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This month Napa Valley College received the donation of the “Freedom to Love” sculpture honoring Gilbert Baker and his two close friends Tom Taylor and Jerome Goldstein. The artist Dina Angel Wing joins us to talk about her inspiration and reason for creating this life-size tribute. We'll talk with Charley … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – April 27, 2025 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

Como nosotros vamos en dirección contraria a lo que está de moda vamos a hablar ahora, una vez acabadas las olimpiadas de París 2024, sobre la simbología que ha encerrado este evento que curiosamente ha sido la Olimpiada moderna numero 33 y ha terminado en la semana 33 del año. Para ello vamos a utilizar nuestro propio conocimiento y algunos textos de otros autores y algún hilo interesante como el de “aguatico de pescaico” titulado “Descifremos: la fiesta egipcia de París” publicado en burbuja punto info. A primera vista resultó un espectáculo patético, sátiras de la última cena, referencias a los jinetes del apocalipsis, satanismo, quemar pianos, ideología de género, deconstrucción de toda referencia histórica o tradicional, deconstrucción de la belleza, del orden, de lo tradicional… etcétera. ¿Pero que hay mas allá? De lo que tratan siempre los juegos olímpicos en esencia es de lo luciferino, no es un acto de nobleza humana o deportiva, sino que está organizado por las élites psicopatocraticas que detentan el poder-religión para mostrarnos el camino que tomará la humanidad bajo su liderazgo y regenerar su poder en un ritual multitudinario. Mucho antes de la celebración de las Olimpiadas en Grecia se celebraba en Egipto el Heb Sed o Fiesta de renovación real. Cada 4 o 5 años se hacía en Egipto la FIESTA DE LA RENOVACION para regenerar la fuerza física y la energía sobrenatural del faraón. Allí sé hacia un ritual muy parecido a lo que veremos en la ceremonia inaugural de unos juegos olímpicos. Un desfile o procesión donde egipcios de todas las regiones del país aparecían ante el rey. El rey cambiaba su indumentaria para realizar la carrera ritual. Al final terminaba erigiendo un pilar ceremonial y disparando flechas en dirección a los cuatro puntos cardinales para proteger y mantener alejados a los enemigos. Veremos como en esta ceremonia de inauguración se hace referencia a tradiciones egipcias, griegas y en general de la mitología antigua. También se hace burla al culto cristiano y sus símbolos, la cruz o el propio Jesucristo. (0003) Hubo un evento previo el viernes 26 de julio mediante un ataque coordinado contra la red de trenes de alta velocidad cerca de París que se ejecutó en forma de cruz. La inauguración de los JJOO duró casi cuatro horas en 12 partes un prólogo, diez actos y un epílogo. Aquí es clara la intencionalidad de referirse a los 12 apóstoles y también a utilizar el 10 que es considerado divino. ¿Y quién ha sido el director artístico de las ceremonias de apertura y clausura de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 2024 en París? Pues ha sido elegido Thomas Jolly fundador de La Piccola Familia en 2006. Luego fue elegido por el gobierno francés para dirigir el centro dramático nacional Le Quai d'Angers desde el 1 de enero de 2020 hasta noviembre de 2022. El propio gobierno francés define así dichos centros de creación teatral: “Los centros dramáticos nacionales (CDN) son establecimientos emblemáticos de la política de descentralización dramática dirigida por el Estado desde hace setenta años (los primeros cinco centros fueron creados entre 1946 y 1952). Estructuras de creación y producción dirigidas por uno o varios artistas comprometidos en el campo teatral, las CDN constituyen herramientas principales y estructurantes para el diseño, la fabricación y la producción de obras teatrales, con un espíritu de apertura y de compartir. Las CDN son lugares donde pueden encontrarse y articularse todas las dimensiones del teatro: la investigación, la escritura, la creación, la difusión, la formación. Para cada CDN, se celebra un contrato de descentralización dramática entre el Ministro de Cultura y el director de la estructura certificada, por la que se definen los compromisos de cada Parte para la ejecución de las misiones de creación teatral de interés general en el marco de los objetivos definidos en el pliego de condiciones y en las especificaciones del sello CDN.” O sea, el gobierno decide cuál será el teatro que verán las personas amantes de este arte. Obviamente un gobierno “progre” y preocupado en inculcar ideas progres da como resultado lo que vivimos actualmente. El propio creador nos cuenta en una entrevista en Vogue: “Los Juegos Olímpicos, en su leyenda fundacional, son curativos”, dice Jolly, aludiendo al momento político en el que nos encontramos. “Curan la peste y traen la paz”. ¿Y cuál es el significado del Sena? “Para empezar, el Sena era una diosa”, dice Jolly, “una ninfa llamada Sequana, que se convirtió en río para poder escapar de Neptuno. Así que el Sena es una mujer que resiste a un hombre violento. Es un símbolo muy grande, y lo voy a utilizar porque convierte al río en una fuerza femenina de resistencia”. Lo que Jolly pretende demostrar es que en París hay “lugar para todos. Puede que sea un poco caótico, es cierto, pero eso permite que cada uno encuentre su lugar”. La ceremonia de inauguración será un éxito, afirma Jolly, “si todo el mundo se siente representado en ella”. Jolly “fue el autor de una ópera gay en la figura del emperador Heliogábalo. Ha reinterpretado a Marivaux y a Shakespeare para convertirlos en obras del contemporáneo Mark Ravenhill, autor de obras como la titulada: Ir de compras y follar, en contra del capitalismo y a favor del marxismo, del sadismo, para representar la prostitución, la drogadicción en un entorno de homosexualidad”. Han intentado añadir el origen judío de la familia de Jolly pero obviamente no hay datos que lo confirmen y ha sido borrado de la wikipedia. Lo que si podemos afirmar sin equivocarnos es que ha mantenido una relación artística con Marina Abramović y el apellido Abramovich proviene de judíos rusos como Román Abramovich, el presidente del Chelsea CF que presume de como intentan desprestigiarlo por ser judío. Marina Abramović, conocida por sus obras intensas y a menudo provocativas, y Thomas Jolly han colaborado en un proyecto que combina sus visiones artísticas. Su colaboración se centra en la adaptación de la obra de Abramović "Vida y muerte de Marina Abramović", que se representó en la Comédie-Française de París mientras la artista era directora de la Ópera Nacional de París. En este proyecto, Thomas Jolly dirigió la obra, que se basa en la vida y la trayectoria artística de Abramović. La producción explora las experiencias y actuaciones de Abramović, traduciendo su arte a un formato teatral. En 2021, Abramović fue homenajeada por el presidente Macron durante una ceremonia especial en el Palacio del Elíseo, donde se le otorgó el título de "Commandeur des Arts et Lettres" (Comandante de las Artes y las Letras), una de las distinciones más altas de Francia por sus contribuciones a las artes y la literatura. La gente cree que el apoyo actual del colectivo gay, o LGTB o incluso la creación de la bandera de la liberación homosexual son revolucionarios pero como acabamos de ver el poder-religión en la sombra es el que apoya y crea estos movimientos. Supuestamente fueron Harvey Milk y Gilbert Baker, los autores de la bandera del orgullo gay, bueno, enormes banderas de 15 por 15 metros que ondearon en San Francisco el 25 de junio de 1978. Casi diez años más tarde que banderas con los mismos colores se viesen en la Plaza de las Naciones Unidas durante los Disturbios de Stonewall. ¿Quien identificó al movimiento gay con esos colores que la gente cree que son el arcoíris? ¿No resulta curioso que justamente dicho movimiento se originase en los aledaños de las Naciones Unidas? Curiosamente tras las numerosas criticas recibidas por la organización de los JJOO se han borrado las fuentes oficiales donde se podia contemplar toda la ceremonia de inauguración y es difícil elaborar una buena interpretación. Por fortuna, nuestro amigo el puntal de dios, ha dado con una de esas pocas fuentes oficiales que quedan y que compartiremos con todos vds en la descripción del video y del audio en Ivoox. Vamos a hacer un recorrido por lo que se mostró en dicha ceremonia, lo que oficialmente nos dijeron y lo que nosotros acertamos a ver. 00 Prólogo. El altar Los franceses comienzan con un video pregrabado con imágenes de ceremonias de apertura pasadas de los Juegos y viendo como un famoso comediante francés lleva la llama hacia un estadio Stade de France vacío, sin saber que la ceremonia se llevaría a cabo fuera del recinto. Por primera vez en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano, la ceremonia no tuvo lugar en un estadio sino que se celebró en la arteria principal de Paris, el Sena. El desfile por el río seguirá el curso del Sena, de este a oeste, a lo largo de 6,6 km. Es el recorrido desde el nacimiento del sol hasta su muerte. Partirá del puente de Austerlitz, junto al Jardin des Plantes, rodeará las dos islas del centro de la ciudad, la Île Saint Louis y la Île de la Cité, y pasará por debajo de los ocho puentes y pasarelas. Vemos aqui el primer ocho, que no será el último. ¿Qué nos dicen que simboliza el logo de los juegos de manera oficial? “Su forma circular recuerda a la medalla de oro, el premio más importante en los Juegos, y simboliza la excelencia deportiva. En el centro, la llama olímpica representa la pasión y la energía de los atletas. Además, el contorno del logo forma el rostro de "Marianne", un símbolo de Francia que representa los valores de libertad, igualdad y fraternidad.” Ese logo en forma de antorcha, de llama, tenia que ser así ya que están en su casa, la ciudad de la luz. La ciudad de Lucifer y cuna de una de las ramas importantes de la masonería donde la antorcha está presente en los actos como simbología masónica o luciferina. Es el fuego de Prometeo, el fuego luciferino o de la sabiduría, el fuego creador robado de la Fuente para no someterse y volverse como un dios, por eso unimos la antorcha a los superhombres dicho en el término amplio de la palabra que representa a toda la especie humana. Quiero destacar como la antorcha elegida para estos juegos tiene forma de vesica piscis al igual que el descosido que lleva en la espalda el portador de la antorcha enmascarado que aparece luego entre segmentos en escenas pregrabadas, en el Sena y los tejados de París, sirviendo como hilo conductor durante toda la ceremonia. Aparecen entre otros los juegos olímpicos de Tokio. Quiero recordar aqui los 11 escalones en la pagoda/pirámide de base octogonal el dia de la inauguración de los JJOO de Tokio en 2021 y además como era encendida por una atleta de pelo rojo. El cómico entrega la antorcha al futbolista Zinedine Zidane, quien posteriormente la llevará por las calles de la ciudad, llamando la atención de un trío de niños, que representaran las tres veces que París ha acogido los Juegos, y luego ira al Metro de París. Antes de que el tren pueda salir de la estación, se avería por un apagón, lo que lleva a Zidane a pasar la antorcha a los niños a través de la ventanilla del tren. Curiosamente esa misma noche tras acabar la ceremonia cuatro distritos de París se quedaron sin luz y tenemos una impresionante fotografía de Paris a oscuras y solo la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón iluminada. ¿Me pregunto si eso simbolizaría que el ritual sacrificial ya había terminado? Otro forero de burbuja, LMLights, comenta sobre esto: “Pues si, como mostré en un post previo los JJOO, coinciden casi a la perfección con el calendario SIRIACO de este año (del 26 de Julio al 12 de Agosto, las Olimpiadas terminan el 11). Toda la ceremonia se centró EN EL SENA y a nivel simbólico egipciaco SIRIO es el reloj de las crecidas del NILO, que dan la vida a la TIERRA NEGRA fértil de KHEMET. El APAGON de los primeros dias y la TORRE EIFFEL NEGRA es otro aspecto oculto de SIRIO, como estrella negra (no porque no sea visible, sino por sus "emanaciones" invisibles).” Nosotros comentaremos en mas profundidad sobre esto cuando hablemos del ritual de clausura de estas olimpiadas pero vemos como la luz y la oscuridad están muy presentes en ambas ceremonias. Durante los siglos XVIII-XIX, existió el historiador llamado Jacques-Antoine Dulaure, quien fue el que asoció el nombre de los parisii a la diosa egipcia Isis, debido al descubrimiento de una estatua de la diosa encontrada en la Abadía de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. El escritor François Maspero afirma que el culto a Isis estaba muy extendido en Francia, especialmente en la cuenca de París, ya que por todas partes existían templos de Isis. Cabe destacar que según la terminología occidental, sería más exacto decir que estos "templos" eran la «Casa de Isis» porque dichos templos fueron llamados en egipcio Per o Par, palabra que en egipcio antiguo significa exactamente "el recinto que rodea la casa". De esta forma París sería el resultado de la yuxtaposición de Per/Par-Isis. La familia Parisi fue muy importante y fueron de los primeros en adoptar la flor de Lys que representa a Isis en sus escudos. Podemos ver un libro con una flor de Lys entregado por una nube como escudo de la universidad de Paris lo que se conoce como el conocimiento que viene del cielo. Después de atravesar las catacumbas de París y el lago subterráneo debajo del Palacio Garnier evadiendo a ratas y a un enorme cocodrilo, el que será el portador de la antorcha encapuchado y enmascarado se acercó a los niños remando un bote. ¿Caronte? El trío subió a bordo. Mientras comenzaron su viaje hacia el mundo exterior, la cámara se desplazó hacia el escenario del Trocadéro para revelar a Thomas Bach, presidente del Comité Olímpico Internacional y Emmanuel Macron, presidente de Francia, mientras se pusieron de pie para dar la bienvenida a la multitud. Después de eso, el barco remó a través de un túnel, revelando una luz que brilló para revelar la frase "Ça ira" todo estará bien, cuando el barco llegó atravesando el Sena al Trocadero. El Trocadero, otro punto importante del ritual, digamos que el altar de toda esta ceremonia. ¿Pero qué pinta esa cabeza de toro bien pegada al símbolo de los JJOO que incluso tapaba parte de los anillos olímpicos? La escultura: taureau et daim, de Paul Jouve representa a Apis y Osiris, respectivamente, el dios toro (Apis) y ciervo ( Acer) egipcios La gran explanada y palacios art decó, con estatuas de todo el panteón pagano, desde Apolo, Hércules, los ya vistos Osiris y Apis, etc… Famosa es la imagen de Hitler contemplando París desde ese gran altar con la torre Eiffel detrás. El trocadero es la gran logia, la capilla mayor al aire libre del nuevo París, un lugar emblemático, casi sagrado, que hace de catedral moderna en el entorno de la exposición universal de París, está asentado sobre una gran fuente, quizá la mas grande y potente del mundo, como muchas catedrales lo están sobre nacimientos de agua, siendo la torre Eiffel el cimborrio de transmisión energética. Se dice que el nombre viene de una batalla que nunca se dió, pues los franceses se establecieron en la isla gaditana del Trocadero para intentar tomar Cadiz, pero como se sabe, nunca consiguieron entrar, allí estuvieron tirando cohetes y las gaditanas haciéndose con ellos tirabuzones como dice la canción. Pero eso no importa, porque el nombre era lo importante. El trocadero era una isla sagrada, el punto sin tributos ni jurisdicción, donde cualquier trato o intercambio comercial era franco y totalmente posible. Trocadero viene de trocar, y éste a su vez de TRUCAR, la isla del truco, "Te truco esto por lo otro" como se dice en Andalucía, trucar es intercambiar una cosa por otra equivalente. Trucar es también darse la mano en señal de acuerdo. ¿Truco o trato? Del mismo modo, en el Trocadero de Paris es donde se hace hoy el gran intercambio energético. El truco es siempre, cambiar una cosa por otra. Teniendo ese poder de amplificación, la ceremonia no podia ser en el estadio, la ceremonia tenía que efectuarse ahí. 01 Enchanté. Lady Gaga sin encanto Pudimos ver como un acordeonista con alas nos daba la bienvenida a los 33 juegos olímpicos de 2024 escrito en números romanos. Empezó el desfile de barcazas con los atletas subidos a ellas y acompañándolo vimos unos chorros de agua que se alternaban cruzándose y proyectándose en recto, lo cual creaba una fila de onces en letras romanas. En muchas imágenes pudimos ver tres de estos grupos formando un 33. La magia de la televisión hizo que la gente creyese que Lady Gaga estaba actuando en directo en una escalera dorada colocada en el Sena. No fue así, como algunos usuarios mostraron en video de lo que realmente estaba sucediendo en directo. La cantante norteamericana no actuó de si misma sino que hizo una copia rosa de una actuación de cabaret sin ningún encanto. El color rosa estuvo muy presente en toda la ceremonia. Lo más destacable de la actuación de la Gaga fue que los bailarines hicieron la representación de 10 números 8 con sus pompones de plumas siendo ella el numero 11. Este año hemos tenido un montón de números 88 o eventos donde el 8 ha estado presente como la venida a España del señor Puigdemont precisamente un 8 del mes 8 del 2024, los 88 años del asesinato de Federico García Lorca o la muerte de Alain Delon con 88 años y recordemos que «Saturno» es el planeta que corresponde al número 8. Curiosamente la escena de esta ceremonia que ha creado más controversia de las 12 ha sido la octava llamada Festivité (Festividad). No hace falta que les contemos que la actriz y cantante lady Gaga es considerada dentro del mundo de la conspiración como una de las mayores sacerdotisas del culto de las élites psicopatas que detentan el poder. Aqui la podemos ver en unas fotos en el Capitolio cuando vendió el tema del covid y las mascarillas con un look que daba miedo. Desgraciadamente es un icono para muchos jóvenes que terminan imitando lo que hacen estos ídolos de barro que destilan satanismo por los cuatro costados. Aquí la vemos en una de las fiestas de spirit cooking, “cocina espiritual”, acompañando a Marina Abramovic donde se relamen comiendo y bebiendo “supuesta sangre” de modelos convertidos en altares humanos. El fantasma de la Ópera portador de la luz nos mostraba lo que es chic mientras hacía parkour por los tejados de París. Evidentemente todo lo chic tenia que estar relacionado con el Moulin-Rouge o los obeliscos que adornan París. Bailarines del Moulin-Rouge interpretaron una coreografía de cancán francés, adaptada de "Galop infernal d'Orphée aux enfers" (Galope infernal de Orfeo a los infiernos) que yo creo que es la canción más famosa de este tipo de baile. En dicha canción la letra dice así: “Baco, mi alma voluble, que no podía estar haciendo ¡Con la felicidad en la tierra, aspira a ti, divino Baco! ¡Saluda a la sacerdotisa cuya voz cantará sin cesar sobre la embriaguez a tus elegidos!” Evidentemente el baile habla de caer rendido ante Baco y ser parasitado por el como suele pasar en el trance alcohólico mas intenso llamado Delirium tremens. 