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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Proposition6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proposition6</span></a>, also known as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheBriggsInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBriggsInitiative</span></a>, was introduced in 1978 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/statesenator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statesenator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnBriggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBriggs</span></a>. This <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/initiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>initiative</span></a> aimed to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gays</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesbians</span></a>, and possibly their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporters</span></a>, from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/working" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>working</span></a> in California's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicschools</span></a>. </p><p>The measure was rooted in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prejudice</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> would negatively <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/promote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promote</span></a> the "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/homosexuallifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homosexuallifestyle</span></a>."</p><p>— (1/10)</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>[Audio] <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SlowBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlowBurn</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GaysAgainst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaysAgainst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnBriggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBriggs</span></a></p><p>During the anti-Briggs <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RichardPryor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardPryor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/set" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>set</span></a> became a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fiasco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiasco</span></a> and laid bare longstanding <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divisions</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>. With the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movement</span></a> low on cash and running out of time, thousands of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Californians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Californians</span></a> decided their only <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/option" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>option</span></a> was to tell the world who they were.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ComingOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComingOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s9/gays-against-briggs/the-richard-pryor-set-that-shook-the-gay-rights-movement-in-1977" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s</span><span class="invisible">9/gays-against-briggs/the-richard-pryor-set-that-shook-the-gay-rights-movement-in-1977</span></a></p>
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