ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

why did he say this

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

My tasks for the day could be like take a nap in the sun and I’m still like fuckkkkkkkk

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

I need to be the most fuckable person on this public transport

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.

So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.

Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

I wish lesbians were as easy to find in real life as they are on tumblr

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

posted this to twitter but i thought y'all will get a kick out of this too. without further comment: the single best image i have ever made

feel free to use :3

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

do you guys ever like forget you're interested in something until you start engaging with it again and you go "oh wait i'm like crazy crazy about this yeah"

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

“Why should rich people pay more” because fuck ‘em

“So you are okay for paying more when you have money” I am not excluded from ‘fuck ‘em’ when relevant

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

Yes, I’ve done the work analyzing this relationship’s problematic traits and I’ve come to the educated conclusion that I still want them to fuck

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

"when people ask how you're doing, they don't really care." most of them do, actually, the amount they care is just directly proportional to how well they know you. you're just mad you can't be the main character of the Twice Daily.

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

i love the soft crack-hiss sound of flare guns being fired and falling through the sky. it's like the whisper version of a firework. it's strangely comforting in spite of the context of being in distress that it usually implies.

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

happy june everybody i hope you get fucked and/or sucked this month

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

hate 2 say it but british ppl had the right idea with saying whats all this then. like literally whats all this then

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

the problem is that I want to know everything in the world but also I can't seem to do my laundry when I'm supposed to, rendering me absolutely useless

[ur-favorite-basil-enthusiast]

Only day you can rb this