02 Synchronicité arrítmica Nos muestran las obras de reconstrucción de Notre-Dame donde destacan los intrincados andamiajes para volver a reconstruir el techo. El aire y el Sol son los dos elementos que se representan aqui por eso vemos que los obreros llevan unos monos de color azulado con las terminaciones de brazos y pies en dorado. El dorado será el color principal de este acto ya que luego nos hablarán de la fabricación de las medallas. Los obreros están colgados de forma que parece que puedan volar y se integren con el cielo. Vemos también una alegoría a los maestros constructores, a los masones, dandole forma a la piedra. Luego veremos una danza homenaje de 420 personas a los equipos de reconstrucción de Notre-Dame tras el incendio de 2019. Y precisamente no estaban muy sincronizados. Una enorme capa de color dorado preside toda la representación. Están danzando en leche lo que para mi simboliza que están recogiendo los frutos de la destrucción de la Catedral de Notre Dame. Nos muestran cómo se confeccionan las medallas olímpicas con especial dedicación en los estuches Louis Vuitton que las portan y los tres armarios donde se guardan. Esta marca se dedica desde 1854 a fabricar los “envases” donde se protegerán las cosas de valor como trajes, sombreros o joyas. Más tarde el propio contenedor pasaría a ser considerado un objeto de lujo y una pieza de arte. Resulta desagradable ver como los obreros se colocan debajo de la pesada carga que es uno de estos baúles que contendrán las medallas olímpicas. Por cierto, aqui podemos ver a Djokovic rezando ante este baúl. Y es que los héroes que crea el poder-religión para que existan dos bandos y por tanto se genere la dualidad que les permita generar dos polos energéticos son muy necesarios para mantener el sistema tal y como esta. La supuesta revolución anti vacunas que genero este tenista al negarse a inocularse la supuesta vacuna del covid queda empañada cuando miramos en profundidad los hechos. Es más que evidente que este ídolo de masas acompaña sus fotos icónicas con los mismos signos, en este caso el ojo de Horus, que el resto de iconos mundiales. Aquí vemos como su hermana, que es la que gestiona su fundación para apoyar a los niños, le manda un mensaje de agradecimiento a Marina Abramovic que parece que en este video es nuestro portador de la oscuridad. También pidió apoyo a los Clinton en 2013. Un verdadero despierto y más siendo cristiano jamás habría besado de esa manera la medalla satánica de los JJOO de París en forma de hexágono. Luego vemos cómo se forjan las medallas olímpicas, a la antigua usanza en un crisol. Lo cual es una soberana mentira ya que las medallas olímpicas cada vez contienen menos oro. Según la información oficial, en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, la medalla de oro contiene aproximadamente 529 gramos de plata y 6 gramos de oro. Aproximadamente un 1% es suficiente para darle el distintivo brillo dorado. Así que parece que no es oro todo lo que reluce. Tras la asíncrona danza pudimos ver al jorobado de NotreDame sujeto en una aguja coronada por un gallo, supuestamente sobreviviente al incendio de la catedral. Lo que no nos contaron es que el techo de Notre Dame estaba en estado ruinoso y que los materiales empleados en su construcción y la de la aguja impedían realizar un trabajo de restauración de forma económica. El cobre, el plomo y los compuestos venenosos derivados por su exposición al aire habían creado como en el caso de las torres gemelas con el amianto un factor determinante para ser elegido como sacrificable. Eso si, unos días antes se encargaron de retirar dieciséis estatuas de cobre de la aguja de la catedral de Notre-Dame para ser restauradas junto a las famosísimas gárgolas. Notre Dame y la mezquita Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén, el tercer lugar más sagrado del islam ardían al mismo tiempo en plena semana santa. 03 Liberté pero sin cuello Tras ver el ojo rojo de HAL, Liberté es el único rótulo que da comienzo a un acto donde las letras aparecen poco a poco, en este caso en tres fases en clara alusión a las tres palabras que nos han quedado de la Revolución francesa: Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad. Estas tres palabras darán paso a los actos tercero, cuarto y quinto en claro homenaje a esta falsa Revolución. Y es que la misma palabra, revolución, ya nos indica su propia falsedad. Una revolución consiste en una vuelta entera de un eje en sus 360 grados para volver al mismo sitio, y en eso han consistido todas las falsas revoluciones hasta el momento. El verdadero poder-religión se ha mantenido como eje y nosotros tan solo hemos dado vueltas como tontos. Hablar de Francia es hablar de la Revolución Francesa y hablar de la Revolución Francesa es hablar de masonería por mucho que el autoproclamado mayor experto en el tema en España, el señor García Trevijano, nunca hablase sobre ello y optase por esquivarlo ante preguntas directas. También calló siempre sobre su pertenencia a la masonería por otra parte. Muchos autores modernos han hablado sobre esto, yo desde luego os recomendaría que leyerais los dos trabajos de Jüri Lina “Bajo el Signo del Escorpión” y “Arquitectos del engaño: La historia secreta de la masonería” y que veáis el estupendo video “REVOLUCION FRANCESA Y MASONERIA” que como es habitual tendréis en la descripción del podcast en Ivoox. En el territorio patrio contamos con autores como Alberto Bárcena Pérez con libros que tratan del asunto de la masonería y la revolución. El primero de ellos se titula “La guerra de la Vendée: una cruzada en la revolución”. Donde nos cuenta desde su punto de vista católico (El es profesor de la Universidad CEU San Pablo) una de las facetas más desconocidas de la revolución francesa que es el genocidio y represión que llevaron a cabo los revolucionarios en el Oeste de Francia, en dicho departamento. Con episodios como el bombardeo con cañones como método más expeditivo y práctico que el fusilamiento de prisioneros de guerra (civiles incluidos). Hundimiento de barcas en el río con personas atadas dentro y todo tipo de atrocidades, violaciones, asesinatos etc etc. Por contra en la novela histórica de “Viva la república” de Blasco Ibáñez ante tan importantes acontecimientos históricos, no cabe duda acerca de la actitud del narrador, en absoluto objetiva ni imparcial, aun cuando no silencie e incluso llegue a condenar los horrores consecuencia de los hechos de esa fuerza desbordada que es la masa popular. Contemporánea de Blasco tenemos a la escritora Nesta Helen Webster con obras como “The French Revolution”, “Revolución mundial; el complot contra la civilización” donde habla de los illuminatis y “Secret societies” donde obviamente habla de la masonería entre otras muchas. Pero si hay un libro que deja el tema claro es “Memorias para servir a la historia del jacobinismo” escrito por el abate Barruel y traducido al castellano en 1813. Allí nos explica como los iluminados de Baviera y la masonería fueron los iniciadores y los jacobinos los ejecutores. Se abrieron logias por toda Francia para difundir la ideas revolucionarias. Luego se cerraron las logias de los pobres, las de nivel seguirían abiertas. Desde una torre octogonal nuestro amigo el portador de la luz nos muestra la ciudad de París para ir después a ver la representación de la Revolución francesa en un teatro y pasar luego a un primer plano de una guillotinada Maria Antonieta. Un octágono es la suma de dos cuadrados girados o si se prefiere es la forma de ver en cuatro dimensiones a un cubo llamado hipercubo: “Octágono que no es más que un cuadrado encima de otro cuadrado. Un cuadrado encima de otro es más simbolismo de sociedades secretas. En el lenguaje secreto de simbolismo un cuadrado encima de otro significa control sobre todo lo que está bien y todo lo que está mal. De nuevo relativismo moral. Todo lo que es justo y todo lo que es injusto. La ley del hombre. Todo lo que es positivo y todo lo que es negativo. En otras palabras. Nosotros controlamos todo. El hipercubo es un símbolo del oscuro ocultismo no específicamente del satanismo pero desde luego un símbolo oculto profundamente oscuro. El hipercubo es uno de los símbolos más ocultos dentro de todo oscuro ocultismo. Sin embargo se encuentra prevalentemente en toda nuestra sociedad en la forma de simplismo octogonal. Y como ya veremos la proyección de dos dimensiones del hipercubo es un octágono que es una representación de un objeto de cuatro dimensiones.” Los templarios fueron uno de los que utilizaron la magia que encierra esta figura geométrica en sus construcciones, sobre todo en las torres. La artesanía mudéjar o los caballeros de Malta también utilizan este simbolismo, pero sin duda donde es más utilizado es dentro de las organizaciones que mas control ejercen, el ejercito y la policia. La Conciergerie o Palais de la Cité, es un edificio histórico de París que ocupa el muelle del Reloj, en la Isla de la Cité, en el Premier arrondissement. El palacio fue residencia de los reyes de Francia de los siglos x a xiv. Terminó convertido en prisión del Estado en 1392. La prisión de la Conciergerie estuvo considerada, durante el Terror, como la antecámara de la muerte. Pocos fueron los que salieron libres de la prisión. Entre los que no, la reina María Antonieta, encarcelada aquí en 1793. El grupo heavy elegido para este acto fue Gojira cuyas letras nos hablan del medio ambiente, del espiritualismo y lo trascendental aunque aqui podemos verlos riéndose de la crucifixión de Jesucristo. Pero aqui se trata de sangre. Debemos recordar que la Revolución francesa fue cosa de masones y como su lema no eran solo 3 palabras sino 4: Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad o la muerte. La canción que tocó Gojira en la Ceremonia de Inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos 2024 fue “Ah, ça ira” de Édith Piaf, una canción revolucionaria de 1790 que hace un llamado a la lucha y libertad contra la aristocracia. La cantante de ópera Marina Viotti, terminó el show desplazándose en un barco con una vela brillante, o sea iluminada, tras el apoteosis de sangre. O sea, hubo que cortar cabezas para traeros la iluminación. Esto es lo que decía la canción del grupo heavy: “Ah, eso servirá. ¡Así se hace! ¡Eso es! ¡Colgaremos a los aristócratas! El castigo para vosotros está a punto de comenzar Porque el pueblo reclama sus derechos. Habéis pagado bien por nuestras cabezas ¡Se acabó, reyes! Ya no podemos contar con los nuestros Ahora compraremos las vuestras Porque somos nosotros los que hacemos la ley. ¡Ah, eso servirá! ¡Así se hace! ¡Eso servirá! Los aristócratas en el farol Ah, así se hace ¡Así se hace! ¡Eso es! ¡Colgaremos a los aristócratas!” Después de eso veremos una parte de la libertad que supuestamente nos habla de la libertad sexual donde algunos acróbatas se mantienen en equilibrio vestidos con atrevidos colores. Esta parte de la ceremonia también abordó diversas formas de amor incluidos temas LGBT y poliamor, expresadas por acróbatas de la compañía XY y bailarines. Por ultimo vemos como un trio formado por dos chicos y una chica entran en la Biblioteca Nacional de Francia a mostrar algunos de los libros sobre amor que han cambiado los pensamientos de las personas desde 1732. Uno de los libros es "Le diable au corps" (Con el diablo en el cuerpo), de Raymond Radiguet. 04 Égalité o mejor lo llamamos mezcla En este trozo mezclan dos estilos musicales completamente diferentes porque la igualdad que nos proponen las elites psicopatocarticas en su Agenda 2030 es esa, mezclar oro con estiércol. Para abrir el segmento Égalité (Igualdad), la banda de música de la Guardia Republicana tocó "For me formidable" de Charles Aznavour en la pasarela del Puente de las Artes. La cantante franco-maliense Aya Nakamura interpretó "Pookie", un arreglo de "For me formidable" y su éxito "Djadja", frente al Institut de France acompañado por el Coro del Ejército Francés y músicos de la Guardia Republicana. Esta es parte de le letra de esta última canción: “Te hiciste el hermano mayor para ensuciarme Estás buscando problemas sin querer Maldita sea, me estás jodiendo Así no es cómo hacemos las cosas Maldita sea, me estás jodiendo Así no es cómo hacemos las cosas Maldita sea, me estás jodiendo” Y este el estribillo: “Oh, Djadja Pero de ninguna manera, Djadja Yo no soy tu perra, Djadja En la de perrito, te crees lo máximo, nene” La verdad es que a uno se le revuelve el estómago con tanta mezcla y tanto disfraz cutre. (fotos 04 Égalité 05 y 04 Égalité 06.jpg) No es que Charles Aznavour sea uno de mis cantantes favoritos pero les invito a buscar la letra de su canción y compararla…desde luego no son dos gotas de agua. Y hablando de agua yo me pregunto porque no han utilizado la Geoingeniería criminal que emplean constantemente contra nosotros y han permitido que lloviese afeando un poco el espectáculo. ¿Quizás para que los conspiranoicos no podamos decir que existe tal tecnologia? 05 Fraternité enemiga de la verdad La quinta secuencia, Fraternité (Fraternidad), comenzó con la "Danza macabra" de Camille Saint-Saëns y hacía referencia al robo de la Mona Lisa del Louvre en 1911. Nos muestran una de las esculturas icónicas del museo del Louvre, la Victoria alada de Samotracia, a la que le faltan los brazos y la cabeza. Lo que mucha gente desconoce es que su descubridor, Charles Champoiseau, cónsul francés en el Imperio otomano para Napoleón III recibió la legión de honor por tal descubrimiento. Esta escultura aparecerá también en la ceremonia de clausura. En esta parte lo verdaderamente importante es el propio museo, su colocación en esa posición exacta a 3333 metros del arco del triunfo. Les recomiendo la lectura de VISIONES DE UN MUNDO OCULTO (1) PARÍS, LA CITÉ DES LUMIERES de Vae Victis donde nos destripa gran parte del esoterismo arquitectónico de París. Mostrándonos por ejemplo el llamado eje histórico que alinea los mayores monumentos. Una foto satelital del eje histórico de París muestra como algunas construcciones relevantes trazan una línea recta sobre el territorio a lo largo de casi 8 kilómetros, desde el Arco de la Defensa hasta las puertas del Louvre. Allí tenemos al Louvre y su pirámide acristalada iluminada en la noche parisina. Ali se realizó la famosa foto de la victoria de Macron, el que esta unido a la familia Rothschild, a la masonería y aficionado a realizar cornutos y otros gestos como el de la pirámide. Poca gente sabe que la pirámide del Louvre contiene una pirámide invertida mas pequeña dentro. Se dice que entre las dos contienen 666 cristales, aunque un servidor los ha contado y son 673. Da igual, lo importante es pensar en la estructura como una alusión al concepto hermético “Como es arriba, es abajo”. Ademas de saber que ha sido utilizada en extraños rituales como el efectuado por el cambio climático el 27-9-2019. Así que es normal que algunas de las n de cuadros famosos escapen de sus lienzos y miren por la ventana el Sena aunque allí el espectáculo no sea tampoco muy tranquilizador. Vemos en el río diferentes cabezas que salen del agua pero todas en una forma que resulta dañarnos a la vista ya que están a punto de ahogarse. Me recuerda el caso de Omayra Sánchez, una niña de 13 años que murió frente a las cámaras de televisión tras luchar por su vida durante tres días. Aquello fue emitido por TV y ha sido aprovechado como publicidad hasta en festivales musicales. Creo que es una forma sibilina de decirnos que los océanos están aumentado de altura porque se derriten los polos, lo que es una falacia enorme. Curiosamente mientras llovía a mares en París un pianista tocaba “juegos de agua”, de Maurice Ravel. La ceremonia se trasladó al Museo de Orsay y rindió homenaje a la ciencia de la imagen, en particular a los cineastas franceses, los hermanos Lumière y Georges Méliès, junto con obras de la literatura infantil francesa como El Principito. A través del cine y de la literatura fantástica han logrado traernos hasta aqui y las mentiras son cada vez más grandes. Vemos como el reloj marca las 9 y 49 pero desde dentro marca las 3 y 18. Nos están diciendo que ellos controlan el tiempo y que simplemente se mantienen como observadores mostrándonos una estatua de la libertad en ruinas y como colofón la Estación espacial internacional que es el sumun de las mentiras. La Estación Espacial Internacional, revela un periscopio amarillo que muestra una secuencia animada de un submarino que presenta a los Minions de Illumination realizando varios eventos deportivos en un submarino con la Mona Lisa emergiendo del Sena después de que el submarino implosionara. Estos «mini demonios amarillos» mas conocidos por Minions utilizan justamente el color amarillo por ser el opuesto o complementario al azul. Por supuesto su creador, Pierre Coffin es un conocido masón. Ya saben que los antiguos genios o antiguos demonios de la antigüedad eran representados de azul. Recuerden que oficialmente la G que portan en pecho es por su villano GRU, no por la G de la masonería y que la compañía se llame Ilumination es una casualidad. La mezzosoprano negra Axelle Saint-Cirel representó la personificación nacional de la Marianne, cantando el himno nacional francés usando un vestido Dior con la bandera francesa en lo alto del Grand Palais. Nosotros no somos racistas, pero la Marianne era blanca y hay buenas cantantes de opera de ese color. 06 Sororité que promulga el aborto La sexta secuencia, Sororité (Sororidad, hermandad entre mujeres), destacó a 11 mujeres francesas notables que resurgían de unas bases con estatuas doradas a lo largo del Sena: Olympe de Gouges, Alice Milliat, Gisèle Halimi, Paulette Nardal, Jeanne Barret, Christine de Pizan, Louise Michel, Alice Guy, Simone Veil y Simone de Beauvoir. Curiosamente la estatua de esta última no se levantó durante la ceremonia y ni siquiera apareció por TV pero allí estaba su pedestal. Brevemente hablaremos de las dos ultimas mujeres, ambas promulgadoras del feminismo y del aborto. Simone Veil que fue una abogada y política francesa, superviviente del Holocausto. Fue ministra de Sanidad y promulgó la ley llamada ley Veil por la que se despenalizó el aborto en Francia. También presidio el parlamento europeo. Simone de Beauvoir, fue una filósofa, profesora, escritora y activista feminista francesa. Su pareja fue el filósofo Jean-Paul Sartre. Figura andrógina e icono del feminismo mas radical que mezclaba también el comunismo y la promulgación del aborto libre. Recomendaría ver el magnífico video que hizo Pedro Bustamante haciéndose la pregunta ¿Simone de Beauvoir fue un hombre? 