Historical Calendar - August 21st
- 1970 - Huey Newton, leader of the Black Panthers, publicly states his "solidarity" with the "Gay Power" movement.
- 1983 - The musical La Cage Aux Folles debuts on Broadway. Stop whatever you are doing right now and go buy the CD, which includes, I Am What I Am.
- 1989 - The National Association of State Boards of Education reports that only twenty-four states require AIDS eduacation in schools, and eighteen of those suggest abstinence as the only method of avoiding the disease. (Three programs require teachers to discuss the use of condoms in their programs.)
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