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The feeling of picking your skin is infinitely more euphoric than any fidget toy

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

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I got the game and now I get to feed my miis cigarettes too. >:)

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WHAT IS IT DIPPED IN 😭😭😭

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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.

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RATING: RELIABLE

you can listen to the clip of the 1954 interview here and find him on wikipedia here

I fucking love “etcetera” as a concept, let me tell you

Yeah there’s more shit I could add, but I won’t. You know what I’m talking about bitch don’t act silly, stupid, crazy, etc…

#college thoughts #college #community college #college life #I’m not really fw these summer classes l’ll be honest #this child development class has me writing an email to a bitch that don’t exist about a baby that’s not real #ugh #ughhhh #just ughhh #oh well #gotta get that education

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STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

Oh yeah my birthday was the other day I’m 25 now

#birthday #birthday post #my birth #I’m in the phase of my life where I thought I would never make it here and thus never planned for it #but now that I’m here I feel the inexorable need to get my shit together #mental health #self care #self improvement

Thinking about how, when I was a kid, I thought everyone from Oklahoma was Black because my (Black) dad was from there.

Tried to make a Pinterest board for my life without nicotine tag and Pinterest said 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

#life without nicotine