Susan Lucci andMaury Povich will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys.
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Frank Kameny leads a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965, four years before the Stonewall uprising in New York City. Kameny, who served in World War II and later as a civil service astronomer with the U.S. Army’s Map Service, was fired and banned from federal employment in 1957 because he was gay. Photo: New York Public Library.
Many LGBTQ+ people who served their country had to do it in silence. They faced a hostile environment where they feared being court martialed, dishonorably discharged, or worse.
In December 2010, the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 created a complicated pathway for gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military.
According to the bill, the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy remained in place until the president, the secretary of defense, and the chairman of the joint chiefs certified that the repeal wouldn’t harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.
A court order on July 6, 2011, ordered the Pentagon to immediately suspend the ban. The repeal finally took effect Sept. 20, 2011.
On Memorial Day, we honor the LGBTQ+ individuals who died fighting for their country alongside their heterosexual, cisgender service members.
Queer 40 compiled a list of LGBTQ+ service members who deserve to be acknowledged, remembered, and thanked on Memorial Day and everyday.
Here are three of them, but please check out the full article.
Fannie Mae ClackumFannie Mae Clackum and Grace Garner worked together as Air Force reservists. In 1951, the Office of Special Investigations examined the Air Force’s suspicions that Clackum and Garner were lesbians in a through a sting operation. Later that year, Clackum was told that some action was being contemplated
Susan Lucci andMaury Povich will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys.
Susan Lucci and Maury Povich will each receive a prestigious honor at the upcoming 2023 Daytime Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on Friday that Lucci and Povich will be the Lifetime Achievement Honorees at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys, which has been postponed amid Hollywood's ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The honors will be presented in person during the telecasts once they are rescheduled.«I am truly humbled to receive this esteemed award from the Academy,» Lucci said in a statement. «Throughout my career, I have been incredibly fortunate to work alongside exceptional talents and embraced by my fans that have been with me every step of the way.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large We still don’t know when the Daytime Emmys will take place — the kudocast was delayed this month in the wake of the WGA writers strike — but when it does, we do know that daytime icons Susan Lucci and Maury Povich will be honored. Lucci, who famously spent years waiting to finally win a Daytime Emmy (for her long-time starring role on “All My Children”) and talk show host Povich, who recently hung up the microphone after years of paternity test reveals, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which administers the Daytime Emmys, announced the honors on Friday.
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“You move on because you’ve outgrown who you used to be.”
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Striking writers in New York made a bid on Monday to disrupt work on American Horror Story by picketing outside a production facility in Queens where the popular FX series known for its macabre plot lines and star-studded casts is filming season 12.
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