07 Sportivité del perro y la cabra La séptima secuencia, Sportivité (Deportividad), reanudó el desfile de barcos con algunas de las delegaciones que menos medallas olímpicas han obtenido, suponemos que por casualidad. Vemos reproducidos los jardines de Versalles en unas barcazas. Los participantes llevan ropas acorde al siglo que representan, vemos un tipo llevando una gorra como el general De Gaulle con un 20 en números romanos a la espalda. El contratenor polaco Jakub Józef Orliński interpretó una pieza barroca, seguido por el rapero Rim'K cantando “King” vestido de rojo y negro y encima de un ajedrezado de cuadrados blancos y negros. La letra de la canción nos vende un futuro de superhombres si nos unimos: “¿Cuántos escollos y trampas hay en mi camino? No quiero ser un superhéroe, sólo un superhumano sigo adelante sin miedo al mañana La esperanza en mi corazón, el futuro en mis manos Saqué la bandera tan blanca y pura como la paloma (Brrr ) Todos juntos podríamos unirnos y cambiar el mundo (Oh) Sólo un día de paz para detener las bombas Sólo un día lluvioso para ocultar mis lágrimas que caen Conozco todos los callejones de París incluso con los ojos cerrados. Quiero convertirme en el Príncipe de ciudades como Michel Berger. Centrado en los puntos ciegos, estoy haciendo un buen trabajo. Viajo en un Low Rider, me gusta Snoop Dogg.” Vamos a centrarnos en este rapero multimillonario llamado Snoop Dogg lo que podría traducirse por perro husmeador. Vamos a ver que esto sigue la relación con SIRIO la estrella negra, la estrella de la constelación del perro, del verano, de la canícula veraniega. Han elevado a los altares a un delincuente y traficante de drogas que no cuenta precisamente cosas buena en sus letras a los niños y lo han exaltado como estrella a imitar en estos juegos. Debemos fijarnos en el pañuelo doblado adrede para que las estrellas de 5 puntas estén invertidas o en su inseparable colgante con la cabra que nos recuerda a la Baronesa Philippine W.P Rothschild. Aquí tuvimos a COBI, una mascota perro para celebrar nuestros juegos olímpicos. 08 Festivité Fiesta, pero pagana Y llegamos al octavo acto, que como hemos dicho y no podia ser otro por ser este año el año del ocho, ha sido el que ha tenido repercusión mundial generando un rechazo mayúsculo. Vemos un puente convertido en una pasarela de moda, de lo que ellos deciden que debemos vestir, que a su vez y como luego veremos se convierte en la mesa de la última cena. Importante es destacar que en cada tramo del puente hay colgados 6 fluorescentes y que la imagen de la cámara está diseñada para enfocar tres tramos por lo que subliminalmente veremos un 666. Por supuesto el barco con la delegación francesa aparece por allí justo cuando ha cruzado el puente el portador de la luz. Luego aparece el azul con un tributo a la Unión Europea mediante la canción "The Final Countdown" y un espectáculo de drones alrededor de la Torre Eiffel formando las 12 estrellas de la bandera de la UE. Después podemos ver a los ciudadanos que celebraban en la barcaza de la unión europea como empiezan a bailar pareciendo zombies. Por supuesto no falta el ajedrezado masónico en el suelo o en su vestuario. Y es que la magia de las logias se produce en dicha pista blanquinegra. Nos avisan con unos fogonazos azules de que lo mejor está al llegar diciéndonos que estamos unidos en la diversidad. Muy pronto nos servirán a Dioniso como si fuese un pavo. Veamos que es lo que se nos dice que representaba la parte que ha generado más controversia: “Philippe Katerine, casi desnudo y pintado como un Dioniso azul (el dios griego del vino, en homenaje a la industria vitivinícola francesa y a los antiguos Juegos Olímpicos griegos), interpretó "Nu", tumbado en el centro de una larga mesa con los participantes de la pasarela posando de una manera que recuerda a una fiesta de bacanal. La banda sonora de las primeras ocho secuencias incluía clásicos reorganizados de la canción francesa y la cultura pop mezclados por la DJ Barbara Butch. La parte del DJ del segmento se interpretó como una referencia al cuadro de Leonardo da Vinci La última cena, al cuadro de Jan van Bijlert Le Festin des Dieux y a la relación entre Dioniso y su hija Sequana, la diosa del Sena.” Philippe Katerine canta “Nu”, desnudo, aunque por motivos obvios no va desnudo aunque les gustaria, pero nos canta que desnudos no habría guerras y que seríamos como animales que nunca se exceden. Pero nosotros creemos reconocer en el a Dioniso, el más juerguista de los dioses que con su borrachera nos posee y nos hace hacer cosas inimaginables con sus caretas dionisiacas. Me pregunto porque es necesario mezclar a niños con drag queens, con hombres disfrazados de mujer a los que el dios azul vuelve locos. Todos desnudos para que el ritual pueda fluir, desde luego este supuesto dios azul da paso al siguiente acto llamado oscuridad. De la DJ Barbara Butch diremos poca cosa, que procede de padre y madre judíos y que es la figura central de una burla pagana al cuadro de la última cena de Leonardo da Vinci. Coincido con Hector en verla como Hecate con su corona de espinas guiando a los pobres mortales al inframundo. Desde luego esta recreación no se basa en el cuadro “Festín de los dioses” de Bellini ni en “Festin de los dioses” de Van Bijlert y vemos clara la burla al cristianismo. 09 Obscurité iluminada del Nuevo Orden Mundial La novena secuencia, Obscurité (Oscuridad), continuó desde Festivité, con la música volviéndose más oscura y los bailarines a bordo de la barcaza volviéndose más frenéticos. Vemos como los cuadrados blancos y negros de la pista de baile se empiezan a degradar y la Torre Eiffel adquiría un color rojo sangre mientras los bailarines parecen muñecos rotos sin identidad propia. Mientras su piso LED mostraba un montaje de varios desastres climáticos, los bailarines se desplomaron lentamente, uno por uno, tiñendo toda la pista de baile de rojo. Evidentemente nos están hablando de los planes eugenistas de la elite psicópata. ¿Se trataran de las repentinitis que estamos viendo tras el Covid? Mientras el Sena se oscurecía, Juliette Armanet apareció en una balsa cantando "Imagine" como parte de un llamado a la paz, acompañada por Sofiane Pamart en un piano en llamas. Decir que esta canción de Lennon es el himno del Nuevo Orden Mundial es quedarnos cortos. ¿Por qué decimos que la canción imagine es el himno del nuevo orden mundial? Pongan atención a las frases clave: “Imagina que no existe el Cielo Imagina a toda la gente viviendo el hoy Imagina que no hay países ni tampoco religión Puedes decir que soy un soñador pero no soy el único espero que algún día (TU) te unas a nosotros y el mundo vivirá como uno (el nuevo orden mundial ecuménico)” Es importante resaltar que dentro del mundo del satanismo el numero importante es el 9 y no el 666 como nos tienen acostumbrados por los medios, el cine o la TV. En la biblia se dice que el 666 es el numero del hombre lo cual nos lleva al átomo de carbono que está formado por 6 neutrones, seis protones y seis electrones, la molécula de la vida, el ADN no existiría sin carbono. Es por esto, que han elegido precisamente el acto nueve para denominarlo oscuridad en clara referencia a sus principios satánicos. Mark Passió, un ex satanista nos dice que esconde el número 9: “El número nueve es el número de Satán en el satanismo. Y ya he explicado anteriormente porque. Y brevemente lo haré de nuevo. Estas son las palabras de La Vey del libro «los rituales satánicos«. A pesar de otros intentos de identificar un cierto número y se está refiriendo al número seis-seis-seis (666). Con Satán se conocerá que el nueve es el número. El nueve es el número de Satán. El nueve es el número del ego. Te lo está diciendo todo aquí mismo. Lo que representa. El nueve es el número del ego ya que siempre regresa a sí mismo. Independientemente de lo que se haga mediante la más compleja multiplicación del nueve por cualquier otro número en la ecuación final sólo el nueve permanecerá. Así que veamos esta columna de la izquierda en este gráfico. 1+9=10=1 2+9=11=2 Uno más nueve es diez. Si añadimos el uno más cero del diez obtenemos uno. Así que comenzamos con uno añadimos nueve y luego al hacer la suma del resultado del diez, es decir el uno más el cero regresamos al uno. Así que comenzamos con uno y regresamos al uno. Si tomamos el número dos y añadimos nueve el resultado es once. Y uno más uno son dos. Así que comenzamos con dos y regresamos al dos. Independientemente del número con el que hagas esto con el número nueve siempre regresará a sí mismo. Qué significa. Que añadir nueve en la simbología numérica conocida como la Gematría es como añadir cero. Nunca añades nada cuando añades nueve. ¿Y qué es lo que representa el nueve? La Vey nos lo acaba de decir representa el ego. Pues cuando añades el ego en cualquier cosa ningún valor es añadido. No tienes ningún incremento. Permanece exactamente dónde está cuando se continuó añadiendo el ego. El ego no cambia nada. Ahora veamos la multiplicación del número nueve. 9*1=9 9*2=18=1+8=9 9*3=27=2+7=9 Nueve por uno es nueve. Nueve por dos es dieciocho y uno más ocho es nueve. Nueve por tres veintisiete. Dos más siete es nueve. Nueve por cuatro trenta y seis. Tres más seis son nueve. Nueve por cinco cuarenta y cinco. Cuatro más cinco es nueve. Independientemente cuán complejo sea el número que se multiplica al nueve la suma de los dígitos del resultado siempre devolverá el nueve ¿Simbólicamente que representa esto? Cuando el ego (el nueve) es multiplicado por cualquier cosa siempre regresa a sí mismo. Más ego es creado y no hay ningún cambio, comenzaste con nueve terminas con nueve, vale. Así que qué tiene esto que ver con el otro número del que habla La Vey. Pues él dice que no queremos identificarnos con el otro número seis-seis-seis (666). El así llamado número de la bestia. Pero si miramos la Gematría. Seis más seis más seis son dieciocho, uno más ocho son nueve. Eso significa en Gematría que el 666 es equivalente numerológicamente al nueve. Por eso el número de Satán es el 666, el nueve. Es una verdad matemática codificada. Y así es básicamente como funciona la oculta Gematría para simbolizar conceptos.Una manera simbólica muy embriagadora de explicar un concepto. Pero, como suelen decir, las matemáticas no mienten.” La noche del 27 al 28 a las 23:40 tras la ceremonia de inauguración de los juegos olímpicos hubo un corte eléctrico en cuatro distritos de París y 85.000 usuarios se quedaron sin luz durante 10 minutos. La propia Torre Eiffel perdió su luz. En ese momento una tuitera colgó una foto donde solo se iluminó la iglesia del sagrado corazón, en el monte de los mártires, indicando que todo está ya preparado para el RITUAL DEL SACRIFICIO. Desde luego ese piano ardiendo a la deriva nos recordó a un funeral vikingo y la próxima escena nos lo deja claro, están hablando de la oscuridad tras la muerte, la nuestra, por supuesto. 10 Solidarité a la mano izquierda 1001 Oficialmente la décima secuencia, la que debería ser de Dios, Solidarité (Solidaridad), mostraba a un jinete enmascarado que representaba a la heroína francesa Juana de Arco llevando una bandera olímpica como capa junto con una armadura plateada y negra, montando un caballo mecánico metálico a lo largo del Sena para difundir el espíritu de los Juegos. Este segmento hizo referencia a Pierre de Coubertin y la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos, con numerosas imágenes de archivo y momentos destacados de Juegos pasados. Los voluntarios que portaban las banderas de los países participantes se reunieron bajo la Torre Eiffel. Creemos en realidad que el jinete enmascarado es el mismo enmascarado que ha venido acompañándonos durante toda la ceremonia y que no es otro que Caronte. Lo vimos abrir el desfile de las barcas tras él, atrayendo a todos esos países al Nuevo Orden Mundial y ahora lo vemos llevando tras él a todas esas naciones de nuevo. En cuanto a que un caballo cabalgue por el agua volvemos a ver una burla al cristianismo cuando Jesús caminó por el agua y tenemos en cuenta las palabras escritas en Apocalipsis 6:8 El jinete apareció sobre un caballo blanco y desfila por la Torre Eiffel que hace de pasarela y desde su perspectiva toma el camino de la mano izquierda. “El camino de la mano izquierda” significa utilizar la magia para hacer el mal, utilizarla de forma más agresiva para lastimar a los demás y romper su voluntad o hacerlo de forma inmoral, antiética o maligna. Lleva esta bandera olímpica doblada a un mástil en el Trocadéro justo frente a las estatuas del toro y el ciervo. Les ofrece un truco o trato a todos esos países que aceptan gustosos la implantación del Nuevo Orden Mundial. Vemos como las alas de Isis están presentes en esta ceremonia pagana mostrándonos caballos voladores como en tradiciones como la India. La Torre Eiffel del Trocadero está en posición invertida a la torre real. Si nos fijamos en la foto en la real la luz está en la punta y en la que está en el Trocadero todos los focos estarán en la base que es donde se realizaran las cosas solemnes. Se han vuelto virales los recuerdos de la Torre Eiffel invertida en forma de antorcha. El Himno Olímpico fue interpretado por el Coro de Radio Francia con la Escuela Coral de Radio France y la Orquesta Nacional de Francia mientras miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas francesas izaban la bandera, que accidentalmente fue colocada al revés, o eso nos dice la oficialidad. Mientras es izada al revés los dos coros, uno vestido de negro riguroso y otro con los colores de la bandera francesa cantan adoptando la posición de pirámide truncada invertida. Ya sabemos que la inversión es parte fundamental de los rituales oscuros. 11 Solennité en la hora del pacto Tony Estanguet, presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos de París 2024, da un discurso del que nos quedamos con dos frases: “Queridos deportistas, un fragmento de la Torre Eiffel estará en el centro de cada una de vuestras medallas.” “De hecho, fueron los Juegos los que nos hicieron crecer. Vinieron a recordarnos que, aunque en Francia nunca nos ponemos de acuerdo en nada, en los momentos importantes sabemos cómo unir nuestras fuerzas.” La primera frase nos recuerda que cada medalla olímpica estará adornada con una pieza metálica hexagonal creada con el hierro original utilizado en la construcción de la Torre Eiffel. Esto es posible porque durante el siglo pasado se realizaron trabajos para modernizar los ascensores de la Torre Eiffel. Como resultado, se retiraron secciones de “la Dama de Hierro” de forma permanente y se conservaron para el futuro. "Decidimos añadir este hexágono [que representa la forma de Francia] de la misma manera que lo haríamos con una piedra preciosa, en el centro y colocado como el elemento más precioso de la medalla", apunta Clémentine Massonnat, responsable de las actividades creativas de Chaumet la joyería que ha creado las medallas. Tiene guasa el nombre, Masson…nat, pero más inquina tiene la forma hexagonal que han añadido, yo supongo que para añadir peso y deshacerse de la chatarra, ja, ja, ja. Les recomiendo que lean mi artículo OSCURO OCULTISMO EN HIPERCUBOS, HEXÁGONOS Y OCTÁGONOS. Allí intentó explicarles porque están relacionados el 9 y el 11 con el hexágono que es la figura que se genera en su interior cuando expresamos esas dos cifras en números romanos. Son la escuadra y el compás cruzados entre las dos columnas del templo masónico, o emblemas sagrados en religiones mistéricas como el hexagrama de Salomón o el “Auspice Maria” bajo la protección de Maria del cristianismo. 1105a The glow of sirius, the blazing star, el resplandor de Sirio, la estrella ardiente son directamente los rayos del brillo de sirio, la estrella ardiente de las logias. Medallas con el cubo de Saturno (seth) en su interior, y en el centro la llama robada de la sabiduría. Aunque cambien nombres y los encripten, siempre son los mismos símbolos. El cubo, la Matrix de Saturno o Seth. Nosotros no podemos despejar sus dudas como despejaron los aviones de París durante la ceremonia de apertura de los JJOO, pero sabemos que el hexágono que es la forma 2D en que se ve un cubo en 3D es un símbolo muy poderoso que todos quieren utilizar. Como la selección francesa y su gallo dentro de un hexágono, nótese que las tres efes pueden entenderse como tres seises ya que la f corresponde al 6 en el alfabeto. El hexágono es una forma natural que representa a toda la humanidad, hombres y mujeres, como pueden ver en este esquema donde también se muestra como los pedófilos utilizan asimismo esos símbolos primigenios. Es el mal uso que se dé a un símbolo lo que lo convierte en maligno, neutro o benigno. En cuanto a la segunda frase parece indicar que siguen con sus planes de unificar al mundo entero en su ya desnortado Nuevo Orden Mundial. El Juramento Olímpico lo prestaron los abanderados franceses Mélina Robert-Michon y Florent Manaudou, el entrenador Christophe Massina y un árbitro de lucha libre. Zinedine Zidane tomó la llama olímpica del portador enmascarado y se la entregó al tenista español Rafael Nadal, quien llevó la llama por el Sena en barco junto con los campeones olímpicos Carl Lewis, Serena Williams y Nadia Comăneci. Un juego de luces en la Torre Eiffel nos anuncia que el pacto está cerrado. ¿El pacto con quién? Obviamente con Lucifer. El ojo que todo lo ve nos observa desde la dama de hierro. Y lo dejan claro con el tema elegido para cerrar, un tema del musico Cerrone titulado Supernaturaleza mientras el cantante es iluminado con cuatro focos que le dan el aspecto de una estrella de cinco puntas: “Érase una vez La ciencia abrió la puerta Alimentaríamos los campos hambrientos Tilll ya no podían comer Pero la poción que hicimos Tocó a las criaturas abajo Y crecen de alguna manera Que nunca habíamos visto antes Supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza Estaban enojados con el hombre Causa cambió su forma de vida Y toman su dulce venganza Mientras pisotean toda la noche Por cien millas o más Se podía oír llorar a la gente Pero no hay nada que puedas hacer Incluso Dios está de su lado Dios está encendido, Dios está encendido, Dios está de su lado Supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza, supernaturaleza Los coches romperán la luz Ven fluyendo en el aire La criatura decidirá ¿Quién va a dónde? ¿Cómo puedo explicarlo? Las cosas son diferentes hoy en día Oscuridad alrededor Nadie hace un sonido Qué triste afable A nadie parece importar

