list of queer historical figures in roughly the right order because i'm bored
this is gonna be a long ass list SO. get ready gays.
the genderqueer priests of Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, 'neither male nor female.'
Sappho, the poet after whose home lesbians take their name.
Alexander the Great, who was only ever defeated by 'Hephaestion's (his Very Good Male Friend) thighs' hmm..that's kinda gay
Leonardo da Vinci, living and working alongside his male lovers.
Chevalier d'Eon, who lived the first half of their life male and the second half female.
Oscar Wilde, who went to Walt Whitman's house (in the years when Whitman was writing poetry about sticking his tongue down other men's shirts) and stayed there for several hours. What Could They Possibly Have Been Doing.
Alan Turing, cracker of the Enigma machine, who I will always believe would be thrilled to know that the computer, which he fathered, remains a safe space for so many queer people today.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, iconic trans and gay liberation activists of colour who were there from the very beginning of what we call 'modern queer history,' the Stonewall Riot.
Storme DeLarverie, a butch lesbian whose physical altercation with authorities is the legendary beginning of the Stonewall Riot.
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who lived most of her life with her female partner; this was unfortunately only made public after her death.
we have always been here. we will CONTINUE to be here.
