Valentina: Origin 14
Added 2021-10-31 23:58:58 +0000 UTCHappy Halloween! 🎃
The Pansy Craze really did happen! I've gone back and done a little bit of research into LGBTQ lifestyles in the 1920s and for a time there the US was a little more open to gay and trans people. From the 20s to the mid-30s there were vibrant scenes in some of the major cities. The Great Depression, and eventually WW2, pushed us back into the shadows (you can imagine our Valentina had to hide out during that time) until the late 60s. Decades of progress were lost to shifting views and fear of people being different. Think of where we'd be now if we had those decades back. And really, things haven't gotten truly better until the past 6 years or so. Ever since gay marriage was passed as the law of the land back in 2015. Not long ago in comparison, but for some reason it feels like ages have passed since then....
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Think Weimar in the 20s Gay life and “transvestism “ was not only tolerated but celebrated. Then came the Nazis and gay men were first forced to wear a pink armband then sent to concentration camps ,and exterminated along with Jews Communists, Senti, Roma, etc.
scottburrough
2021-11-02 10:27:10 +0000 UTC
