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Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX
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There was no #LesbianVisibilityDay when I was 16.
I was expelled from my all-girls high school for being a #lesbian & put in a mental hospital for #conversiontherapy.

I became an #LGBT activist to prevent that from happening to other girls like I was.
On #LesbianVisibilityDay I memorialize every #lesbian who died hidden in the shadows because of #homophobia, who was forced into compulsory heterosexuality, who was made to live a lie. You deserved better and we honor you by making a safer world for lesbians now, today. Amen. 💜
One of America's greatest poets was a #lesbian--#AdrienneRich. When she died March 27, 2012, I wrote this tribute to her, illuminating her work and life.
#LesbianVisibilityDay

Diving into the Wreck: A Remembrance of Adrienne Rich
lambdaliterary.org/features/rem/0…
I think of the lesbian who became my mentor and who propelled me forward into #lesbian #feminist writing every day with gratitude and love. Audre Lorde opened a door for me I didn't know existed. She was taken from us too soon.
#LesbianVisibilityDay

lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/…
When Nancy Garden died, the @nytimes failed to print an obit for her. Mine was the only obit out there until the NYT was shamed into reporting her death.
This is why #LesbianVisibilityDay matters--because we are so easily and readily erased.
lambdaliterary.org/features/rem/0…
When my last novel, #OrdinaryMayhem, came out, Paige Cohen did this interview with me. In it I talked about the importance of lesbian writing & visibility, among other issues. The novel later won the IPPY & the Lambda Literary Award.
#LesbianVisibilityDay

lambdaliterary.org/features/03/30…
On #LesbianVisibilityDay our allies should know how much danger lesbians are in and how much risk we face just being ourselves. #CorrectiveRape is employed against us in the US and around the world as I wrote here:

The Other Ex-Gay 'Therapy' advocate.com/commentary/201…
#LesbianVisibilityDay comes with cats.
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My tweet about Trump got 17K likes & RTs
My tweet about Kamala got 12k likes & RTS
My tweet about Trey Gowdy got 8k likes & RTs

My series on poverty and hunger among #LGBT people?
Fewer than 500.

What can I do to get you to read and share these important investigative pieces?
This is a serious question, because the investigative work I am doing is crucial, the interviews I am doing are with people whose voices are often suppressed & the issues are ones that get little attention.

I realize this is a problem for many journalists, not just me, so....?
Last month I did a big piece on #lungcancer among women and another on #familicide. One got massive attention, the other, very little.

I am interested in feedback.
I know few people read articles, but we write them for you.
So--not abusively, please--let me know your thoughts.
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During the Obama years I often met colleagues for drinks on Fridays.
There was plenty of news then: a recession, two wars, drone warfare, immigration issues, more.
But the president himself was calm, controlled & not driven to telling lies that caused domestic or foreign crises.
I miss that time specifically because I was able to do more in-depth work, focus on long-term issues for the country.
There was not daily crisis reporting sucking up all the time and energy of reporters.
Stories didn't go stale in one news cycle.
People read more than headlines.
I'm not whining--just commenting.
I miss having the flexibility of taking a weekend away from news.
None of us can afford that, now.
Not reporters nor the rest of America.
Because Trump is so unstable, a long lunch can put you out of the loop.
We say this a lot, but: NOT NORMAL.
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I spent weeks interviewing poor people in America's poorest big city where nearly 30% live in poverty and another 12% in deep poverty.

I'm more concerned about people going hungry in my own neighborhood than a moment of incivility.

You should be, too.

epgn.com/news/local/141…
From my article:
"According to Feeding America, the largest agency in the USA tracking hunger and providing food to the poor, 1 in 8 Americans — 12.5% of the population — is food insecure, which means they are not getting enough to eat. In Philadelphia, that number is 1 in 4.
Also:
"In November, a U.S. Census report found that while the percentage of food-insecure people decreased nationally in 2017, it increased in Philadelphia — to nearly 25 percent of city residents."
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1/The abuse allegations against Chris Hardwick are a major breakthrough for discussions on domestic abuse & what behaviors it entails. I spent all of high school in a physically violent & emotionally abusive relationship that I have only just begun to look at as an adult,
2/thanks to the #MeToo movement. When I first got into the relationship, I was only 14 years old. He was my first love (and only male partner I've ever had). The abuse started slow, with controlling behavior. First it was "Don't talk to that guy, he's a loser" then it became
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🏳️‍🌈TODAY’S PRIDE HERO🏳️‍🌈
Edith "Edie" Windsor (June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017)

Was an LGBT activist from the early 1970s until her death,
and is most notably known for being the lead plaintiff in the case of
US v. Windsor which overturned Sec. 3 of DOMA
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1/The Weiner Laptop=A Treasure Trove of Unimaginable Crimes & Evil Acts--NOT just Secret & Top Secret emails, but evidence of money laundering, felony crimes, perjury, pay-2play schemes, obstruction of
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I love how y'all are pretending that Black women nerds don't exist. And that we aren't criticizing these shitty misogynistic narratives from the front row because we were in the same schools & at the same parties.
Hi, hello my nickname was Books. I was 12 in the 8th grade & had hair like a flock of seagulls. And I still had a nerdy Black boyfriend. Can you guess why? Because we both used our words & talked to each other. We had spirited arguments about Thundercats vs GI Joe.
Like...the arguments about WCW vs WWF (now WWE), Storm vs Wonder Woman, who was a better detective...listen, the list of nerdy shit to discuss is long as hell. Now let's talk about the Black nerds who didn't get dates. Because yes I knew those people too. Ready?
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Hi @KMWhite18 et al, I'm a day late, but here it goes...

Day 1, #LGBTWIP

I'm Remy, just an average, middle-aged gay guy.

I write MM erotic fiction, probably best aligned with the paranormal subgenre.

Book Fave: What Belongs to You

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A gay MM mashup of A Christmas Carol (minus the Christmas) with the movie Ghost.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #amwriting #gayerotica
Day 3, #LGBTWIP

Your MC in 5 objects:

- high school locker room
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- tattered, frayed map
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