With additional military forward deployment and support for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a male pronoun comfortable in stilettos, the enlightened coalition will soon arrive in the rainbow fields of Ukraine to combat the horribly patriarchal Russian advancement. The United States Marines and the United States Airforce are putting their best boots forward and promoting inclusive wokeism as part of a new military outlook under the new leadership of a more progressive -and sensitive- commander in chief.
However, comrade binaries, all is not lost. Will Powell, now says the event did not go through the vetting process prior to the announcement.Īccording to the Washington Examiner: “ The controversial event comes amid a growing ideological divide among liberals and conservatives about how and who should be teaching children about sexuality.Ĭonservatives have argued that these lessons should be left up to the parents, while some liberals in educational settings have begun teaching children about these topics according to their own views, at times without parental consent.” ( more) In Greater Lansing, it will be available at The Resistance bookstore, the Salus Center, and on Michigan State University’s campus at The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center.Comrades, if you were hoping to take the kids to the Drag Queen Story time at Ramstein Airforce base tomorrow in celebration of global Pride Month, unfortunately the 86th Airlift Wing has cancelled the event.Īfter initially telling everyone, “ We’re celebrating Pride Month at the Ramstein Library with Drag Queen Storytime! Be sure to wear your brightest and most colorful outfits!,” apparently, the chief of public affairs, Lt. The graphic novel's release next week coincides with the start of LGBTQ Pride month. “This was an aspect of being gay and it still is today.”
“The illustrations convey that these are very nuanced topics that people have to deal with, and people still have to deal with today, without showing that violence … but still communicating this is important,” she said. The book touches on topics such as police brutality and anti-Black racism, but does so in a way that Paul said keeps it accessible to people of all ages. More: Drag after Spiral: Lansing scene reemerges in unconventional spaces with club in limbo
More: Planned Parenthood of Lansing, Marquette offering barrier-free hormone therapies In another panel, a State News excerpt notes how students were denied permission to place a banner reading “Gay Pride Week” at the posts outside of the university's Abbot Road entrance. “These were real people who existed and did all this work, and I want them to feel alive for everybody else.” “I wanted the illustrations to have a sense of nostalgia and make it feel like this was in the ’70s, but still make it feel vibrant and alive,” they said. She infused an array of bright colors into the scene's backgrounds and people's clothes, which she said evoked the 1970s for her. Many of Paul’s drawings are based on on black-and-white Polaroid photos from the event. “This is true history, which is why we’ve got a page cited.” “Everything’s quoted, so there’s kind of the veracity to it,” he said. The narrative is entirely driven by quotes, which Retzloff said was a choice to “strip (his) voice completely out.” In the illustrations, the 200 to 400 estimated marchers carry signs sharing political messages, such as "free gay prisoners," "repeal all anti-gay laws," and "full civil rights for gay people." The story follows the event from from being organized by LGBTQ groups across the state on college campuses and within local communities, and then shifts into the streets to show the actual march, as well as the dance party and softball games that followed. The script is woven together in an oral history format, leaning on interviews with attendees of the march, clips from local newspapers, student publications and underground magazines, diary entries by attendees, and speeches delivered at the event. “And then as we kept working on the script and fine-tuning the details, we realized, ‘Oh this is going to have to be a lot more than five pages,’” Paul said.