From: Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 20:13:00 -0800 Sample Activity List- Lesbian and Gay History Month January: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day February: Black History Month (official name) March: Women's History Month April: Earth Day; Holocaust Remembrance Days May: Asian/Pacific Heritage Month June: Lesbian/Gay Pride Month September: Hispanic Heritage Month (official name) OCTOBER: LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY MONTH November: Native American Heritage Month WHAT TO DO FOR NATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY MONTH Request that your local library order books on our history Order the Project 21 poster on 57 famous l/g/bi people from GLAAD/SFBA--call 415-861-2244 for ordering form or to charge by phone. Make certain your local library is aware that October is LGHM; ask that they make a display of books. Make certain your local bookstores are aware that October is LGHM; ask that they make a display of books. Request that your local school order the Chelsea House teen series on "Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians." Make certain that your local school is aware that this October is LGHM; request that your local school celebrate LGHM just as they celebrate other history months around the year. Organize a film festival; show the films "Before Stonewall," "After Stonewall," etc. Read books on lesbian, gay and bisexual history. Ask that your local newspapers (gay and nongay) publish a column on gay and lesbian history. Ask your local TV and radio stations to do news and features on lesbian and gay history. Organize a lecture on lesbian/gay history, especially local history. Write a theatrical production about lesbian and gay history. Throw a gay-and-lesbian themed Halloween party to say so-long to the first annual LGHM. Remember: LGHM will be controversial. Thus the words of Frederick Douglass come to mind: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground." This sample activity list by Rodney Wilson, founder of Lesbian and Gay History Month. Rodney is a teacher. He can be reached at 314-352-6011.