Gilbert Baker's pride flag design is now a worldwide symbol for LGBT freedom and liberation. Now, his former stomping grounds remember his efforts with a beautiful mural. But there's more to this pride-filled house than meets the eye. SEE the mural for yourself here and learn more about the artist here.

The ‘rainbow flag' first flew in San Francisco's United Nations Plaza for Gay Pride Day, on June 25th, 1978. Created by Gilbert Baker, a friend of Harvey Milk, the original flag featured eight colours – but hot pink and turquoise were dropped from future iterations thanks to a lack of cloth. It was 30ft tall and 60ft wide. In this episode, The Retrospectors discuss how Baker's flag usurped a previous gay symbol, subverted from Nazi iconography; reveal the ‘meaning' of each of the original stripes; and discuss how this radical icon became dragged into corporate culture via ‘pinkwashing'... Further Reading: • ‘Original rainbow Pride flag returns to its San Francisco home after 43 years' (The Guardian, 2021): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/12/original-rainbow-pride-flag-returns-san-francisco • ‘Gilbert Baker, whose rainbow flag flew over the rise of gay rights, dies at 65' (The Washington Post, 2017):: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/gilbert-baker-whose-rainbow-flag-flew-over-the-rise-of-gay-rights-dies-at-65/2017/04/01/07becbe8-16e5-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html • ‘History of the Rainbow Flag at Harvey Milk Plaza' (Gilbert Baker Foundation, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3NAFyHzXI This episode first premiered in 2023, for members of

How do youth celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride? In this episode, special guest Jazz Jennings, American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist, talks about the importance of Queer Pride and visibility, while playing One-Minute Trivia with Trudy and Claire. Listeners will also get a chance to hear from Paras, a student activist from Iowa and how the IFQT crew celebrates their queerness.CONTENT AND CONTENT WARNINGS:00:00:05: Trudy: What I hope people get from this podcast00:00:56: Theme Song01:01:03: Welcome from Lily and Trudy00:02:10: Lily and Trudy talk trivia and working with Jazz Jennings00:05:57 One-Minute Trivia Part 1: Queer Celebration with Jazz and Claire00:13:57: Queer Youth Animated: Paras' Story00:18:39: One-Minute Trivia Part 2: Queer Celebration with Jazz and Claire00:23:27: How we celebrate queerness00:26:58: How can we celebrate pride safely?00:28:23: Coming up next00:28:51: Outro/CreditsRESOURCES:Read about the full history of Pride and view footage the first Pride March in NYC, Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970. From the Lilli Vincenz Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress:https://www.loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.html?appid=90dcc35abb714a24914c68c9654adb67Learn more about Gilbert Baker and the original pride flag:https://gilbertbaker.com/Information about Iowa's Anti-Trans Legislation:https://oneiowaaction.org/lgbtqbills2024/Check out Harvey Milk's Gay Freedom Day Speech from June 25, 1978:https://daily.jstor.org/harvey-milks-gay-freedom-day-speech-annotated/Some tips on how to stay safe for Pride:https://avp.org/2023/06/06/tips-to-stay-safe-during-pride/Discreet Pride Celebration Ideas:https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/noz889/discreet_pride_celebration_ideas/Youth Pride Association Support Programs:​​https://www.ypapride.org/programs/virtual-support-groupWatch episodes of Queer Youth Animated Season 2 (including Paras' story):https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPsMVyhTV_R99GNRfijt-qVRmM1Znf_iuLearn more about Paras Bassuk:https://wsspaper.com/69111/feature/2021s-last-story-paras-bassuk-21/CREDITS:Executive producers: Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne and The Future Perfect ProjectAudio Mixing and Mastering: Julie Novak and Emma Jayne SeslowkskyTheme Song by Alex Masse, produced by Emma Jayne SeslowskyParas segment:Score and Sound Design: Evan Linsey Dialogue Mixing: Bryn Bliska Sound Mixing: Emma Nicoletti Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ett semesterparadis, och en del av en queer litteraturhistoria. Men författarnas och frigörelsens idylliska Fire Island rymmer också baksidor, reflekterar Kristofer Folkhammar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Fire Island är en långsmal sandbank till ö strax utanför New York City. Ön är sagolikt vacker, omgiven av ett glittrande hav, utan bilvägar och bara en kort båttur från den stora staden. Den har sedan 1800-talet tjänat som semesteridyll. Och under lång tid, har den i olika skepnader varit känd som en gayvänlig turistdestination, där otaliga välkända queers tassat längs träspångarna, över vidderna, in i de svalkande skogarna. Jag har aldrig besökt Fire Island, men jag känner mig ändå väl bekant med ön. Inte bara som plats, men som ett återkommande berättelsemönster i amerikansk populärkultur. En bögisk trop, en gaymannens uppgång och fall-kurva, som börjar med frigörelsen i det soliga och öppna, eskalerar till besatt njutningskult och slutar i tragedi och död.Starkt i min sodomitiska minnesbank lyser inledningen av tevefilmen The Normal Heart, filmatiseringen av författaren och sedermera Act up-aktivisten Larry Kramers pjäs med samma namn. Det är 1981 och en båt lastad med glada, vackra män anländer till Fire Island. Huvudpersonen Ned Weeks knäpper sin tunna sommarskjorta i mötet med de smidiga Adoniskropparna, som trippar runt överallt på ön i färgglada speedos. Först tittar Ned nyfiket. Sedan är det som om de perfekta kropparna tittar tillbaka på honom, på hans håriga och otränade författarlekamen. Och hans sätt att stå vid sidan av festen, där han ler ansträngt åt sina extatiska vänner, och med nästan uppgiven blick sedermera ansluter till en osande orgie, rymmer så mycket av de melankoliska aspekterna av Kramers verk och gärning: Var det inte mer än såhär? Är det detta vi kämpat för? Innebär inte frigörelsen annat än excess? 1981 i New York står Aids-epidemin för dörren. Sex kommer att få dödliga konnotationer. Kramer kommer att radikaliseras. Som aids-aktivist riktas hans vrede både mot den homofobiska, passiva staten som låter människor dö, men också mot en naiv och njutningsfixerad bögkultur.I boken Fire Island – Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise, tar den brittiske litteraturforskaren Jack Parlett sig an ön utifrån idén om ett paradis. Och begreppet paradis använder han kritiskt. Fantasier, skriver Parlett, är obegränsade och tillhör i teorin vem som helst, men detsamma går inte att säga om semesterorter. Med hjälp av författaren Toni Morrison betonar han hur paradiset som plats alltid skapas av dem som inte tillåts komma in i det.Så med lika delar upphetsad fascination, politisk granskning och litterärt nörderi formulerar Parlett i sin bok Fire Islands queera, och framför allt bögiska, litteraturhistoria.Walt Whitman och Oscar Wilde. WH Auden, Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers och Patricia Highsmith. Edmund White och Andrew Holleran. Alla vistades de vid olika tider på ön. Arbetade. Älskade. Dansade. Söp.Parletts stora idol, poeten Frank O'Hara skrev en otrolig dikt under en vistelse på Fire Island där solen pratar med honom, ett exempel på O'Haras poetiska signum ”personism” – där diktens tilltal är riktad direkt till någon, eller något: ”enklare för mig att tala med dig här / ute. Jag behöver inte leta mig ner / mellan byggnader för att du ska lyssna.”O'Hara dog tragiskt på ön 1966. Han blev påkörd i mörkret av en av öns få bilar, efter att hans sällskaps strandtaxi fått motorstopp.Författaren James Baldwin åkte till Fire Island för att arbeta. Han förhöll sig avvaktande mot den dominerande vita, manliga gaykulturen, som var lika rasistisk och exotiserande som det övriga USA, under åren för medborgarrättsrörelsen. Dessutom tyckte Baldwin överlag illa om bohemeri. Han har skrivit om hur han inte gillade människor vars främsta syfte var njutning. Och han ansåg att det fanns få saker här i världen som var mer förödande än jakten på meningslösa sexuella erövringar.Parletts bok är skriven med lätt men tålmodig hand. Han låter sin ambivalens inför Fire Island få utrymme. I sin beskrivning av kopplingarna mellan plats, sexualitet och konst tecknar han verkligen skönheten och möjligheten till utlevelse som förvärvats i denna friska, soliga avskildhet. Och han lyfter fram de samtida konstprojekt som vill göra platsen mer inkluderande, till en tillgänglig getaway för fler än bemedlade, vita cis-bögar. Men han klarlägger också problemen, områdena där paradiset avgränsas eller solkas. Utöver rasismen och klassaspekten, skriver han om sina egna ätstörningar och alkoholproblem i förhållande till en kroppsfixerad och festorienterad bögkultur. Skam och internaliserad homofobi, som uppkommit utifrån men som känns inuti, är knappast de enda faktorerna som förhindrar ett hälsosamt sexuellt liv, skriver Parlett. Hans bok tycks undra: Hur kommer man in när man kommit ut? Och till vad? Boken är ofrånkomligt lika mycket en litteraturhistoria som en innerlig och infallsrik undersökning av vad ett community skulle kunna vara.Kanske är det för det turkosa vattnet som omger Fire Island, men jag kommer att tänka på prideflaggan, när jag läser Parletts bok. Regnbågsmönster har genom historien använts av olika sociala rörelser. Som symbol för Gay Pride började den användas under sent 1970-tal i San Francisco. Efter västvärldens enorma mainstreamifiering av prideflaggan under 2000-talet, har den uppdaterats i flera omgångar. Exempelvis med bruna och svarta fält för att belysa icke-vita pionjärer inom rörelsen, och ett blå-rosa-vitt mönster för att sätta fokus på transpersoners kamp och historia.Men det är inte första gången flaggan reformeras. Redan ett par år efter premiären i San Francisco reducerades de ursprungliga åtta färgerna till sex stycken. Det illrosa fältet, som sägs ha representerat sex, och det turkosa, tänkt att symbolisera konst, plockades bort av produktionstekniska skäl.Det diskuteras huruvida flaggans designer, konstnären Gilbert Baker, verkligen hade en tanke om att varje färg i prideflaggan skulle symbolisera en särskild kraft eller egenskap, eller om det är en efterhandskonstruktion. Men när jag läser Jack Parletts bok kommer en bild för mig. Den av hur ett lysande turkost fält, flimrande av berättelser och bilder, uppstått ur den spretiga priderörelsen, glidit ut från dess tydligaste symbol för rättighetssträvan, och blivit hängande intill den, en bit utanför atlantkusten.Turkos är en kluven färg, mellan blått och grönt. Lugn och samtidigt lekfull, andlig och ändå intensiv, lika delar kontemplativt vatten som rusigt neonljus.Frank O'Haras dikter gav Parlett tillgång till något som kändes som ett personligt språk för erfarenheten att älska andra män. Dikterna och längtan efter ett queert community lockade honom till Fire Island.Konst kan man ha till mycket. Bland annat kan man i konsten söka ett sammanhang, ett fält som sköljer igenom en, som om vartannat speglar och utmanar, vidgar och stör. Låt oss säga att detta fält är turkost. Låt oss säga att detta fält till sin karaktär är sandaktigt, fullt av undflyende skum, och samtidigt vasst av historiens bråte. Kristofer Folkhammar, poet, prosaist och kritiker Översättningen av Frank O'Haras diktcitat är artikelförfattarens egen.

Pride Sunday – 08/27/2023 Today is Pride Sunday. You have had this celebration here before, but I don't ever remember participating in a Pride Sunday. Thus, for me, this is a blessing. Pride is often thought of in a negative sense as to why do you think you are better than anyone else. Of course, it is quite the opposite, as it is about recognizing that every person is a child of God. This is regardless of anything. In many churches and with a number of people we in the LGBTQIA+ community have been seen as less than, committing some kind of great sin for being who God created us to be. We at Faith Lutheran church do not believe that. Our welcoming statement spells out many groups who are often excluded, where we are here to welcome and include. For me today is about celebrating diversity and inclusivity. God did not create us all alike and that is a beautiful thing. In Psalm 139 we read from the New Living Translation: O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. Wonderfully complex. This is something that all of us are called to grapple with. For those of us in the LGBTQIA+ community, in order for us to find wholeness we have to affirm who God made us to be. This is not an easy process it means we are different than the main-stream person. We are different than what has been seen as “the norm”. Yet God has created us to be complex beings. As God's people we are called to celebrate this. This is not easy when we have people who are afraid of this complexity. There are churches who like to pull out the Bible and find texts to support their fearfulness. For me this is limiting and denying who God has wonderfully created. Everyone in this room and listening online are wonderfully created by God who loves everyone equally! In our first lesson today, we find that famous rainbow that has become the symbol for the LGBTQIA+ community. The rainbow colors that we encounter in this Bible story are the colors that when mixed with each other produce all of the possible colors that we can think of. Basic, but yet wonderfully complex. In the story of Noah's Ark, the rainbow comes at the end of a cleansing of people and animals. God was hoping that taking a family and two of every animal, that God could start over again on the earth. In the end God did not like this and used the rainbow as a sign that God would never do this again. This is a promise for all people and animals. The rainbow was and is a sign of hope that God would never flood the whole world again and start over. A symbol of God's love for all of creation in the complexity that God created. The rainbow Pride flag was designed in 1978 by artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker. He came up with the design after he was encouraged by Harvey Milk, another gay rights activist, to create a new, positive symbol that the entire LGBTQIA+ could rally behind. Up until this point, a pink triangle was being used. As you may know, it was Adolph Hitler who conceived this sign during World War II as a stigma placed on LGBTQIA+ people, just as the star of David was used against Jews. Harvey Milk felt that a new symbol was needed that would symbolize love and not oppression. As a basis for deciding on the rainbow flag, Baker went back to Noah's Ark where it was used as a symbol of hope, a covenant between God and all of creation. Baker also found that it had been used in Egyptian and Native American history. Rainbow flags were flown for the first time in 1978 at “Gay Freedom Day” in San Francisco. Colors have been added to the flag to represent people of color and the trans community. There are many versions of the flag also, to represent the complexity of God's creation. Once again we are not saying that we in the LGBTQIA+ community are trying to put ourselves above others, but to celebrate who God made us to be. We can as a community of faith enlighten these colors of diversity when we allow the light of Jesus to shine through us. Jesus tells us in our Gospel lesson for today that we are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. As followers of Jesus, we do not create the light, but we allow Jesus' light to shine through us. When we use lights, there is a reason for it. We wouldn't turn it on to read and then put it out again. Jesus says once my light starts shining through you, don't cover it up or put a bushel basket over it. If you are going to start shining my light, let it shine all over. Unfortunately, as human beings it is easy for us to bring that bushel basket out to cover the light. Sometimes we are not even aware of it. We all have biases, some we know, and others are hidden. Biases are a bushel basket. They can come from things we have learned as children growing up. Biases are passed on until we can identify them and see a need to change our way of thinking. All of this is a process. I believe biases can be changed over time. It takes the willingness to educate ourselves to begin to identify our biases. Then to see how they have and continue to affect other people. It is when we are willing to let the light of Jesus shine on our biases that we can see the wonderful complexity that God has created. When we begin to work through our biases we are better able to celebrate diversity and begin to embrace inclusion. This fall I and a friend of mine will be leading a discussion on racism, Indigenous People and gender and orientation. It will be on Zoom for one hour on Sundays at 4:00 pm for five weeks starting September 24. There will be around 1 hour of reading and things to listen to each week that we will then be used in our time together. Please see the announcements and the FLC news for more information and to register. Identifying what our bushel baskets are and working to erase them is what will allow Jesus' light to shine through us. Eugene Peterson in his paraphrase of the Bible, The Message, says it this way: You are here to be light, bringing out the God colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We are going public with this, as a public city on a hill. If I make you light bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand-shine! Keep your house open, be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous parent in heaven. Today on this Pride Sunday, we are called to be light bearers, that Jesus' light may shine through us and bring out God's colors in the complexity of God's wonderful creation.

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Haverhill launched LGBTQ+ Pride Month Thursday with a flag raising at City Hall, students speaking of their experiences and quests to make a difference and the launch of a Haverhill Police liaison unit.Haverhill City Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan served as master of ceremonies outside of City Hall where Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini read his proclamation, declaring Pride month in Haverhill. The event observes a tradition commemorating the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. This year, the ceremony rose above mere talking points with the introduction of Haverhill Police Departments' LGBTQ+ Liaison Unit, led by Officer Desiray Caracoglia.“We want all who identify with the LGBTQ+ community to know that Haverhill is devoted to creating a safe space for all, no matter race, gender identity or sexual orientation. We're here to lend you a helping hand and to simply just listen to your concerns. As of today, we officially launch our LGBTQ+ Liaison Unit,” she saidCaracoglia noted work on the unit has been underway for the past six months and that she and Officers Penny Portalla and Nicholas Depina all have strong ties to the community. She outlined the mission of the unit and stated its commitment.“We respect and appreciate the diversity of our community and want all individuals to feel confident when reporting crime. The liaison officers in this position will provide guidance and resources to the community, help create an inclusive workplace and work closely with community members to discuss any LGBTQ-related issues,” she said.Caracoglia said a page is available within haverhillpolice.com that includes biographies of liaison officers and a resource guide.Haverhill Public Schools health instructor Lori Curry, who has worked 30 years in all four city middle schools, introduced two former Caleb Dustin Hunking School students who spoke of their challenges and successes.Chelsea Daigle, who is going into her senior year at Suffolk University, discussed the significance of the rainbow Pride flag, developed by Gilbert Baker and first unfurled at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade in 1978.“A rainbow can mean really just about anything, to anyone—hope, joy, luck, happiness, love, friendship, a promise that there's light after a storm,” she explained.Another former student, Patrick Sainato, created the Gender Sexuality Alliance at Hunking School and went on to become the first openly gay class president at Haverhill High School. He discussed the importance of the biweekly Alliance meetings.“One example of activities that we did was everyone wrote anonymous lists of an example of discrimination that they experienced and I read them out in front of the class. This activity was particularly touching because it revealed exactly how much the students needed a place to feel supported and care for,” he said.Sainato, a student at Northern Essex Community College who plans to transfer to UMass Dartmouth on the way to becoming a physician, said legislative hate campaigns, especially in the south, introduced 549 anti-transgender bills this year. He said those efforts “underscores the importance of this ceremony.”To the contrary, state Sen. Barry R. Finegold reflected on Massachusetts's record as offering civil rights protections as early as 1990 and being the first state in the national to permit same-sex marriage.“Our work is not done and I think it is really important that as we raise this flag today, I will be thinking about how far gay rights have come, but just how far we still have to go,” he said.Support the show

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription.]TALLAHASSEE (CWT) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shocked political observers and reporters this morning at a press conference where he announced a statewide ban on Pink Floyd, the English progressive rock group generally considered by popular music critics to be one of the most influential bands of all-time. The stunning move came less than a week after controversy erupted in response to the release of their 50th anniversary album logo for The Dark Side of the Moon—the group's magnum opus—which prominently features a rainbow, harkening back to the original album cover that depicts light being shone through a glass prism and then dispersing into a spectrum of color. Because physics. The logo design drew enraged criticism from many who felt the band were attempting to engage in “wokeness” by referencing the Pride flag, the LGBTQ-inclusive banner that was created by gay activist Gilbert Baker five years after the release of The Dark Side of the Moon.At the press conference, DeSantis slammed the group as “attempting to push their sexual frivolity on children” and “the latest example of moral degenerates seeking to weaponize pop culture against families.”DeSantis, who has spent the past few years engaging in an all-out attack on LGBTQ rights in the state, then proceeded to lament the “demise of rock ‘n' roll” to incredulous political reporters in a series of awkward exchanges.When asked by one journalist to elaborate on his misgivings over the trajectory of the genre, DeSantis pointed to legendary rock acts and pointedly asked why today's music is so sexually immoral.“You know, when I was in high school and college, rockers were men's men,” he said in response to reporters. “I'd pop in a Judas Priest CD on the way to class and feel amped. You remember Rob Halford? That guy was a beast. Women loved him.”Reporters, exchanging confused glances, asked DeSantis if he had any other favorites.“Oh yeah, sure, I liked all kinds of stuff back then. I drove up with my old high school buddies to see Against Me! when they were first starting out and playing little gigs around the state. That was real punk rock. They understood that men are men and women are women.”DeSantis appeared briefly confused at muffled laughter from the gathered press. “I mean, look, you can laugh at my taste in music, but you can't deny that men back then weren't wearing dresses onstage. You'd never see Kurt Cobain or David Bowie dressing like women.”At this point, the Governor's press secretary attempted to intervene by rushing to the podium and claiming he was behind schedule.“Wait, wait—”, DeSantis said, waving off his concerned staffer, “These people need to understand what real rock ‘n' roll is. Uh, where was I?”“Sir, you were saying Kurt Cobain never wore dresses,” a reporter called out.“Right, thank you, men were men. Rock music in my high school days was about men playing music to attract girls. Even the weirder groups like The B-52s and Scissor Sisters played songs that made sense. We didn't have all these queers on the radio, singing about their sexual depravity.”“Governor DeSantis, you may want to—”, a Fox News reporter attempted to interject before being shushed by his colleagues. “The music industry no longer makes good ol' fashioned, red-blooded-American rock,” DeSantis continued, ignoring the interruption. “Where is today's David Geffen? Even music critics are no longer manly. Back in my day, we had Jann Wenner.”“Governor, that may be true for rock but what about pop in those days,” another journalist asked, struggling to suppress a smile.“Pop music was never my thing,” DeSantis admitted. “But you'd have to admit that pop a few decades ago was still about boys playing music about girls. You remember Ricky Martin? That guy was surrounded by hot chicks. Boy bands, too. I'll take Lance Bass and his buddies in N*SYNC over any of today's sexually subversive music acts.”Laughter broke out among the gathered press.“Hey, this isn't funny,” DeSantis chided them. “We've gotten away from the days when men knew rock is about extolling the virtues of women.” He paused.“Freddie Mercury knew a thing or two about fat-bottomed girls.”Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Hi, I'm Charlotte Clymer, and this is Charlotte's Web Thoughts, my Substack. It's completely free to access and read, but it's also how my bills! So, please do kindly consider upgrading to a paid subscription: just $7/month or save money with the $70/annual sub. You can also go way above and beyond by becoming a Lifetime Member at $210. Get full access to Charlotte's Web Thoughts at charlotteclymer.substack.com/subscribe

Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the coming midterm election, the federal court case challenging Arkansas's ban on gender-affirming care for children and the federal government dropping its case against former lobbyist Gilbert Baker.

