Today, October 1, is the first day of Gay History Month.

Yes, I know over the years its name has morphed into Gay and Lesbian History Month, GLBT History Month, LGBT History Month, LGBTQQIA History Month, and is slowly becoming LGBTQQIAMOTRELETTERS History Month, but Gay is a lot easier to type (I use two fingers and have to look at the keys), and if you put a letter in the wrong order or miss one, people lose the message and argue about the typing, so for my convenience and as a tip to History (It began after Stonewall as the Gay Liberation Front after all), I will stick to the ease of three letters.

But be assured, everyone who needs to be is included.

I have a challenge for this month.

I challenge everyone reading this to read at least one book about Gay History.

I don’t mean a book that discusses whether it’s a choice or DNA; whether it was condemned in the Bible or only in the translations; should there be equal rights or whether rights are optional and up to the personal beliefs of others. I mean a book about some event or person who contributed to society who happened to be covered by any of the ever increasing letters.

Perhaps in investigating which book to read, you may find that there were more important Gay people than you ever knew.

Then, in the comments section for this blog on www.quigleycartoon.com leave the name of the book you read so others can perhaps read it as well.

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By the end of the month, we should have quite a list of books we can pass on to the younger members of the community.

And for the younger members of the community that might read this, or might be so informed to do so by those who do, I challenge you to approach an older Gay person, and I mean by a number of years and not someone a few years older, and ask them to tell their story.

You will be surprised how much history you pass by as you bar hop in a Gay entertainment district.

You may also find that as you feel the world is a difficult place and you are having it rough, these older people had it rougher and didn’t give up.

So, there’s the challenge.

And, Happy GLBT History Month.

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