Soap operas are known for going the distance, and so are the stars of the daytime television series!
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Carolyn Weathers, photographed on Jan. 12, stands next to the Heritage Award she received from the City of Los Angeles in 2015 for her work to improve the lives of the LGBTQ community. Photo: Q Voice News
(LGBTQ Pride Month takes place in June, but for us at Q Voice News, we celebrate Pride 365 days a year. Q Voice News features a series of interviews and first person essays under the theme What Pride Means to Me. This essay is from retired librarian and lesbian activist Carolyn Weathers. This commentary also is significant because Dec. 15, 2023, marked the 50th anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association issued a resolution stating that homosexuality was not a mental illness or sickness. Carolyn Weathers participated in a 1970 demonstration that set those wheels in motion. She writes about participating in the “Biltmore Invasion.” Check out previous essays on What Pride Means to Me.)
What Pride means to me is that of a public, wonderful, and world-wide celebration of our multifaceted community, with the Pride parades a cherry-on-top celebration that grew from grassroots activism to become the iconic events they are today.
I’m proud of the people who paved the way. I’m proud of my big sister Brenda, who was expelled from college for “moral turpitude” homosexuality in 1957 when she was 20.
Brenda was handcuffed in a Denton, Texas, jail and told she could return to college if she renounced her homosexuality.
She refused to do that.
After being expelled, Brenda moved to Los Angeles and became a leading LGBTQ activist in the 1970s.
Her story is representative of the stories of countless others.
Coming out in 1961
When I came out in 1961, there was no Pride. We in the community had camaraderie, but only in
Soap operas are known for going the distance, and so are the stars of the daytime television series!
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