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--- Sermon delivered at Pilgrim Baptist Church on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 10-15 am. -----The Rainbow Flag was designed in 1978 by drag-queen sodomite Gilbert Baker.--The colors on the flag are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.--In this sermon you'll learn how to use the colors on the rainbow flag to witness to the LGBTQ community.--Because their only hope is Jesus Christ this sermon will teach you the King James Bible verses to go to show them that Christ is ALL they need.--An important witnessing tool for all Christians to consider using in their evangelistic efforts when trying to reach gays - lesbians for the Lord Jesus Christ.---- -- -- -- ----Jimmy Fortunato is the Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church located at 229 W. Jere Whitson Rd. Cookeville, TN 38501.--Pilgrim Baptist Church is a bible-believing, independent Baptist church that takes a strong stance on the authority of the King James Bible and the absolute necessity of public evangelism for true New Testament churches.--For more information about Pilgrim Baptist Church visit--- https---pilgrimbaptist.church---Stay Connected with Pilgrim Baptist Church on Social Media---- Facebook- https---www.facebook.com-PilgrimBaptistCookeville--- Instagram- https---www.instagram.com-pilgrimbaptistcookeville---- Twitter- https---twitter.com-pbc-cookeville--- Sermon Audio- https---www.sermonaudio.com-solo-pilgrimbaptist--Donate To Pilgrim Baptist Church---- https---pilgrimbaptist.church-giving--- https---www.paypal.com-paypalme-pilgrimbaptist

We Chit chat gay pride, and a brush with Gilbert Baker in the fabric isle.

Happy Pride Month! The month of June (and every month!) is a great time to celebrate the beauty of the LGBTQPIA+ community. In this week's episode, Alyssa notes that while we certainly have come a long way in gaining rights for the LGBTQPIA+ community, there is still very far to go in terms of achieving true equality. For example, many of our states still recognize the lethal "Gay Panic Defense". Alyssa also includes a personal note on her own experience with coming out for the first time this year.    Source Material: https://people.com/human-interest/pride-month-explained-pride-month-facts/   https://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/  Donate to the Human Rights Campaign Donate to The Trevor Project Donate to the National Center for Transgender Equality   Check out the Light After Trauma website for transcripts, other episodes, Alyssa's guest appearances, and more at: www.lightaftertrauma.com Want to get more great content and interact with the show? Check us out on Instagram: @lightaftertrauma We need your help! We want to continue to make great content that can help countless trauma warriors on their journey to recovery. So, please help us in supporting the podcast by becoming a recurring patron of the show via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lightaftertrauma   Transcript: Alyssa Scolari [00:24]: Everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Light After Trauma podcast. I'm your host Alyssa Scolari. Super excited to be here because it is Pride Month. And that is exactly what we are talking about. This episode, we are talking about Pride. We are talking about the importance of Pride, and we are talking about why we need to continue to advocate for the LGBTQ community. I'm really, actually, a little bit anxious about today's episode, because I am going to be talking about things that I have never spoken about before. And so I'm a little bit nervous as we get into it, but we are just going to dive right in. Although before we do that, just some housekeeping stuff. So if you have not done so already, please leave a review for the podcast. Reviews, ratings go such a long way in terms of helping the podcast to reach a greater audience. And I really feel strongly that everybody deserves some kind of access to free mental health education, information, and support. Alyssa Scolari [01:43]: So the more reviews and ratings we have, the greater access people can have to this podcast. And it would mean the world to me. So if you have not done so already, please do so. I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you are interested in becoming a Patreon member, you can check out the show notes where you can just click right on the link and you can donate as little or as much as you would like to the podcast. You can become a monthly Patreon member, or you could just do a one time donation, anything would be greatly appreciated. And all of the money that you donate goes directly in to helping fund the podcast and helping to keep the machine going, essentially. It costs roughly anywhere from $800-$900 a month to fund this podcast, between all of the software that we have to pay for and the editing. That is what it costs. So, again, this is not me complaining about the price. I am really fortunate enough to be in a place where I can do this, but if you are able and willing to give any amount would be greatly appreciated. Alyssa Scolari [03:04]: I hope everyone is off to a grand old week. I am doing pretty good, had a good day today. It's kind of late when I'm recording this, it's about 9:30 at night, which is pretty late for me to be doing any sort of work. But I had a burst of energy and I felt like I had a lot to say. And I was like, "I'm just a little anxious about this discussion today. You know what, we're doing it." So I made myself a cup of hot tea and here we are chatting today. So I think that as I get into this conversation, people are going to have one of two thoughts. And I think the first thought people might have is, "Why are we talking about Pride and the LGBTQ+ community on a trauma focused podcast?" And the second question people might have is, "This podcast has been going on for almost two years and I've not heard anything like this. We've never talked about this on this podcast before. Why now? Why now?" Alyssa Scolari [04:22]: And I'm going to answer that question, but first we're going to answer the question of why is this topic on a trauma focused podcast? Truthfully, I don't know the background that you come from wherever you're listening from. I don't know. I do know this though. Some people think, they have this thought of like, "Oh, okay, it's 2022 and all LGBTQ+ people are accepted and there's no need for any of this Pride or anything like that." And then other people, I think, live in environments and communities where it's in their face every single day, just how far we still have to go in terms of getting equality for this community. Now I want to address the people who might feel like we do have equality because unfortunately we just don't. Things are becoming maybe a little bit better, although in some ways I absolutely question even that. It feels like we are going back decades. Alyssa Scolari [05:40]: I know that we're a little bit better in terms of representation, but we're still not there. Growing up, how likely are we to see, when we watch movies we see straight families. When we read books, it's about straight families. Everybody identifies as either male or female. The male and the female get together. They get married, they have children, they usually have one boy, one girl. Anytime we so much as maybe pick out Christmas cards and we're looking at stock images online and we see the same kind of family members in stock images. We see a man, we see a woman that we presume are the husband and the wife and then we see their very straight children. Non-gender, queer, male, female. What have you? It is so rare for any of us, even today to pick a movie out and have it be a movie where there are two dads or a movie where there are two moms or a movie where a child is transgender. Alyssa Scolari [06:57]: It's so rare to go on the internet and search family photos and see families that look any different than a man and a woman and their children. We still have churches who are vehemently against the LGBTQ community. I actually, today, saw an image surface as a reaction to Pride Month. Somebody who doesn't believe that LGBTQ folks should have rights, drew this photo and it's a response to the Pride rainbow flag. The rainbow that is the symbol of Pride and the symbol of LGBTQ folks. Somebody actually drew a picture of a man and a woman. Alyssa Scolari [07:47]: And in between the man and the woman, they're holding hands with their two kids. They're little stick figures and they're holding an umbrella and they're shielding themselves and their children from basically a rainbow flag, rain that looks like it's coming down. All that image is to say, "We don't believe in this. We don't respect these people. And we are going to do everything in our power to shield ourselves and our children from the LGBTQ community." It is still so dangerous out there for folks who identify as LGBTQPIA+. Homophobia and transphobia and the like have dated back for centuries and part of the reason, well, the main reason that we have Pride Month is because of what happened in the Stonewall Uprising. So for those of you who don't know, the date was June 28th, 1969 in New York City's West Village. Alyssa Scolari [09:01]: The police raided a very popular gay bar that was called the Stonewall Inn. Now this was super normal for the time. This was super normal. Police did raid gay bars and gay facilities and they got arrested and this time the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back. And what this started was a series of riots that went on for days of people protesting these riots, from people that were saying, "I deserve to have my rights. I deserve to be seen and heard. I deserve to have equality. And I matter." This was historic. And in fact, President Barack Obama in 2016, declared the Stonewall Inn a historic landmark, which is so cool because these Stonewall Riots were historic and they paved the way for people in the LGBTQ community to achieve their equality. Alyssa Scolari [10:11]: And then the year after the uprising was when the first Pride parade began and it was in June so that is where the tradition of Pride comes from. So it is so much more than just people getting together and saying, "Oh, Hey, we like the month of June." No, this is a yearly celebration. It's a yearly remembrance. It is an honor for the people who fought for LGBTQ community members to have their rights. So nearly 10 years after that was when the Pride flag was first created and it was created by a man named Gilbert Baker. And Gilbert was asked to create a symbol of Pride by a man whose name is Harvey Milk. Now Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected politician in the United States. So he asked Gilbert to create a flag that symbolized Pride and we have the rainbow flag. Now the rainbow flag actually started out with a few more colors and then had less colors. Today, each of the colors stands for something very specific. Alyssa Scolari [11:23]: So according to a People article, red is the symbol of life. Orange is the symbol for healing. Yellow is symbolic for sunshine. Green is symbolic for nature. The blue is representative of harmony and the purple is representative of spirit. I believe the original flag was eight colors, but it is now six. As far as we've come, though, we still have so much further to go. I want to talk to you about something called the gay panic defense, and this is going to help you really get an understanding for just how far we have to go in terms of equality and just basic human rights for LGBTQ folks. So what is the panic defense, the LGBTQ panic defense or the gay panic defense? It is a freaking legal strategy and get ready because if you haven't heard of this is going to knock your fucking socks off. The gay panic defense is a legal strategy. Alyssa Scolari [12:43]: So basically what that strategy does is it asks a jury to take into account a victim's sexual orientation or their gender identity and take into account that their orientation or their identity is to blame for a defendant's violent reaction. Victim blaming much? And yes, you heard me correctly. Basically, gay panic is a legal strategy that is asking the jury to consider the fact that somebody being gay or somebody being transgender or non-binary is the reason and a good enough reason why somebody may have attacked them in a hate crime. It's basically like the offender is saying that they went like temporarily insane. They had a gay panic or a trans-panic that caused them to violently attack the victim. Tell me that's not abso-fucking-lutely insane. Alyssa Scolari [13:57]: And what's even more fucking insane is that this gay panic defense actually fucking works. It works. It has been used to get people off in the courts. People can attack people simply because they are lesbian or gay or transgender. They can then show up in court and they can say that they panicked because of somebody's gayness or because somebody's transgender and the jury can go, "Oh, okay. That sounds reasonable. You're off the hook because you had a gay panic." It makes my blood boil. It makes my blood boil. And the worst part about it is that the gay panic defense is only banned in 17 states in the United States. Meaning the rest of the country's, or I'm sorry, the rest of the states in the United States of America, if they aren't considering passing the gay panic defense, they've already passed it. The majority of the states in this country are perfectly fine with the gay panic defense. And that right there goes to show you why we need Pride Month and why we are talking about this on a trauma focused podcast. Alyssa Scolari [15:22]: Because people in the LGBTQ community are being murdered, are being targeted, are being killed simply because of who they are and our laws are basically saying that it's okay. According to lgbtqbar.org, in 2019 alone, there were 1,656 hate crimes. And this is just what we know of because there are so many more that go unreported. But just in 2019, there were 1,656 hate crimes against people for either their sexual orientation or their gender identity. And this statistic makes up 18.8% of hate crime incidents, like single bias hate crime incidents. According to research, also from lgbtqbar.org, one out of five lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the United States will experience a hate crime in their lifetime. And more than one out of four transgender people will. We know that transgender people are targeted and they're even more likely to be targeted if they are part of a non-white race. And I got to say, lately, it just feels like things are getting worse for the LGBTQ community and we need Pride more than ever. Alyssa Scolari [16:51]: I mean, look at what's happening in Florida with the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. And in Texas, where it is now considered a social services call to have a child seek transgender affirming care. It is just an absolute nightmare. And with greater and greater access to what's going on in the world through social media, kids are bearing witness to all of this and it is very clear to so many kids that it is still not safe for them to be who they are. We need Pride because there are kids and adults out there who would rather take their own lives than be out and proud about who they are because of the hate that exists and I see it every day in my practice. I see it. It is absolutely heartbreaking. There is little to no representation in schools. Teachers will get reprimanded if they say anything about it because it's considered a taboo topic, which it absolutely shouldn't be. Alyssa Scolari [18:05]: And overall, kids just feel so isolated, growing up feeling like there is nobody who represents them, feeling like it's not okay to be a part of the LGBTQ community and it is devastating. So we need Pride more than ever. And now I think to address the second question that I talked about in the beginning of this episode. The question being, why have I waited two years to talk about this? In August, the podcast will have been alive for two years, which boggles my mind to even say, and I haven't talked about this. And trust me, it's not because I don't care and it's not because it's low on my priority list. Anybody who knows me knows that the LGBTQ community is actually top priority for me. But what I'm going to say is this, and this is going to come with a warning. So if you are listening to this and you know me personally, I would think very carefully about how much you want to know about me, because I'm going to share some stuff. Alyssa Scolari [19:35]: So think about it. Feel free to hit pause and talk to me about it, because I know I have a lot of wonderful people in my life who listen to the podcast who know me personally, and you're going to learn some stuff. All right, there is your fair warning. If you are continuing to listen to this and you know me personally, you better come talk to me about this. So anyway, part of, I think, the reason why I haven't talked about this yet is you are going to notice a pattern with me, not really a pattern, but I only talk about things as I'm ready to talk about them. I bring to this podcast a level of vulnerability mixed in with my expertise and that vulnerability is really hard for me. And I have to be comfortable sharing, I have to be comfortable. And I haven't been comfortable because I have been grappling with basically where I fall in terms of the LGBTQ community. Alyssa Scolari [20:50]: Because quite honestly, I can't deny that I'm part of it. And I think it's taken me a long time to get to a place where I've been comfortable talking about it. And so I knew that one day I would share this, but I needed to give myself time to be ready and to feel comfortable and safe and secure. I grew up in this really small conservative Catholic town. Where it is so not that okay to be gay and looking back on the way I grew up, I would've never in a million years have admitted or even given myself the opportunity to explore the fact that I might be anything other than a straight, blonde girl, who's going to find a dark, tall, handsome husband and live happily ever after. I really didn't get to explore the different parts of me until I left my hometown. Alyssa Scolari [22:14]: And then I really got to reflect back on my childhood and as I did so, it really hit me that I am so not straight, so not straight. I definitely was interested in both women and men my whole life. I remember being a kid and being interested in women, but kind of writing it off and just ignoring that part of me because in my brain it was only okay to be attracted to men. And so looking back on it, I'm like, "Oh man, I was not straight. I liked women and I liked men." I was absolutely bisexual. And I remember being in high school and playing around a little bit with my gender. There was a time in high school, I think I was a sophomore. And I went to school dressing masculine and I changed my name. Alyssa Scolari [23:31]: And people were calling me Sam and I think I was definitely experimenting at the time. I remember it being like a joke with my friends and my friends were all calling me that. And I was just pretending to be a guy, whatever that means. I was acting more masculine, listen, it didn't last long. It maybe lasted a week before I was like, "Okay, this isn't me." But looking back on it that actually wasn't a joke. I was definitely experimenting with my gender. And I think that after that, I became pretty firm in my identity as a woman, with pronouns that feel comfortable to me, which are she and her, but I was still super unclear about my sexual preference. And looking back, I did some really questionable things in my childhood and my teenage years and my young adult years that I could look back on it now. Alyssa Scolari [24:41]: And I'm like, "Yeah, I don't know how nobody saw that one." Maybe people did. I don't know. I really don't know. I don't think so. But I just think it's so funny to look back on and like, "Man, there was no part of me that was a straight woman. I definitely swung both ways and I'm okay with it. I'm okay talking about it." That's the other thing we have to talk about. [inaudible 00:25:10] I'll touch on when it comes to bisexuality. Yes, I married a man. So me coming on here and talking about my preferences and who I'm attracted to doesn't make me any less in love with my husband. My husband is the person I am a 100% committed to, 110%. There's never a question of that. So I think that a lot of people have this idea in their heads that, "Oh, you know, you're already married, but then you're coming out as bisexual. Well, what does that mean? Does that mean that you don't want to be with your partner?" Alyssa Scolari [25:45]: None of that is true. Just because you find somebody and you get married doesn't mean that your sexual preference changes. I was bisexual before I got married. I just didn't know it and I'm still the same way. But the person that I choose to spend my life with is my husband. Doesn't mean that my sexual preferences or that who I'm attracted to has to change because I've gotten married. Just because you marry somebody doesn't mean you stop finding people attractive. No, that's not the case at all. So all that's to say, people who come out a little bit later in life as being bisexual after they're married or whatever, it doesn't mean anything about their marriage. Alyssa Scolari [26:37]: It doesn't mean anything at all. People who are bisexual, if they want to get married, well, chances are they're either going to marry a man or a woman or a non-binary person. But just because they marry a non-binary person doesn't mean all of a sudden they're no longer attracted to women. Just because they marry a non-binary person doesn't mean that they're no longer attracted to men. So I hope that makes sense. It has absolutely nothing to do with my marriage. David is the best thing that ever happened to me. I think that the importance of this kind of coming out for me is about claiming or reclaiming who I was when I didn't get the opportunity to be that person. I didn't get the opportunity to come to terms with that when I was younger, but I get to come to terms with it now. And it's really exciting and anxiety provoking. And it just feels like I'm letting the inner child in me have the freedom to label herself however she wants for the first time. And that is a beautiful thing. And that is part of why Pride matters. Alyssa Scolari [28:09]: That is part of why we fight to have equal rights. That is part of why we fight to be seen and heard and respected. So that's why it's taken me a little while to talk about this. I do things at my own paces. I have a lot of respect for myself and my process. And that is why it is not because I haven't cared or acknowledged it. Again, the people who are closest to me know how passionate I am and have always been about the LGBTQ community. And now I understand why, now I understand why. So, with that being said, what can we do? We know that people in the LGBTQ community are experiencing trauma and being denied their rights every single day, still we've come a long way. We have a lot further to go. I just encourage you to get involved and I don't know what that means for you. Maybe that looks like further education and research on this community. Maybe that looks like attending town halls. Alyssa Scolari [29:24]: Maybe that looks like attending parades or marches. Maybe that looks like donating. If you are able to donate, there are some amazing organizations that you can contribute to and they include the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project and the National Center for Trans Equality, just to name a few. I will link those three in the show notes and I am also going to link the two articles that I used in today's episode. You can find all of that in the show notes. I hope that you enjoy today's episode. It was a tough one for me. It's hard to be this vulnerable. I thank you for listening. I thank you for being here. I hope you have a fantastic week and I am holding you in the light. Speaker 2 [30:17]: Thanks for listening everyone. For more information, please head over to lightaftertrauma.com or you can also follow us on social media. On Instagram, we are @lightaftertrauma, and on Twitter it is @lightafterpod. Lastly, please head over to patreon.com/lightaftertrauma. 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The Rainbow Flag & Gilbert Baker @ 9:04Christine Jorgensen @ 24:24Our queer artist of the week: Hayley Kiyoko

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We are quite literally out in the bay for this episode, walking through San Francisco's historic gay neighborhood, The Castro. Along the way we'll take a trip down memory lane to the very first episode of Out In The Bay.

