THE LAVENDER EFFECT®

THE LAVENDER EFFECT® is a nonprofit project of @CommunityPrtnrs that is Advancing the Future of LGBTQ+ Heritage & Culture.

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You're invited to the "I Love Flagging" event this Saturday! - https://t.co/OTuA0jOOMo

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You're invited to the "I Love Flagging" event this Saturday! - https://t.co/xv18yKlZrk

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Year's End Review of 2025 - https://t.co/AOH7HZMa79

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Final Hours to Make Your Year-End Gift - https://t.co/l3Nvc1kHOy

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Thanks to our supporters 2024 was a success! - https://t.co/aWL3PBh0PR

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2024 Success: Thanks to Our Generous Supporters! - https://t.co/fEzKUqCVVS

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Invitation to YCAW Exhibit Launch & Reception - https://t.co/WD3VcLYuxu

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Invitation to YCAW Exhibit Launch & Reception - https://t.co/SOzy3GqUft

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 30, 1983: Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation. @EqualityOhio @cmhpride @CLEPrideInc @ClevelandLGBT #LGBTQIA #loveislove

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 29, 2009: Mexico City's same-sex marriage bill is signed into law by Head of Government ("Mayor") Marcelo Ebrard. It goes into effect 45 working days later. #LGBTQIA #loveislove #marriage

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 28, 1994: About 70 men from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka attend the first regional conference for gay rights in South Asia, a five day event organized in New Delhi by activist Ashok Row Kawi. #LGBTQIA @InterPride @LGBTAsia #activism

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 27, 1973: Actor and activist Wilson Cruz, who played America television's first out prime time teen on "My So-Called Life," is born. Happy Birthday Wilson! #LGBTQIA @ABCNetwork #comingout

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 26, 1975: Mary Jo Risher announces that she plans to appeal a Dallas jury's decision to remove her son from her custody because she is a lesbian. Her appeal ultimately fails. #LGBTQIA #Lesbian @mazerarchives @dallasprideorg

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Team Lavender wishes you a Merry Christmas & Happy Kwanzaa! #CelebrateLove & #PeaceOnEarth

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 23, 1993: Philadelphia, one of the first major Hollywood films about AIDS, premieres. Star Tom Hanks goes on to win the Best Actor Oscar the following spring. @AcademyMuseum @TheAcademy #LGBTQIA #AIDS @tomhanks @AmericanFilm

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 22, 1970: San Francisco Free Press prints Carl Wittman's Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto. Reprinted & distributed across the country over the following year, it quickly becomes an essential guide to LGBTQ+ Liberation. @LGBTQ_Museum @HRC #LGBTQIA

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 21, 1969: Several members of New York City's Gay liberation Front leave to form a group dedicated to the pursuit of Gay rights. The new organization is called the Gay Activists Alliance and the lowercase Greek letter lambda (λ) was their symbol. #LGBTQIA

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 20, 1955: Frank Kameny is fired from his astronomer job in the US Army's Map Service in D.C. because of his homosexuality. He is also blacklisted from seeking federal employment. These events, the Lavender Scare, spur Kameny into gay rights activism. @HRC

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 19, 1924: In Hanover, Germany, a gay man named Fritz Haarmann is found guilty of 24 of the 27 murders & sentenced to death. The case ultimately becomes one of the inspirations for Fritz Lang's classic film, "M." @TheAcademy @AcademyMuseum @glaad #LGBTQIA

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#TodayLGBTQhistory Dec. 18, 1984: "The Times of Harvey Milk" wins the New York Critics' Award for Best Documentary of the Year. #HarveyMilk #LGBTQIA @AcademyMuseum @Documentary @glaad