that turns out to be an hour-long conversation is quite rare! So yes, there was a connection, but perhaps not a romantic or sexual one. You say it’s been a year since you met his guy, so clearly, he has made an impression on you to a point where you have even struggled through awkward conversations with him – but it’s been a year, so it is time for you to focus your energy and attention on all the other guys out there. Maybe for a while, start going to another gym, so you can avoid bumping into him and start checking out all the other men at the gym. Use the skills you have perfected in the past year of catching looks through the room and even starting conversations but do it with other guys. This guy is not worth your time, but with a renewed focus so many other guys are.

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