  It has been a month since 16 Americans, and a Canadian were kidnapped in Haiti. Would you please pray for their release so they can get back to their families. This world is indeed a ball of confusion murder in the streets as recently as the shooting in Aurora Colorado, Biden-Xi meets: China warns the United States about 'playing with fire' on Taiwan, Russia warns the US against deploying troops in Central Asia near Afghanistan these leaders are playing with the lives of many. And people do not get it or refuse to get it, or do not understand, that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. This nation, this world, we all require prayer. Wake up, America, wake up world. Prayer works and is still working today as it did thousands of years ago. Many have experienced its power.   Just when you wonder when things are going to get better...prayer gets answered! And most of the time it will be better results than what you imagined! It is a powerful authentic experience of what blessing prayer can do for those who have faith in it and in God.   I want to mention this the rainbow is not for homosexuals, and the rainbow was a gift from God. Biblically speaking, the rainbow is the sign of a covenant that God made with the whole earth: He will never destroy the world again with a flood. The rainbow is literally correlated to rainfall.   God made this covenant, with the rainbow as the token, after the waters of the flood receded, and Noah and his family exited the ark. God said, "I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. . . . This is the sign of the covenant I am making between you and me and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth, and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between you and me and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth" (Genesis 9:11–15).   God made this promise, signified by the rainbow, not only to humankind but to "every living creature . . . the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark . . . every living creature on earth" (Genesis 9:9–10). The covenant is perpetual, enduring to all generations, and never again will there be a worldwide flood.   The colors of the rainbow are sometimes used as a symbol of "gay pride." This began in 1978 when an artist named Gilbert Baker designed and made a flag for the homosexual community in San Francisco. Baker's original design had eight colors, and he assigned a meaning to each one: hot pink (sexuality), red (life), orange (healing), yellow (the sun), green (nature), turquoise (art), indigo (harmony), and violet (spirit). Subsequent designs sported seven and then six colors. Rainbow flags and banners, as used by the LGBTQ+ community, represent diversity, hope, and social action.   There are other rainbow flags and banners that have nothing to do with the homosexual culture. For example, the Hawaii Ko Aloha Flag has nine colored stripes representing the islands that were inhabited before Western civilization arrived. Another example is the flag of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a Masonic organization whose banner represents seven different virtues.   The rainbow is God's creation. We naturally delight in it. There is something awe-inspiring in the appearance of a rainbow after a storm. It is good and right that we rejoice in the rainbow as a God-ordained symbol of God's faithfulness and mercy. The attempt of some to co-opt the colors for their own purposes does not diminish the beauty and wonder of what God has made. It is about what God meant for it to be. Not what man want it to be or mean for.

Ha pasado un mes desde que 16 estadounidenses y un canadiense fueron secuestrados en Haití. ¿Podría orar por su liberación para que puedan volver con sus familias? Este mundo es de hecho una bola de confusión asesinato en las calles tan recientemente como el tiroteo en Aurora Colorado, Biden-Xi se reúne: China advierte a Estados Unidos sobre 'jugar con fuego' en Taiwán, Rusia advierte a Estados Unidos contra el despliegue de tropas en Asia Central cerca de Afganistán, estos líderes están jugando con la vida de muchos. Y la gente no lo entiende o se niega a recibirlo, o no entiende, que Jesucristo es el único camino a la salvación. Esta nación, este mundo, todos necesitamos oración. Despierta, América, despierta el mundo. La oración funciona y sigue funcionando hoy como lo hizo hace miles de años. Muchos han experimentado su poder. Justo cuando te preguntas cuándo las cosas van a mejorar ... ¡la oración es respondida! ¡Y la mayoría de las veces serán mejores resultados de los que imaginaba! Es una experiencia auténtica y poderosa de lo que la oración de bendición puede hacer por aquellos que tienen fe en ella y en Dios. Quiero mencionar que el arco iris no es para homosexuales y el arco iris fue un regalo de Dios. Bíblicamente hablando, el arco iris es la señal de un pacto que Dios hizo con toda la tierra: nunca más destruirá el mundo con un diluvio. El arco iris está literalmente relacionado con la lluvia. Dios hizo este pacto, con el arco iris como señal, después de que las aguas del diluvio retrocedieron y Noé y su familia salieron del arca. Dios dijo: "Yo establezco mi pacto contigo: nunca más será destruida toda la vida por las aguas de un diluvio; nunca más habrá un diluvio para destruir la tierra.... Esta es la señal del pacto que estoy haciendo entre tú y yo y todo ser viviente contigo, un pacto para todas las generaciones venideras: he puesto mi arco iris en las nubes, y será la señal del pacto entre mí y la tierra. Siempre que traiga nubes sobre la tierra y el arco iris aparezca en las nubes, recordaré mi pacto entre tú y yo y todas las criaturas vivientes de todo tipo. Nunca más las aguas se convertirán en una inundación para destruir toda la vida. Siempre que el arco iris aparezca en las nubes, lo veré y recordaré el pacto eterno entre Dios y todos los seres vivientes de toda clase sobre la tierra "(Génesis 9: 11-15). Dios hizo esta promesa, representada por el arco iris, no solo para la humanidad, sino para "toda criatura viviente ... las aves, el ganado y todos los animales salvajes, todos los que salieron del arca ... toda criatura viviente de la tierra. "(Génesis 9: 9-10). El pacto es perpetuo, duradero para todas las generaciones, y nunca más habrá un diluvio mundial. Los colores del arco iris se utilizan a veces como símbolo del "orgullo gay". Esto comenzó en 1978 cuando un artista llamado Gilbert Baker diseñó e hizo una bandera para la comunidad homosexual en San Francisco. El diseño original de Baker tenía ocho colores, y le asignó un significado a cada uno: rosa fuerte (sexualidad), rojo (vida), naranja (curación), amarillo (el sol), verde (naturaleza), turquesa (arte), índigo (armonía) y violeta (espíritu). Los diseños posteriores lucían siete y luego seis colores.  Las banderas y pancartas de arcoíris, tal como las usa la comunidad LGBTQ +, representan diversidad, esperanza y acción social. Hay otras banderas y estandartes arcoíris que no tienen nada que ver con la cultura homosexual. Por ejemplo, la bandera de Hawaii Ko Aloha tiene nueve franjas de colores que representan las islas que estaban habitadas antes de la llegada de la civilización occidental. Otro ejemplo es la bandera de la Orden Internacional del Arcoíris para Niñas, una organización masónica cuyo estandarte representa siete virtudes diferentes. El arco iris es la creación de Dios. Naturalmente, nos deleitamos con él. Hay algo sobrecogedor en la apariencia de un arco iris después de una tormenta. Es bueno y correcto que nos regocijemos en el arco iris como un símbolo ordenado por Dios de la fidelidad y misericordia de Dios. El intento de algunos de cooptar los colores para sus propios propósitos no disminuye la belleza y la maravilla de lo que Dios ha hecho. [startSpeech r = StartSpeech lento] [endSpeech] Se trata de lo que Dios quiso que fuera. No es lo que el hombre quiere que sea o para lo que signifique.

16명의 미국인과 캐나다인이 아이티에서 납치된 지 한 달이 지났습니다. 그들이 석방되어 가족에게 돌아갈 수 있도록 기도해 주시겠습니까? 이 세상은 실제로 최근 오로라 콜로라도 총격 사건, Biden-Xi가 만난 것처럼 거리에서 혼란 살인의 공입니다. 중국은 대만에서 '불장난'에 대해 미국에 경고하고, 러시아는 가까운 중앙 아시아에 군대를 배치하는 것에 대해 미국에게 경고합니다. 아프가니스탄, 이 지도자들은 많은 사람들의 목숨을 걸고 도박을 하고 있습니다. 그리고 사람들은 예수 그리스도만이 구원에 이르는 유일한 길이라는 것을 이해하지 못하거나 받아들이기를 거부하거나 이해하지 못합니다. 이 나라, 이 세상, 우리 모두는 기도가 필요합니다. 일어나라, 미국이여, 세계를 깨우라. 기도는 수천 년 전에 그랬던 것처럼 오늘날에도 작동하고 계속 작동합니다. 많은 사람들이 그 힘을 경험했습니다. 언제 상황이 나아질지 궁금할 때... 기도는 응답됩니다! 그리고 대부분의 경우 당신이 상상한 것보다 더 나은 결과를 얻을 것입니다! 축복의 기도가 그 기도와 하나님을 믿는 사람들을 위해 무엇을 할 수 있는지에 대한 진정하고 강력한 경험입니다. 무지개는 동성애자를 위한 것이 아니며 무지개는 하나님의 선물이라는 것을 언급하고 싶습니다. 성경적으로 말하면, 무지개는 하나님이 온 땅과 맺은 언약의 표징입니다. 하나님은 다시는 홍수로 세상을 멸하지 않으실 것입니다. 무지개는 말 그대로 비와 관련이 있습니다. 홍수가 물러가고 노아와 그의 가족이 방주에서 나온 후에 하나님은 무지개를 징조로 하여 이 언약을 맺으셨습니다. 하나님이 이르시되 내가 너희와 내 언약을 세우리니 다시는 모든 생물을 홍수로 멸하지 아니하고 땅을 멸할 홍수가 다시 있지 아니하리니... 내가 너와 나와 너와 함께 하는 모든 생물 사이에 세우는 언약의 증표는 이것이니 대대로 대대로 하는 언약이라 내가 내 무지개를 구름 속에 두었고 이것이 나와 사이의 언약의 증표니라 그리고 지구. 내가 구름으로 땅을 덮을 때마다 무지개가 구름 속에 나타날 때마다 나는 너와 나와 그리고 모든 생물 사이에 맺은 내 언약을 기억할 것이다. 다시는 물이 모든 생명을 멸하는 홍수가 되지 아니하리라. 무지개가 구름 속에 나타날 때마다 내가 그것을 보고 하나님과 땅에 있는 모든 생물 사이의 영원한 언약을 기억하리라"(창세기 9:11-15). 하나님은 무지개로 상징되는 이 약속을 인간에게만 주신 것이 아니라 “모든 생물… 새와 육축과 모든 들짐승과 방주에서 나온 모든 것… 땅."(창세기 9:9-10). 그 언약은 영원하고 모든 세대에 걸쳐 지속되며 다시는 세계적인 홍수가 없을 것입니다. 무지개의 색은 때때로 "게이 프라이드"의 상징으로 사용됩니다. 이것은 Gilbert Baker라는 예술가가 샌프란시스코의 게이 커뮤니티를 위한 깃발을 디자인하고 만들면서 1978년에 시작되었습니다. 베이커의 독창적인 디자인은 8가지 색상으로 각각 핫핑크(섹슈얼리티), 레드(생명), 오렌지(치유), 옐로우(태양), 그린(자연), 터키석(예술), 남색(조화)에 의미를 부여했다.) 및 보라색(영혼). 나중의 디자인은 7가지 색상과 6가지 색상을 선보였습니다.  LGBTQ + 커뮤니티에서 사용하는 무지개 깃발과 배너는 다양성, 희망, 사회적 행동을 나타냅니다. 동성애 문화와 무관한 다른 무지개 깃발과 현수막이 있습니다. 예를 들어, 하와이 코 알로하 깃발에는 서구 문명이 도착하기 전에 거주했던 섬을 나타내는 9개의 색 줄무늬가 있습니다. 또 다른 예는 7가지 다른 미덕을 나타내는 깃발을 가진 프리메이슨 조직인 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls의 깃발입니다. 무지개는 하나님의 창조물입니다. 당연히 우리는 그것을 기뻐합니다. 폭풍우 후에 무지개가 나타나는 것은 압도적인 무언가가 있습니다. 우리가 무지개를 하나님의 신실하심과 자비의 하나님이 정하신 상징으로 기뻐하는 것은 선하고 옳은 일입니다. 일부 사람들이 자신의 목적을 위해 색상을 선택하려고 한다고 해서 하나님이 만드신 것의 아름다움과 경이로움이 줄어들지는 않습니다. 그것은 하나님이 의도하신 바에 관한 것입니다. 그것은 사람이 원하는 바가 아니며 그것이 의미하는 바도 아닙니다.

There is a movement in the Castro neighborhood to replace the giant rainbow Pride flag with the newer progress flag. The flag pole and rainbow flag was installed near Market and Castro by the rainbow flag's creator Gilbert Baker and stands there both as a landmark and as a tribute … Continue reading →

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In this week's Kaleidoscope, the debate within the LGBTQ community over whether to update the Gilbert Baker's Rainbow Pride Flag. LGBTQ organizations are considering what's known as the Progress Pride Flag, which adds black, brown, light blue, white and pink stripes to recognizing people of color and transgender members of the community. A survey on the issue will be released next month. Host Allison Keyes is joined by Eric Stanley, a professor of gender and women's studies at the University of California, Berkeley. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In our local news today: a Morrilton man has been arrested in the stolen vehicle case; an accident on I40 in Conway was fatal to a Fort Smith man; COVID hospitalizations are on the decline while cases remain high; a Center Ridge brush fire burns 72 acres; Senator Boozman conducts his annual Ag Tour this week; a retrial has been scheduled for Gilbert Baker on bribery and fraud charges, and we'll check sports.

On the CBS News "Weekend Roundup" with host Allison Keyes; Late Friday, the U-S responded to the attack at Kabul airport with a drone strike in Afghanistan, this came after President Biden vowed revenge after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed dozens, including U-S Service Members, just outside of the Kabul airport. U-S forces there are on alert for more attacks. This comes as the Biden Administration races to meet a self imposed deadline to get Americans, and at risk Afghans, out after a Taliban takeover. CBS's Nancy Cordes reports from the White House. Allison speaks with an Afghan American woman living in the U-S who lost three family members in that attack about her fears for her family. Covid-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country, the nation is projected to see nearly 100-thousand more deaths between now and December 1st. This week hospitalizations in Oregon hit a record high. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center invited CBS' Janet Shamlian inside to see the heartache for families and staff. Half of children between ages 12-17 have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. We hear from Dr. Ruth Kanthula, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Medstar Health. The CDC says people should get Covid-19 booster shots 8 months after their second vaccine. For some, that will come when they would normally get flu shots. Here's CBS's Meghan Schiller with what you need to know. Until a few years ago, people accused of a crime in Louisiana could be convicted -- even if the jury's verdict was not unanimous. This centuries-old law was designed to make it easier to incarcerate people of color. Despite the Supreme Court deeming this law unconstitutional, hundreds still remain in prison, hoping for justice. 60 Minutes + Correspondent Wesley Lowery reports on so-called "Jim Crow Juries." Also in Louisiana, newly released body cam footage, obtained by the Associated Press, reveals the brutal encounter between State Troopers and a Black man. As CBS's Jim Krasula reports, the trooper defended his actions as "pain compliance." In this week's Kaleidoscope, the debate within the LGBTQ community over whether to update the Gilbert Baker's Rainbow Pride Flag. LGBTQ organizations are considering what's known as the Progress Pride Flag, which adds black, brown, light blue, white and pink stripes to recognizing people of color and transgender members of the community. A survey on the issue will be released next month. Allison is joined by Eric Stanley, a professor of gender and women's studies at the University of California, Berkeley. CBS's Ian Lee reports on the global heat problem, and what climate scientists say is getting worse Parents are worried over a seat heater that started a fire and burned a 6-year-old boy. Reporter Kristina Rex has more. . In Italy this week, a 97-year-old U-S Army veteran was celebrating his greatest triumph of World War II. CBS's Chris Livesay has his remarkable story of fate and salvation. CBS's Bradley Blackburn reports on the best time of day to work out. Finally, as kids head back to school amid Covid-19, Sesame Street is working with the meditation app HEADSPACE to help them handle stress. CBS's Diane King Hall joined "CBS This Morning" to tells us more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jurors clear Gilbert Baker on count of conspiracy to commit bribery, deadlock on other charges; Covid hospitalizations fall as state reports 30 additional deaths; Fayetteville officially becomes state's second-largest city; University of Arkansas opens residence halls; Arkansas State University System campuses to require facial coverings

Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about all things coronavirus in Arkansas and the trial of lobbyist and former Arkansas Republican Party chairman Gilbert Baker. 

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For more than four decades, Gilbert Baker's iconic rainbow flag has been the global symbol of the LGBTQ community. But critics say it's time for the flag to be updated and inclusive of other groups, including Black and transgender people. The Chronicle's Tony Bravo joins host Cecilia Lei to discuss what's happening with the flagpole at Castro and Market streets, which stands at the center of the debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this LGBTQ+ Pride Sunday: "A Prayer of Queer Thanksgiving." A chance encounter on Pride parade day calls forth a rainbow revelation, a great cloud of witnesses--and martyrs, and a vision of chosen family in the kin-dom of God. Rev. John MacIver Gage shares a poem-slash-prayer originally offered by Rev. Micah Bucey.Here are all the names mentioned in the poem. Give yourself a little Pride Week homework and look up all the ones you don't know: Marsha P. Johnson; Sylvia Rivera; Christine Jorgensen; Marlene Dietrich; Sylvester; David Bowie; Billy Tipton; Langston Hughes; Lorraine Hansberry; James Baldwin; Oscar Wilde; Octavia Butler; Larry Kramer; José Esteban Munoz; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick; Michel Foucault; Divine; Candy Darling; Andy Warhol; Hibiscus; Alvin Ailey; Alan Turing; Bayard Rustin; Harvey Milk; Audre Lorde; Michael Callen; Harry Hay; Gilbert Baker; Edie Windsor; Jane Addams; Dick Leitsch; Troy Perry; Pauli Murray; Leonard Bernstein; Howard Ashman; Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Michael Bennet; Willi Ninja; Frida Kahlo; Keith Haring; Jean-Michel Basquiat; Rita Hester; Matthew Shepard; Brandon Teena; Roxana Hernandez; Upstairs Lounge (1973: New Orleans); Pulse Nightclub (2016: Orlando)The Congregational Church of Needham strives to be a radically Inclusive, justice-seeking, peace- making, love-affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ in Needham, MA. Find us on the web at www.NeedhamUCC.org and follow us on Instagram @NeedhamUCC.

