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Troy Wise and Rick Guzman uncover overlooked stories of queer contributions to our world.

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🏳️‍🌈 #MauriceSendak – the legendary queer writer & illustrator who brought Max and the Wild Things to life. His art & words still inspire! 📚✨

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#therelevantqueer #queeringthecanon #gayexcellence #queerheritage @troywise.bsky.social @rickguzman-ia.bsky.social
June 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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🏳️‍🌈#MauriceSendak – the legendary queer writer & illustrator who brought Max and the Wild Things to life. His art & words still inspire! 📚✨

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June 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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🏳️‍🌈#MauriceSendak – the legendary queer writer & illustrator who brought Max and the Wild Things to life. His art & words still inspire! 📚✨

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#therelevantqueer #queeringthecanon #gayexcellence #queerheritage @troywise.bsky.social @rickguzman-ia.bsky.social
June 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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#SharonFarmer Born June 10, 1951

Photographer during the Clinton presidency, Sharon Farmer, the first woman and first Black person to serve as Director of While House Photography, was born Washington, D.C. She attended Ohio State University to study the bassoon but switched to studying photography.
June 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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#SharonFarmer Born June 10, 1951

Photographer during the Clinton presidency, Sharon Farmer, the first woman and first Black person to serve as Director of While House Photography, was born Washington, D.C. She attended Ohio State University to study the bassoon but switched to studying photography.
June 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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“All these things we put up to divide each other from each other are so incorrect when the bottom line is that we’re human beings.”
#SharonFarmer Born June 10, 1951

Photographer during the Clinton presidency, the first woman and first Black person to serve as Director of While House Photography.
June 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen @ianmckellen (May 25, 1939)

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📸 Paul Tanqueray
May 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen @ianmckellen (May 25, 1939)

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📸 Paul Tanqueray
May 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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“If I don’t have an erection when I’m doing a drawing, I know it’s no good.”
#ToukoLaaksonen @tomoffinland.org Born May 8, 1920

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May 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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“I wanted my drawings to counteract shame, to show gay men being happy and positive about who they were.”
#ToukoLaaksonen @tomoffinland.org Born May 8, 1920

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May 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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“Whenever I was depressed or disgusted, I would feel him, the spirit inside, urging me back to living, back to drawing.”
#ToukoLaaksonen @tomoffinlandfoundation Born May 8, 1920

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May 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Touko Laaksonen @tomoffinlandfoundation (May 8, 1920 - November 7, 1991)

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May 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Touko Laaksonen @tomoffinlandfoundation (May 8, 1920 - November 7, 1991)

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May 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Touko Laaksonen @tomoffinlandfoundation (May 8, 1920 - November 7, 1991)

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May 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Jean Marais (Dec. 11, 1913 - Nov. 8, 1998)

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📸 1978
December 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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Jean Marais (Dec. 11, 1913 - Nov. 8, 1998)

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📸 Harcourt
December 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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Jean Marais (Dec. 11, 1913 - Nov. 8, 1998)

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📸 1941
December 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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Gilles Blanchard (December 9, 1953)

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📸 #PierreetGilles
December 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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Gilles Blanchard @pierreetgilles_gilles (December 9, 1953)

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📸 #PierreetGilles
December 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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Gilles Blanchard @pierreetgilles_gilles (December 9, 1953)

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📸 #PierreetGilles
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