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It's nearly impossible to begin to disentangle the fight for LGBTQ+ rights from the battle for AIDS education, prevention, protections and awareness. 
So I try to begin each Pride month by recognising some of the people who were truly pioneers that helped shape my own work as an AIDS activist, a social justice warrior, civil rights ally, and LGBTQ+ activist.
And that list always begins with some of those pioneers who can easily get "lost" in the pages of history...
Queer women.
Queer women.
June has come to be known colloquially as "LGBTQ Pride Month", which I suppose, many consider to be another step in the "right direction" toward acceptance of LGBTQ+ persons.
But as someone who's old enough to remember when the last weekend in June was a time of Queer Liberation Marches, I 'm saddened by the ways in which June has become another commercialised, corporately-sponsored "festival" that loses sight of the original objectives.
And I know, there are no shortage of drag queens who have politely turned down offers to appear on my podcasts and live shows, because they "refuse to discuss politics" (even aging drag queens, which is beyond reprehensible).
