[mandaloriangf]

anyone else bitter they didn’t get to experience falling in love as a teenager

[mandaloriangf]

anyone else bitter they still haven’t experienced falling in love

[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.

[argumate]

dude had guts, someone needs to update his Wikipedia page

[jaidefinichonv2]

[gaxhar]

Imagine doing this in front of a 14th century peasant

[sunwukxng]

this is literally the funniest comment this video could have

[dimir-charmer]

I’ve found it. The epitome of terrible ally culture. This is it. Jokes on them, they were using water cannons  to break up a pride parade but lol they made rainbows!! A victory for The Gays, what do you mean state-sanctioned violence and police brutality? It’s symbolic!

[everythingfox]

hmm…

[r4cs0]

[momir]

You can carbon date this post by its shade of blue

[surprisebitch]

absolutely stellar

[hyperazraphael]

A girl at my school tried to seduce one of our (super straight-laced) math professors. She ACTUALLY sat on his desk and had a super low-cut shirt on and everything and actually leaned over to him and according to eye-witnesses:

Girl: “Oh professor, I’m really struggling but I would do ANYTHING to pass this class.”

The professor leans in until his face is just inches from hers and whispers in the same seductive tone:

“Study”

Before promptly getting up and walking away just leaving her on the desk.

[xubbs]

“Then study”

[historical-nonfiction]

A Pythagorean cup looks like a normal drinking cup, except that the bowl has a central column in it. It was supposedly invented by Pythagoras of Samos (yes, that one). It allows the user to fill the cup with wine up to a certain level. If the user fills only to that level, the imbiber may enjoy a drink in peace. If, however, the user gets greedy, the cup dumps all the wine into the unfortunate victim’s lap.

[brainstatic]

Pythagoras sounds like a real asshole.

[sladeybyrd-deactivated20160908]

he was

[seetroublecoming]

Fun fact: This cup uses an “S-trap” which functions very similarly to the way a modern toilet flushes. The S-trap of the modern toilet was not invented until 1775, which was 2275 years after Pythagoras died.  Humans used this idea to embarrass people at parties for more than two millennia before realizing it could also be used to better pipe shit out of their houses.

[30-minute-memes]

These guys are going places

[gahdamnpunk]

How is this NOT harassment? I have no words..

[lyinginbedmon]

Something I remember from my Criminal Law classes is that, quite genuinely, looking at someone (occasionally even pointedly not doing so) can constitute assault.

It seems absurd, looking at someone? Where’s the harm, right?

Well, it turns out it’s so that the law has recourse against people who just stand in a public space and start through someone’s living room window. For weeks.

Just randomly chasing somebody, even without intent to actually harm, is legally assault. It’s not harmless, it’s months or even years of therapy and paranoia against ever going outside your home, if you even think your home is still safe.

TLDR: Yes the law has already seen you play “I’m not touching you” and it is already fed up with your BS.

[isaia]

Baby’s First OTP Feels: a Tale of Regret

Ahahah oh man an amazing thing that actually happened???  NO Baby girl you are too young for this life and pain.

Her mom thinks it’s hilarious and gave me permission to make a comic out of it? It’s awesome that she has all the Disney movies at her house, and they didn’t know about Miyazaki before! Now they do and watch it with her! I let her watch Totoro weeks after that! She got really into it too!

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

This is just so pure and wholesome omgosh <3

[anais-ninja-bitch]

she saw characters her own age experience and articulate emotions she herself is still coming to grips with. so yes, baby’s first otp, but also baby’s first “i saw the depth and complexity of my own experiences represented in a loving way.”

[sj0]

you have been visited by the seven magic dragon balls your biggest wish will be granted but only if you reblog

[hersheyhipster]

Couldn’t risk it.

[justjengie]

didn’t realize they change colors. now I know o gotta wish.

[pinayputa]

THIS SHIT IS REAL I GOT THE JOB I WAS NUTS ABOUT BC I REBLOGGED THIS YESTERDAY maybe it’s a coinkidink but it okay just take the necessary steps to achieve what you’re wishing for and YOU CAN DO IT

[the-memedaddy]

Meirl

[tiktokarchive]

[starwarsgraphictee]

he was on his way to a job interview

[dynamax--grookey]

[everythingfox]

Flatten the kitty dough before transferring it to the pan

[furrama]

… I need y'all to unmute this….

[everythingfox]

Some of you didn’t unmute it and it shows

[firesuns-archive]

me staring into my dumbass dog’s giant sweet brown eyes as he tries to eat the hair tie off my wrist: if your head is so big then why are you still so stupid you big dumb boy? huh???

[firesuns-archive]

look at him! there’s nothing at all in this giant head! it’s filled with air and love!!!

[good-relatable-doggos]

Tell your dog I love him

[sandersstudies]

I'm losing it at this Area 51 coverage

[sandersstudies]

"If you don't want people poking around your top-secret base, that's probably the worst thing you could possibly say."