Gilbert Baker considered the flag an unfinished work of political art and encouraged others to design their own versions, like the Leather or Trans Pride Flags, so he never copyrighted the design. Unfortunately, some businesses and politicians have also used the flag as a selling point for their own agenda which doesn't always align with queer liberation.Designer and Cooking with Drag Queens title sequence animator, Daniel Quasar created a version he calls the Progress Pride Flag, a design that included elements from the Philadelphia People Of Color Inclusive Flag and the Trans Pride Flag in a chevron overlaid on top of the traditional Pride flag to draw attention to the needs of trans folks and people of color in our community.Today designer Daniel Quasar joins us to talk about creating the Progress Pride Flag- how it went viral overnight and why it resonated with people all around the world.

Zastanawia**ście się kiedyś, dlaczego społeczność LGBTQ+ ma symbol w postaci flagi? Albo dlaczego jest to akurat tęcza i jakie znaczenie mają jej poszczególne kolory? W ostatnim odcinku serii z okazji Miesiąca Dumy, w przeddzień pierwszej rocznicy pierwszego odcinka podcastu Queerstorie i 43. rocznicy pierwszego użycia tęczowej flagi jako symbolu gejowskiego, nie mogliśmy opowiedzieć Wam o niczym innym… W odcinku znajdziecie odpowiedzi na powyższe pytania, a także opowieść o samym twórcy flagi, Gilbercie Bakerze. Być może wyłapiecie też fragment, w którym Basia nazywa kolor indygo “jakimś granatowym”, a Maciek milknie na to zdegustowany...Za okładkę posłużyło nam zdjęcie Jamesa McNamara zrobione dokładnie 25 czerwca 1978 roku. Trzecia osoba po lewej stronie to sam Gilbert Baker, który wraz ze swoimi współpracownikami wznosi jedną z pierwszych tęczowych flag w United Nations Plaza w San Francisco.Źródła:G.E. Pitman, Sewing the Rainbow: A Story about Gilbert BakerG. Baker, Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Colorhttps://www.advocate.com/people/2017/3/31/rainbow-flag-creator-and-activist-gilbert-baker-has-died-65 https://archive.is/Z2SsC https://web.archive.org/web/20170729051153/https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/students/ally/lgbtsymbols/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053735/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1801.htm https://gilbertbaker.com/biography/

    On this episode, we celebrate Pride month with a discussion about the fight for equality at the ballot, in legislatures and the courts. From Stonewall to Obergefell and beyond, nonprofits have stood center stage as key advocates.    The pod team for this episode  Zack Ford  Tim Mooney  Natalie Ossenfort    Milestones  1961: Illinois becomes first state to decriminalize homosexuality  1969: Raid of Stonewall Inn (NYC)  1973: Lambda Legal becomes the first legal organization created specifically to fight for gay rights, and Maryland becomes first state to legislatively ban same-sex marriage  1978: Inspired by Harvey Milk, Gilbert Baker designs the first rainbow flag as a symbol of pride  1996: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) signed into law by President Clinton, banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage  1998: Murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming makes national news. His killers are later sentenced to life in prison  2009: President Obama signs into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act  2011: Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell  2013: U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor strikes down part of DOMA, paving the way for legally-married, same-sex couples to receive federal benefits  2015: U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges holds that 14th Amendment requires states to recognize same-sex marriages  2021: President Biden issues executive order repealing former administration's ban on transgender Americans joining the military    Nonprofit advocates and their work    Recent Developments / Coming Soon...  During the 87th Legislative session, nonprofit advocates in TEXAS successfully defeated SB 29, which would have banned transgender student athletes from competing on sports teams based on their gender identity. Local nonprofits like the Texas Freedom Network and Equality Texas led the charge in advocating against the bill alongside several other incredible nonprofits. While it's possible the bill may be revived during a later legislative session, there is much to celebrate for now.  ARKANSAS recently passed a new law (one of the first of its kind in the nation) that bans gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The ACLU recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of four families and two doctors, who argue that the law is unconstitutional and that it should be struck down so that all children have access to medically necessary care.  Any day now, the United States SUPREME COURT is expected to release a decision in the case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, which will decide the constitutionality of a Philadelphia ordinance that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation. A legal challenge against the ordinance was brought by a Catholic foster agency that lost its contract with the city as a result of the nondiscrimination policy. The agency says that the policy violates its First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech.    Resources  LGBTQ Advocacy Toolkit  The Work for LGBTQ Equality Marches On by Leslie Barnes  Learn more about Daniel Quasar's redesigned Pride flag 

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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Seitz of SPI Marketing. SPI Marketing was one of the first LGBTQ-focused marketing agencies founded in 1996. Early on SPI Marketing was able to attract beverage and spirits companies. Seitz's past career in those industries proved useful. They've also worked with RuPaul's Drag Race for its first six years. Seitz explains they've also have worked with pharmaceutical companies and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Other key clients have been Absolute Vodka, Miller Coor's, Chase and many others. Seitz shares one of the most exciting and emotional experiences spanning their currently 25 years in business happened in 2004 when they got the opportunity to work with Gilbert Baker who created the original Rainbow Flag in 1978. SPI Marketing was tasked to support the 25 year anniversary of the flag's creation. Seitz explains how brands can effectively work with an advertising agency like SPI Marketing through the often changing marketing team. He goes on to say that approaching the clients with a fresh view as if it is their first time there has been a key factor in SPI Marketing's success. Also after a marketing plan is set, it's important to be adaptive along the way. He explains a challenge for brands is measuring the effectiveness of marketing to the LGBTQ community. This is in large part due to the lack of retail insights not being able to tell when a product is sold that it was to an LGBTQ person. This problem exists regarding other demographics as well. This led SPI Marketing to partner with the market research company Barra who has over 90,000 self-identified LGBTQ persons in the panel to gauge attitudes about companies and brands from the LGBTQ community perspective. It provides the ability to track a brand over time as well as compare different brands against one another. To connect with Scott find him on OutBüro here. https://outburo.com/profile/scottseitz/ Join me and Scott on OutBüro, the LGBTQ professional and entrepreneur online community network for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, allies and our employers who support LGBTQ welcoming workplace equality-focused benefits, policies, and business practices. https://www.OutBuro.com Would you like to be featured like this? Contact the host Dennis Velco. https://outburo.com/profile/dennisvelco/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outburo/message

Rainbow flag.    With the rainbow flag now adopted as a supportive symbol of “clap for carers” - in particular the nhs nurses - where does that leave the gay pride 6 stripe flag created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker?   In this episode, we consider the impact of symbol appropriation and the impact the flag has had over the past 40 years of pride progress answering the question....... WHO OWNS THE FLAG? (Is it love or is it art?)    With host comedian Aaron Twitchen @aarontwitchen on all platforms    Www.iloveaaron.co.uk   Further reading:  For info about the original NHS rainbow badge, Evelina badge:  https://www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/about-us/news-events/2019-news/20190321-nhs-rainbow-badges-promote-inclusion.aspx or follow them on twitter @RainbowNHSBadge News story about a Plymouth citibus being rebranded to nhs from pride - https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-citybus-apologises-turning-pride-4145496  Link to the negative comments on Facebook from the rainbow bagel challenge: hhttps://www.facebook.com/8864516071/posts/10158365115336072/?extid=0&d=n Article about the Gilbert baker flag being acquired by Museum of modern art: https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2015/06/17/moma-acquires-the-rainbow-flag/ Link to my favourite flag - the pride progress flag by artist Daniel Quasar https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielquasar/progress-a-pride-flag-reboot/posts  

Today is the 69th birthday of the activist Gilbert Baker. I first learned of his exceptional contributions to the world through Randy Shilts' book and was happy to see him get more exposure through Dustin Lance Black's miniseries. You have done the world a great service if Google makes a doodle to celebrate your birthday. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/02/happy-69th-birthday-gilbert-baker/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Rev. Sandhya Jha delivers a message about community, proclamation, and courage through the lens of the color Pink and the theme of Sex from the original pride flag by Gilbert Baker. Sandhya Jha (she/they) serves as Founder and Connections Consultant for the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area. A queer-identifying ordained pastor with a master's in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line or hanging out with friends and friends-to-be over a good cup of tea and a good story. They serve as an anti-racism trainer in the DOC Northern California-Nevada region. Access the transcript here. Learn everything you need to know about the Colors of Hope project here: http://disciplesallianceq.org/colors-of-hope/

This month we pay tribute to Bay Area LGBTQ activist Ken Jones, who passed away last month at the age of 70.  Ken was instrumental in desegregating the LGBTQ community in the 1970’s.  He worked with Gilbert Baker to literally make the first rainbow flag and he continued his life … Continue reading →

This week we take a relationship quiz to see how well we communicate and if we share the same morals. Listen on to also hear the story of the Pride Flag creator Gilbert Baker, including his fashion creations, activism and more. Listen along with us and check out our website at www.allgaylong.com. Follow us on Twitter @allgaylong and Instagram @allgaylong_.

Today we celebrate a man who was regarded as the most revered British field-botanist of his time. We'll also learn about the botanist who considered China to be his real home. We’ll hear thoughts on holly and ivy from one of my favorite gardeners. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book of Sunday poems inspired by the natural world. And then we’ll wrap things up with the woman who wrote a book called Garden Cinderellas - what an excellent title.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News Experts Predict Gardening Trends for 2021 | Candide | Marc Rosenberg   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events January 13, 1834 Today is the birthday of the botanist and former Keeper of the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden Kew, John Gilbert Baker. Regarded as the most-revered British field botanist of his time, John had a profound understanding of plants and an earnest desire to preserve them. Professionally, John was referred to as J.G. Baker. The scope of his work brought him into contact with an incredible span of plant species. In addition to his impressive collecting, John identified ten plant families, and he wrote helpful handbooks on plant groups, like the Amaryllidaceae ("am-ah-rilla-DAY-see-ee"), the Bromeliaceae ("bro-mee-lee-AYE-see-ee), the Iridaceae ("eye-ri-DAY-see-ee"), the Liliaceae ("lil-ee-AY-see-ee"), and the ferns. And in addition to all of that, John described and developed the very first key for the Hemerocallis or the daylily. And, here's a little fun fact about John: He once met Beatrix Potter (who was an amateur botanist in her own right in addition to being an author). And, as luck would have it, Beatrix wrote about meeting John in her journal on May 19, 1896 - although it didn't seem like she was very impressed with him. She wrote, "We met Mr. Baker... A slim, timid-looking old gentleman with a large thin book under his arm and an appearance, of having been dried in blotting paper under a press." John was mentored by the botanist Hewett Cotrell Watson. Hewett was a few generations older than Darwin, and he was one of the first botanists to research plant evolution. And it was Hewett's work that paved the way for a new science now known as ecology. In his old age, Hewett burned all of his botanical correspondence. But thankfully, John persuaded him not to burn his herbarium. And so, upon his death, Hewett Cotrell Watson left his house and his land - as well as his books and botanical collections - to the person he thought would most-appreciate them: his protégé, John Gilbert Baker. In 1899, John was awarded the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society. Eight years later, he received the Veitch Memorial Medal. Both of these awards were well-deserved. Today, Wikidata has several pages of data devoted to the plants named by John. It's an impressive list. Conversely, John Gilbert Baker is honored by many plant names, including the Iris bakeriana.   January 13, 1884 Today is the birthday of the eccentric Hawaiian-based botanist, anthropologist, and explorer Joseph Francis Rock. Joseph was born in Austria but ended up immigrating to the United States before eventually settling in Hawaii, where he was beloved. In fact, Joseph became Hawaii's first official botanist. Joseph started teaching as a Botany professor at the University of Hawaii in 1911, and he also served as a botanist for the Hawaiian Territorial Board of Agriculture. After working for 13 years in Hawaii, Joseph left to explore China - and that quest would become his primary passion.   It was 1920 before Joseph left Honolulu for China for the very first time. And when he traveled, Joseph always carried a copy of David Copperfield to remind him of his own terrible childhood. And although Joseph knew he was beloved in Hawaii, he always said that he considered China to be his “real” home. In fact, when comparing China to the rest of the world, Joseph said China was better since it was the place, “where life is not governed by the ticking of the clock but by the movement of celestial bodies.” In total, Joseph spent much of his adult life - more than 20 years - in southwestern China. And often, Joseph was the very first explorer to enter these interior locations that he visited. In fact, there were many times when Joseph became so embedded in the country that his peers would go too long without hearing from him, and they would begin to think that Joseph must have died. How would they ever find him? Many could only guess that his body was probably somewhere in the Tibetan or Yunnan ("YOU-nan") mountains. Yet, thankfully, Josephalways turned up. And it’s important to note - especially when you consider how much Joseph traveled - that Joseph never traveled alone. When Joseph explored, he always went with a large party comprised of two dozen mules, 20 men, and an escort of nearly 200 soldiers for protection against bandits. And as for his personal effects, get this: Joseph brought a folding bed, a table and chairs,  a full set of silverware and china to dine on, an Abercrombie & Fitch canvas bathtub for hot baths, and a hand-cranked phonograph so he could listen to his favorite music: opera. Now, when he returned to Hawaii, Joseph recounted many hair-raising stories from his time in China. There was this one time when Joseph had collected plants along the base of Mount Gongga ("Gan-GAH") in China's Tibetan Borderland. Now, Mount Gongga is known as "The King of Sichuan ("SITCH-ooh- an") Mountains. Joseph incorrectly predicted it was the tallest mountain in the world (but it's actually the 41st-tallest). Well, one spring, Joseph had an especially great time collecting around the base of Mount Gongga. So, naturally, he wanted to visit it again. But, when he returned in the fall, Joseph and his party were halfway up Mount Gongga when a runner reached them with a letter from the tribal King. Apparently, after Joseph's first collecting trip, a severe hail storm had destroyed the fields. The tribe blamed the catastrophe on Joseph's mountain botanizing, which they believed offended the god of the mountain. And the King's letter warned that Joseph and his party were in danger of being attacked and killed by the tribe if they continued up the mountain. So, the King requested that Joseph abort the trip - which he did. Years later, even after being kicked out of the country, Joseph wrote, ''I want to die among those beautiful mountains rather than in a bleak hospital bed all alone.''  In addition to plants, Joseph had a knack for languages. He cataloged and transcribed Chinese manuscripts and actually wrote a dictionary of one of the tribal languages. He had an enormous intellect and was multi-talented. In addition to being a botanist and a linguist, Joseph was regarded as a world-expert cartographer, ornithologist, and anthropologist. Now, from a gardening standpoint, it was Joseph Rock who brought blight-resistant Chestnut trees to America. Naturally, he had sourced them in China. The Chestnut is in the same family as the Oak and, today, there are nine species of chestnut in the Northern Hemisphere. The four main species of Chestnut (Castanea spp.) are European, Chinese, Japanese, and American chestnuts. Depending on the species, Chestnut trees can live to be hundreds of years old. And Chestnuts are unique in that they have very little protein or fat. Instead, Chestnuts are carbohydrates, and they are the only nuts that contain vitamin C. And there's one additional plant that I always associate with Joseph Rock: the Rhododendron. Joseph Rock also brought American gardeners more than 700 species of Rhododendron. How could we ever thank him enough for that? In fact, some of Joseph's original Rhododendron seeds were first successfully grown in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. And in 1903, the Rhododendron was designated the official State Flower of West Virginia. Referred to as the King of Shrubs, the word Rhododendron comes from two Greek words: "rodon," which means "rose," and "dendron," which means "tree,” hence Rose Tree. And Rhododendron flowers are produced in trusses (a truss is a flower-like structure composed of many flowers). Finally, Rhododendrons are in the Ericaceae ("er-rah-KAY-see-ee") plant family, which also includes Blueberries, Cranberries, Heathers, Huckleberry, Mountain Laurels, and Trailing Arbutus. So the next time you see a Chestnut Tree or a beautiful Rhododendron, tip your hat to Joseph Rock.   Unearthed Words Holly and ivy are the primary images of many Christmas cards, symbols of life carrying on when much else appears dead or has vanished beneath the frozen surface. I would almost go so far as to say they should be in every garden, but perhaps I should substitute "something evergreen" instead of being so specific. Not everyone has the room or the right conditions for large-growing evergreens. I am thinking of laurels and rhododendrons in particular. But hollies can be found in all shapes and sizes; many are plain, but no less handsome, while several are variegated. There are seven pages of holly in Messrs Hilliers’ Manual of Trees and Shrubs to tempt the reader, and a walk among the Holly Collection at Kew Gardens will undoubtedly fire the imagination. Some will be difficult to obtain, but nurserymen will be pleased to propagate more unusual plants if enough of us ask for them. If you look out of your favorite window now, are you satisfied with the view?  Does it lack design?  Would a small-leafed, narrowly-pyramidal holly do anything for it, and how many plants can you see which remain green - or grey, or bronze - throughout the winter, furnishing the bare soil at ground level? — Beth Chatto, garden writer and gardener, Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook, January   Grow That Garden Library A Small Porch by Wendell Berry This book came out in 2017, and the subtitle is Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015. Over three decades ago, Wendell Berry started spending his Sundays in nature, when the weather allowed, “walking and wandering around familiar territory, seeking a deep intimacy only time could provide. These walks sometimes yielded poems. Each year since he has completed a series of these poems dated by the year of its composition.” The New York Times bestselling author of Paddle Your Own Canoe, Nick Offerman, raved, "[Berry's] essays, poetry, and fiction have fertilized a crop of great solace in my life, and helped to breed a healthy flock of good manners, to boot.” This book is 80 pages of grounded and incredibly moving poetry - inspired by the natural world. You can get a copy of A Small Porch by Wendell Berry and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $6   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart January 13, 1974 Today is the anniversary of the death of the American botanist, garden lecturer, and garden writer Helen Morgenthau Fox. In 1928, Helen wrote a book called Garden Cinderellas: How to Grow Lilies in the Garden, and Harvard’s Ernest Henry Wilson wrote the forward to this book. Helen shared two stories in this book that made me smile. First, Helen talked about researching her book at the Department of Agriculture in Washington. “In the library of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, I found all that has ever been published on Lilies to the present time.  At my request, the valuable old herbals, botanies, and flower monographs were piled on my desk as nonchalantly as if they were so many newly-published novels. It was a privilege to touch the creamy rough surface of such famous old herbals as Parkinson or Clusius and read their quaint descriptions. One day I had Redouté’s “Les Liliacés (The Lilies)” in my hands, and when I found it contained only a few of the true Lilies, I felt quite like the fox in the fable because the price has always kept it way out of my reach.” Helen also shared that she had sent out a survey to determine which Lilies were being grown across the United States. The survey responses paved the way for Helen to make some new friends, and she shares an experience that will be familiar to most gardeners: making new friends while looking at flowers. “Sending out the questionnaire made many new friends for me, and I was delighted to come across a lady who was growing washingtonianum ("Washington-ee-AYE-num"), parryi ("PARE-ee-eye"), japonicum ("jah-PON-uh-kum" (From Japan)), brownii ("BROWN-ee-eye"), and other generally difficult Lilies very successfully in western New York. My Lily friends were most kind, and one of them telegraphed me when the neilgherrense ("Nil-guh-ree-EN-see") was in flower in his garden since he knew I had not seen it. So I traveled to Washington to look at the visitor from far away blooming as if quite at home in this strange country. There, on a broiling July day, three Lily fans generously spent hours showing their treasures and explaining to a stranger, whose only bond was a mutual love of flowers, what they had done and especially what they hoped to accomplish.” Note: The Neilgherrense Lily is native to the Nilgiri hills in India. The term Nilgiri is Tamil for the Blue Mountains. The strikingly blue color of the hills is attributed to the bloom of a shrub, Strobilanthes kunthiana ("stroe-bih-LAN-theez Coon-tee-AYE-nah").   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

It’s Pride Sunday! Pray with us. If you haven’t gotten a chance to view our special Pride Sunday online service, go here to our Online Sunday Service.In this episode, we continue to reach beyond our church walls, just as Jesus does. Listen to a shared sermon connecting the ideas that unify the Gay community through Gilbert Baker’s Pride Flag, reflect on your own practice of welcome and welcoming others, pray for peace in your heart and in the hearts of all in our society as the congregation leads us in singing, Peace before us, and finally, give and receive this blessing as we are reminded of God’s dream for the world.Please share this episode with those who you love, love you, and need your love.

