I'm like if a Cat was a Faggot

he/him house cat furry/therian/otherkin. thirty something. dilapidated bisexual. probably somewhere under the ace umbrella too. messaging me constitutes explicit approval for me to share the DM if i so wish. if a bullshit disclaimer like this works in a EULA it works here.

[pussypopstar]

can I come over and look at you like this

[sua-sponte-deactivated20200331]

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.

[is-the-post-reliable]

RATING: RELIABLE

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

[probablybadrpgideas]

Move action renamed to Scuttle. That will be all.

carcinisation has hit the ttrpgs

[noviraine]

Sometimes Jesse likes to feel pretty by experimenting with makeup, they hope it looks alright! :3

[pocketss]

laurie 😔

[failbettergames]

Someone told me if I saw the masters referred to with he/him pronouns in objective narration its an error and I should report it. Is this true?

you can report such things to [email protected] if you like

[lmaonade]

managed to draw a picture once again

[sergal]

my favorite mashup emoji is this one and i wish it was real so bad

[coastal-mangos-one]

[weaver-z]

I'll show YOU a "SPRING FORWARD"

[weaver-z]

Obsessed with the person who tagged their reblog with the full class, order, family, and genus of this beast

[pixiedixiedo]

@angelicautism

[thefarmerandthewolf]

He’s a smelly, ugly BIG monster, thank you very much.

[vrabia]

ambitious indie project this, surprise box-office hit that, iron lung (production budget: $3mil) is the 'someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my family is dying' tweet.

[vrabia]

set construction: $800

cast & crew wages: $1,200 + uber eats

fake blood (assuming generous discount on bulk purchase): $2,000,000 i am so not kidding i did the math this is nuts

editing: average adult body-weight equivalent in monster energy drinks

[vrabia]

update when markiplier announced he's producing the dvd/blu-ray himself i was like cool he's personally supervising the process and then he was like no i mean i'm making them myself at my house and i imagined some kind of complicated gargantuan contraption dutifully chugging along 24/7 blowing up this man's electricity bill and then he was like

anyway if you buy an iron lung dvd/blu-ray: it was made on a printer-sized machine. at markiplier's house.

[thatluckybear]

Markiplier is selling a blockbuster movie the same exact way I handled selling music for my band in high school lmao.

[coco6420]

at what age does it start sounding wierd to call your baby "it" ?

[imjunebitch]

none. #it/itspronounsbaby #wokebaby #hellyeahwokebaby

[skeleion]

A little Sybil, as a treat 🥰

[okibadesu]

[okibadesu]

I'm heading back to my parents' place starting today, so this will be my last illustration for this year. Next year is the Year of the Horse in Japan. From the snake to the horse—how cute, right? Thank you all for looking at my illustrations this year. I'd be happy if you'd keep looking at them next year too.

[okibadesu]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I'll get back to you soon!

[okibadesu]