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Father’s Day
Yesterday was Father’s Day and since my dad was out of town I didn’t get a chance to talk to him, but we did share a few texts. I’ll get to go see him in August for the first time since September of 2019, and I’m definitely looking forward to that. I’m sure we’ll celebrate all the thing while I’m there.
For those of you with dads and stepdads and moms who play the role of dads, I hope you were able to connect and wish them a great day. I saw that some of you were even able to connect in person this year (yay science!), which is great.
I also know that many of you didn’t have that option because your father (or father figure) is no longer with us or that your relationship isn’t a good one. I know days like this can be hard. I hope you found a moment to reflect and remember a good day or a good moment. Please know that you have been in my thoughts today.
Here’s the last selfie I took with my dad and his wife Frannie (from March of 2019!) and the last one I took of him (September of 2019). Also featured in the second photo is a really cool dog. Looking forward to some new pics soon.
Pride Month Facts
On this day in…
1975 - The Texas Gay Conference was held in San Antonio with approximately 125 gay men and lesbians in attendance. It was sponsored by the Texas Gay Task Force, and speakers included Carolyn Innis, founder of the Gay Nurses Alliance and Mary Jo Risher, who was fighting for custody of her two sons. (Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D.)
1977 - San Francisco city employee Robert Hillsborough was brutally murdered. His murder sparked an official investigation into the growing violence being perpetrated against homosexuals in that city. (Arlington Public Library)
1997 - The first Women’s National Basketball Association game is played. Sheryl Swoopes is the first lesbian player to come out, in 2005, followed by Brittney Griner, Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Angel McCoughtry, Janel McCarville, Sue Wicks, and Sue Bird who is an American-Israeli player for the Seattle Storm and partner of soccer’s Megan Rapinoe. (Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D.)
2000 - Coca-Cola announced that it would extend spousal health care benefits to the same-sex partners of its U.S. gay and lesbian employees effective January 1, and that it was considering extending the benefit to its international workforce in almost 200 other countries as well. (Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D.)