In Parsons, Kansas, Gilbert Baker is gaining recognition. Worldwide, his work is famous. Baker created the LGBTQ Rainbow Flag, a symbol of the gay rights movement. Baker hadn't lived in Parsons for decades preceding his death in 2017. He grew up in the small Kansas town but left after high school. In 2020, the city of 10,000 people is looking for ways to possibly recognize this famous native son.

For eight weeks, queer leaders of faith have reflected on colors and themes from Gilbert Baker's original Pride flag. This week, we join those voices together with a few new ones in a special culmination episode entitled, "Rainbow". The question is: What does hope look like in our changing landscape? What color is hope? As our podcast series, "Colors of Hope" comes to a close - we want to emphasize our gratitude for the generosity of those who lifted their voices and shared a message in these past 8 weeks. Alysha Laperche, Rev. Sophia Jackson, Andy Deeb, Rev. Melissa Guthrie Loy, YaNi Davis, Rev. Luther Young, Rev. Chaim (CJ) Rodriguez, Rev. Allen V. Harris, Nicki Arnold-Swindle, Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen, and Cameron Van Kooten Laughead.

In this episode of Histories of the Unexpected, James and Sam explore the unexpected history of RAINBOWS (inspired by this symbol of hope during lockdown) which is all about Elizabeth I, the German Peasants' War, the Bible, Norse mythology, political alliances, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk and the Pride flag, and LGBTQ History and Heritage and much, much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Histories of the Unexpected, James and Sam explore the unexpected history of RAINBOWS (inspired by this symbol of hope during lockdown) which is all about Elizabeth I, the German Peasants' War, the Bible, Norse mythology, political alliances, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk and the Pride flag, and LGBTQ History and Heritage and much, much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For this very first solo episode, we’re bringing you a whole bunch of history at once, for everyone’s quarantined entertainment! Presented live on Zoom, we revisited a presentation that Leigh originally gave at the GLBT Historical Society Museum about the history of queer symbols before and after the creation of the rainbow flag, and sharing some stories from folks who participated in a flag-making workshop! From 600 B.C. to right now, queer people have used hundreds of symbols to refer to themselves, find community, and create shared language. Learn about just some of them in this episode, and tell us your favorites! What symbols are your favorites? If you were to create a new queer symbol or flag, what would you do? Outline 0:00 – Introduction 3:42 – Main presentation: Beyond the Rainbow 57:31 – Interviews with flag workshop participants 1:09:57 – Closing Announcements and Where to Find us Online Want to help us continue to make the show? Support us on Patreon and get awesome goodies, behind-the-scenes access, special minisodes, and more! You can get super cool merch in our store! Shirts, hoodies, totes, and other neat things. If you’d like to help us transcribe the show for our d/Deaf and hard of hearing fans, please head on over to www.historyisgaypodcast.com/transcribe to join the team of volunteers!Find our full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. Get at us on twitter @historyisgaypod, tumblr at historyisgaypodcast, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to rate and review so more folks can see the show!

Hey everybody! Welcome back for another wild episode of Queer All Year! Today, we celebrate the life of Gilbert Baker, a great figure in the Gay Rights Movement and lived not far from Cat and McG. Among many things, he is largely known as having create the Pride Flag, a revered symbol to this day. He also was pro-cannabis legalisation so you know we're fans. He was greatly patriotic and was a great asset to the community. Thank you so much and remember: We Love You!

WPKN’s LGBTQ Community Radio Show and we are excited about this month’s show. We are speaking with Jay Blotcher about the new book “Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color” Gilbert Baker...Creator of the Rainbow Flag”. Jay was tapped by the Gilbert Baker Estate to edit Gilbert’s various notes and 3 drafts for the project. Along with Charley Beal, Jay brought the colorful story of the amazing Gilbert Baker to life...so tune in to WPKN 89.5 this Wednesday at noon... As part of the current fundraising campaign the LGBTQ Community Radio Show has a copy of the book signed by Jay Blotcher, Charley Beal and the panel from the Stonewall Inn book presentation for a contribution of $100. Much thanks to the anonymous donor of the book and the Stonewall Inn panel Brendan Fay: A veteran LGBT activist, Fay was a co-founder of St. Pat's for All, the organization that defied the Ancient Order of Hibernians refusal to allow gays and lesbians to march in the annual St. Patrick’s Parade. The group finally achieved success in 2015. Fay is involved in countless LGBT and social justice groups, and is also a documentary filmmaker. Stacy Lentz: A world-renowned lesbian activist for LGBT rights, Lentz is a co-owner of the Stonewall Inn, and co-founder of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. Lidell Jackson: A veteran activist in New York City’s LGBTQ community of color, Jackson was a member of the pioneering group Men of All Colors Together. He is an actor, dancer, and sexual liberationist, serving as founder and host of the long-running Jacks of Color social club. Cathy Marino-Thomas: has worked for same-sex marriage since 1998, serving as board president for Marriage Equality USA. She currently serves on the steering committee for Gays Against Guns. Her community advocacy began as a buddy for GMHC, helping people afflicted with HIV/AIDS.

The rainbow flag is the most recognisable symbol of queer pride and community. Listen to the second of our Pride Month episodes to learn about the origins of the flag and the life of its designer, self-described “gay Betsy Ross”, Gilbert Baker. If you enjoy this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. 

In this episode Katy and Amanda talk about Gilbert Baker's contribution to the LGBT movement and the evolution of the Pride flag. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/queers-did-that/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queers-did-that/support

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OutCaster Alex reflects on the speech he gave at the memorial for Gilbert Baker.

Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the indictment of Gilbert Baker, signs of a delay in the return to local control in the LRSD and more.

Leigh and Gretchen welcome you to their first Pride month special and the first of an ongoing series on Queer civil rights movements in the United States. And what better way to do both than to dive into the lives of Gilbert Baker---the maker of the first rainbow pride flag---and Brenda Howard---one of the primary organizers of the first Pride march commemorating the Stonewall riots and Pride week. Pride is a special month for those of us in the queer community, so we wanted to celebrate our forefathers and foremothers that make this month possible. So, without further ado, let's chat about the Mother of Pride and the Gay Betsy Ross! Outline 0:00 – Introduction 2:56 – Content Warnings 6:35 – Historical Context: Brief Discussion of the Stonewall Riots and Aftermath 22:10 – Brenda Howard: Mother of Pride 41:25 – Gilbert Baker: Creator of the LGBT+ Rainbow Flag 1:06:01 – Fun Segment: Pop Culture Tie-In 1:09:06 – How Gay were They? 1:11:35– Closing and Where to Find Us Online Find our full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. Get at us on twitter @historyisgaypod, tumblr at historyisgaypodcast, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to rate and review so more folks can see the show!

When esteemed activist Gilbert Baker passed away, the New York Times said of him, “Gilbert Baker, (was) a self-described “gay Betsy Ross” who in 1978 hand-dyed and stitched together eight strips of vibrantly colored fabric into a rainbow flag, instantly creating an enduring international symbol of gay pride.” They were wrong.  The unsung designer of the rainbow flag was Lynn Segerblom. Tonight we are joined by Lynn and the film maker telling her story, Glenne McElhinney. We find out what the real story was around the birth of the beloved flag, and get Lynn's thoughts on how it is being used today. Joining me are top journalists Karen Ocamb and Brody Levesque.  Please note our special time, one hour earlier, this week!

When esteemed activist Gilbert Baker passed away, the New York Times said of him, “Gilbert Baker, (was) a self-described “gay Betsy Ross” who in 1978 hand-dyed and stitched together eight strips of vibrantly colored fabric into a rainbow flag, instantly creating an enduring international symbol of gay pride.” They were wrong.  The unsung designer of the rainbow flag was Lynn Segerblom. Tonight we are joined by Lynn and the film maker telling her story, Glenne McElhinney. We find out what the real story was around the birth of the beloved flag, and get Lynn’s thoughts on how it is being used today. Joining me are top journalists Karen Ocamb and Brody Levesque.  Please note our special time, one hour earlier, this week!

On this edition of OutCasting, youth participant Alex talks with Gilbert Baker, longtime gay activist and creator of the rainbow flag. This is one of Gilbert's last interviews: we recorded it on March 1, 2017; he died unexpectedly in his sleep on March 31. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview.

Lucy Evans,, Harold Baker's mother, as she appeared before cancer ravaged her facial features. Baker Family Ranch House above the Cub River several miles up the canyon from Franklin, Idaho Part III of an audio recording of the personal biography of Harold Evans Baker born 20 April 1896, Franklin, Idaho. Based on a document compiled and typewritten by his daughter, Marva May Baker, born 7 May 1932. Voiced by his grandson (and Marva’s son) Kirk E Strickland. Covering the years 1923 thru 1925, Harold recounts the birth of two of his sons: Gilbert Baker, apparently born earlier than expected and very small in size; and Evans Baker who lived long enough to experience but "three gasps for breath" before dying tragically. He experiences more grief as his beloved and beautiful mother, Lucy Evans, contracts a malicious, deforming cancer and suffers physical abuse from her husband and Harold's father, Benjamin Charles Baker. Her cancer, however, is healed through miraculous and strange means that Harold describes in vivid detail. During this period, he also experiences much joy in child rearing and in work as he labors in the sugar factory and on the ranch as he somewhat reluctantly moves his family back on the ranch at his father's urging.

We're so excited to welcome an extremely talented writer and our dear friend Brad Nelson to the show! We shout out Tumblr porn, roll our closed eyes at John Legend, and discuss Janet Jackson's perfectly executed scam of the millennium. Ellen has "alienated" Caitlyn Jenner from the LGBTQ community. What's worse: Candace Cameron or United Airlines? When do games become sports? Brad shares some music recommendations, entertains a round of totally / lame rapid fire, and weighs in on this week's Pop Music Showdown (TLC vs. Iggy Azalea). Also: first concerts, parents enjoying their kids' taste in music, and remembering Gilbert Baker: the creator of the rainbow flag. Enjoy! http://bradnelson.info  

On this edition of OutCasting, youth participant Alex talks with Gilbert Baker, longtime gay activist and creator of the rainbow flag. This is one of Gilbert's last interviews: we recorded it on March 1, 2017; he died unexpectedly in his sleep on March 31. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.

On this edition of OutCasting Overtime, OutCaster Alex of our main studio in Westchester County, NY, remembers Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag. Gilbert died unexpectedly at 65 on March 31, 2017. Just a month earlier, he came into our studio for what was one of his last interviews. Part 1 of the interview is being released May 1; Part 2 will be released June 1.

In this show, we discuss life stories, gay symbolism, and wordsmiths. We remember Gilbert Baker, US gay activist, for his creation of the gay symbol we now proudly display – the Rainbow Flag with 6 […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2017/04/2017-04-11-BeenThereDoneThat-RainbowFlagBirthdaysRosemary-Mcindoes-TheToorakJackpot.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:02 — 18.3MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post John Clarke, Birthdays & Rosemary Macindoe’s ‘The Toorak Jackpot’ appeared first on Been There Done That.

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Women And Words   Podcast Overview 2-7 April 2017 Jove informs Andi that there may possibly be snakes that smell like cupcakes, according to some guy at the library one day who was a reptile wrangler or some such but Andi looked it up and she cannot confirm or deny that this is a thing. What is a thing is that Jove sometimes make things up but fortunately, she has Andi to confirm or deny. Though snakes that smell like cupcakes might be kind of cool.   2 April: Call for memoir submissions, Minerva Rising Press. Women and Words link HERE   3 April: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae wrote on the death of Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag, and reminds us that we need to stay visible, and to stand up and be counted. Women and Words link HERE Find Lynette Mae HERE   4 April: Author and Women and Wordster D Jordan Redhawk reveals eight writing strengths that have served her well over the years. Women and Words link HERE D Jordan Redhawk’s website   5 April: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite just got back from a couple of events on the road: Saints and Sinners in New Orleans and the Lone Star Lesfic Festival in Austin. AND SHE’S DOING A GIVEAWAY! PRELEASE OF HER LATEST! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   6 April: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle with her thoughts on myriad ways we can learn on our writing journeys. Or our journeys in general. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website HERE   7 April: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette does a Fangirl Friday on Lost Girl, Season 1. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi Marquette fangirling on Tumblr   AND! GCLS is fast approaching. It’s scheduled for 5-9 July in Chicago. Find the details.   ALSO! Jove and Andi have joined 4 other amazing and awesome women – Blythe Rippon, R.G. Emanuelle, Michelle Teichman, and Gill McKnight -- and launched a publishing collective, Dirt Road Books. We’ll be telling our origin stories over the next few days on the DRB blog.

John Zipperer and Michelle Meow digest on the latest issues depressing and abusing American communities.

On this week's episode we discuss the woman behind "the Burning Bed", a pioneer in our nation's approach to health care, the Betsy Ross of the gay pride movement and an iconic establishment of the mission district in San Francisco.

Jeff talks about Somewhere on Mackinac starting pre-orders on Monday, April 3 along with the cover reveal and giveaway that his email list is getting that same day. He also updates on a new novella he's started, tentatively titled Ballroom Goal, and other projects he worked on this week. Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow Flag, is honored. Listeners are reminded that April is Autism Awareness Month and Tammy Middleton's Auction to raise funds for the cause has begun. Jeff is offering autographed copies of the Hat Trick trilogy in paperback as part of the auction. Poppy Dennison, author and Dreamspinner Press marketing director, was in Paris recently for the Paris Book Fair and was the podcast's special correspondent for the event. Her video report is on the shownotes page. We thank our latest patron, Nancy, and let everyone know the next bonus episode will release on Tuesday, April 11. After reminding everyone that the Hot Jock Paperback giveaway ends on April 9, the guys review the film, Lazy Eye. Jeff and Will sit down with Damon Suede to discuss his latest novel, Lickety Split. There's a Rafflecopter on the shownotes page for listeners to register to one an autographed paperback of the book. Complete shownotes for episode 78, and the chance to enter the Hot Jocks Paperback Giveaway as well as the “Lickety Split” giveaway, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.  

In this week's LGBT headlines: • One of the stars of the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" came out as gay in a heartfelt video • The world observed International Transgender Day of Visibility • The Trump administration proposes cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal budget for HIV/AIDS research and prevention • The upcoming Census may not count any LGBTs effectively erasing us from the data • And the LGBT community lost an important pioneer and activist this week All that, and more, on this episode of The Randy Report

In this week's LGBT headlines: • One of the stars of the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" came out as gay in a heartfelt video • The world observed International Transgender Day of Visibility • The Trump administration proposes cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal budget for HIV/AIDS research and prevention • The upcoming Census may not count any LGBTs effectively erasing us from the data • And the LGBT community lost an important pioneer and activist this week All that, and more, on this episode of The Randy Report

In der heutigen Episode beschäftigen sich Laura und Claudia mit der Regenbogenflagge und auch mit weiteren Flaggen aus der queeren Szene.Shownotes:Das Museum of Modern Art hat im Juni 2015 ein sehr interessantes und ausführliches Interview mit Gilbert Baker (dem Erfinder der Regenbogenflagge) veröffentlicht (der Text ist auf englisch)Ein paar Infos zu dem Berliner Flaggenstreit 1996Die Regenbogenflagge mit der Bedeutung der jeweiligen Farben:Rot = Leben, Orange = Gesundheit, Gelb = Sonnenschein, Grün = Natur, Blau = Harmonie und Violett = GeistUrsprünglich war oberhalb des roten Streifens noch ein Streifen in Hot Pink, dieser sollte die Sexualität darstellen.Zwischen dem grünen und blauen Streifen gab es in den ersten Versionen noch einen türkisen Streifen, welcher die Kunst symbolisierte. http://www.mannschaft.com/2015/05/fahnenkunde-was-steckt-hinter-dem-regenbogen/Transgender Fahne:Die Bisexuellen Fahne:Die Fahne für Asexuelle:Die Leder-Pride Flagge:Die Bärenfahne:Details zum Bären und mehr (Laura lag etwas falsch in Bezug auf die Körperstatur): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Community

In 1978, Gilbert Baker, a drag queen and community activist in San Francisco, responded to his friend Harvey Milk's assertion that the gay rights movement needed a new symbol. The pink triangle had been in use but was connected to the atrocities of the Holocaust, and the movement needed something uplifting to replace it. Using his creativity, his sewing skills, many many volunteers and even more fabric dye, Baker designed and produced the Rainbow Flag- or Gay Pride Flag- that we know today.

Find out how the rainbow came to be a worldwide symbol of the gay rights movement. Why was it so hard to find pink flag fabric? What do the colors stand for? Marilyn interviews Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag which was created for San Francisco's 1978 Pride Parade when Harvey Milk was leading the way. 7pm Thursday July 16th, 2015 at kalw.org, 91.7fm San Francisco.

This is our 2013 Pride edition of Outbeat News In Depth.  We begin by celebrating the 35th anniversary of the rainbow flag with an interview of the flag's creator, Gilbert Baker, by long-time LGBT activist Cleve Jones.  This interview took place at the GLBT Museum last year.  They talked about … Continue reading →

This is our 2013 Pride edition of Outbeat News In Depth.  We begin by celebrating the 35th anniversary of the rainbow flag with an interview of the flag's creator, Gilbert Baker, by long-time LGBT activist Cleve Jones.  This interview took place at the GLBT Museum last year.  They talked about … Continue reading →