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ACTUALLY, FOUR ASTRONAUTS AND A FIGHTER PILOT! 

“From left to right; astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Joan Higginbotham, Mae Jemison, Yvonne Cagle and fighter pilot Shawna Kimbrell”

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Learn more about these great women:

1. Stephanie Wilson

2. Joan Higginbotham

3. Mae Jemison

4. Yvonne Cagle

5. Shawna Kimbrell

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Hosted by Break the Cycle’s Love Is Not Abuse (LINA) Coalition, It’s Time To Talk Day is an annual awareness event aimed at generating conversations about healthy relationships and preventing teen dating abuse during February. This year, Break the Cycle is encouraging everyone to take the conversation beyond a day and Bridge The Gap between adults and young people by having targeted conversations all week long! Find more tips on having the conversation in the guide and here. 

February 1st - February 3rd will be known as It’s Time to Talk Week, and we have a new conversation theme for you each day! Follow Love Is Not Abuse on Facebook to stay up-todate. 

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Identifying abuse/types of abuse :

Is this abuse? Physical Abuse Emotional/Verbal Abuse Sexual Abuse Financial Abuse Digital Abuse Stalking What is Gaslighting?

Currently in unhealthy/abusive relationship:

Building support systems while in an unhealthy relationship Tips for safely reaching out for support  How to tell someone about an abusive relationship  I live with my abuser Safe Pregnancy while in an abusive relationship  I have Children with my abuser Documenting abuse Help, my partner is blackmailing me When your partner threatens suicide  Should we Break up?

Safety Planning:

Interactive Guide Safety Planning  Emotional Safety Planning  Safety planning around Sexual Abuse  Social Networking Safety Safety Planning for the Holidays After Breakup: Tech Safety Checklist    Breaking up Safely

Getting help:

Help a friend Help a parent Help a co-worker Help a stranger Help my child Someone I know is being abused: should I call the police? Calling the police Restraining order LGBT and the law Help for undocumented immigrants Referrals

Self Care:

What is self care? Coping tips (via Yourlifeyourvoice) Self care tips (via Scarlateen) Self care for abuse and trauma survivors

Questions about abuse:

Why do people abuse? Why do people stay? Drugs/Alcohol and Abuse Abusive LGBT Relationships Does mental illness cause abuse? Why am I struggling to move on after abuse? Am I abusive too? The myth of mutual abuse

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The African-American Suffragists History Forgot 

by Lynn Yaeger 

[T]hough we may have vague notions of the American women who fought so heroically for the ballot on this side of the Atlantic, they are, in our minds, in our imaginations, in the photographs and first-person narratives that have come down to us, uniformly white people.

[Read Lynn Yaeger’s Vogue.com article in its entirety here.]

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Black LBGTQ History Icons

Marsha P. Johnson

A leader of the Stonewall Riots. According to several eyewitnesses, Marsha was the one who “really started it”. She was “in the middle of the whole thing, screaming and yelling and throwing rocks and almost like Molly Pitcher in the Revolution or something”

Dedicated her life to activism:

Co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (later renamed Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries)

Ensured that the young drag queens, trans women and other street kids on Christopher Street were fed and clothed. Marsha also housed them whenever she could. 

In the 1980s, she was an activist and organizer in ACT UP. 

Stormé DeLarverie

Also a leader in the Stonewall Riots - has been identified as the “butch lesbian that threw the first punch” against the police officers.

Several eye-witnesses recollections also recognize her as the cross-dressing lesbian that yelled “why don’t you guys do something” at the bystanders that evoked the reaction from them that helped make Stonewall a defining moment in history.

Unofficially worked at gay bars who otherwise couldn’t afford security.

Bayard Rustin

Was a leading strategist of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement between 1955-1968:

The formidable behind the scenes figure of the civil rights movement who organized the March on Washington

Through his influence, the civil rights leadership adopted a non-violent stance.

Is and was often overlooked in African-American history because of the public’s discomfort with his sexual orientation.

Supported LGBTQ rights and movements.

Was posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Another leader in the Stonewall Riots.

Has been involved in community efforts since 1978. She has worked at local food banks, provide services for trans women suffering from addiction or homelessness. During the AIDS epidemic she also provided healthcare and funeral services.

Is currently serving as the Executive Director for the Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project, working to assist transgender persons who are disproportionately incarcerated under a prison-industrial complex.

Alvin Ailey

At the young age of 22, Alvin AIley became Artistic Directer for the Horton Dance Company where he choreographed as well as directed scenes and costume designs.

Formed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in 1958 but continued to choreograph for other companies.

Ailey’s signature works prominently reflects his Black pride.

Is credited for popularizing modern dance. 

Was also posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Feel free to add anyone I’ve missed!

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In honor of Black History Month thought I’d do a fan art of “Hidden Figures”. These women not only helped create and mold American history, they weren’t afraid of following their dreams. MAD respect.

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follow @this-is-life-actually

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Teen dating violence takes many forms. #ThisIsDV #TeenDVMonth

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This is excellent 

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