Michael Helquist
@mhelquistwriter.bsky.social
Activist, historian, author, "Marie Equi: Radical Politics & Outlaw Passions," Stonewall Honor Book for bio of 1900s lesbian doctor & activist., worked for CDC WHO, served as director of AIDSCOM.
#women'shistory, #LGBTQ, #AIDS #gayhistory #memoir #USAID
#women'shistory, #LGBTQ, #AIDS #gayhistory #memoir #USAID
I'm going to do just that -- request it from my local library. This graphic novel offers a dystopic future with China at war with an authoritarian U.S. in 2035. How do freedom fighters cope? #graphicnovels #books #SFfuture #writers #scifi
August 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'm going to do just that -- request it from my local library. This graphic novel offers a dystopic future with China at war with an authoritarian U.S. in 2035. How do freedom fighters cope? #graphicnovels #books #SFfuture #writers #scifi
International AIDS Society conference in Kigali, Rwanda
July 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
International AIDS Society conference in Kigali, Rwanda
Equi was one of the first publicly known out lesbians in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. She served time in San Quentin prison for opposing WWI. I was captivated and wrote her biography. (see title in my bio)
July 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Equi was one of the first publicly known out lesbians in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. She served time in San Quentin prison for opposing WWI. I was captivated and wrote her biography. (see title in my bio)
Must we endure that again in order to benefit the greed of billionaires to get Trump's tax break?
June 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Must we endure that again in order to benefit the greed of billionaires to get Trump's tax break?
after she protested the US entry into World War I. She served in San Quentin prison for ten months. She was the first publicly known lesbian in the NW and lived openly with her companion.
June 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
after she protested the US entry into World War I. She served in San Quentin prison for ten months. She was the first publicly known lesbian in the NW and lived openly with her companion.
What I found after a MRI at the new CPMC hospital on Van Ness Ave today. (I enjoyed the glass rocks mounted on the wall more).
May 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
What I found after a MRI at the new CPMC hospital on Van Ness Ave today. (I enjoyed the glass rocks mounted on the wall more).
"The Einstein of Sex, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin" by journalist Daniel Brook. Published by WW Norton & Company, 300 pages. Currently, a hardback. I've just begun reading. #books #booksky #biography #LGBTQhistory #gayhistory #Hirschfeld
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"The Einstein of Sex, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin" by journalist Daniel Brook. Published by WW Norton & Company, 300 pages. Currently, a hardback. I've just begun reading. #books #booksky #biography #LGBTQhistory #gayhistory #Hirschfeld
Fundraiser, SF Eagle bar, San Francisco, volunteers of Books Not Bans, a local group that curates new books for young queer adults and sends them to areas hit hardest with book bans. Booksnotbans.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Fundraiser, SF Eagle bar, San Francisco, volunteers of Books Not Bans, a local group that curates new books for young queer adults and sends them to areas hit hardest with book bans. Booksnotbans.org
JAMES, the novel by Percival Everett, deserves your attention. Like mine, your recollection of first reading Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn may have dimmed. But don’t let that stop you from reading this remarkable and engaging revision.
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
JAMES, the novel by Percival Everett, deserves your attention. Like mine, your recollection of first reading Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn may have dimmed. But don’t let that stop you from reading this remarkable and engaging revision.
a champion of women's rights, advocate for reproductive health, an antiwar protestor during WWI, fights for labor rights, convicted of sedition, sent to San Quentin Prison. Determined with steely calm and a sharp sense of humor.
March 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
a champion of women's rights, advocate for reproductive health, an antiwar protestor during WWI, fights for labor rights, convicted of sedition, sent to San Quentin Prison. Determined with steely calm and a sharp sense of humor.
Tea trees in GGPark in flowing but tangled directions always captivate me.
December 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Tea trees in GGPark in flowing but tangled directions always captivate me.
and a few pics; if in Portland, check out "Doc Marie" a bar on the Eastside for lesbians and everyone else.
December 7, 2024 at 1:35 AM
and a few pics; if in Portland, check out "Doc Marie" a bar on the Eastside for lesbians and everyone else.
Oregon State U Press holiday book days happening now. If you've missed "Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions" consider a look at one of Portland's remarkable, if controversial, women.
Winner, American Library Assoc Stonewall Honor Book for Nonfiction. Get it now at holiday discount.
Winner, American Library Assoc Stonewall Honor Book for Nonfiction. Get it now at holiday discount.
December 7, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Oregon State U Press holiday book days happening now. If you've missed "Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions" consider a look at one of Portland's remarkable, if controversial, women.
Winner, American Library Assoc Stonewall Honor Book for Nonfiction. Get it now at holiday discount.
Winner, American Library Assoc Stonewall Honor Book for Nonfiction. Get it now at holiday discount.
In the SF bay area? Go to SFMOMA for the powerful, bold, expressive show of Amy Sherald's work, she curates the model's clothes, attitude,and accessories with a photo and then paints from photo
December 7, 2024 at 12:44 AM
In the SF bay area? Go to SFMOMA for the powerful, bold, expressive show of Amy Sherald's work, she curates the model's clothes, attitude,and accessories with a photo and then paints from photo