The Tens (2010 – 2019 CE) – World Queerstory

2010

Althea Garrison runs for the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
CBC Radio releases I Got Mine: The Story of Jackie Shane and re-ignites interest in the singer. It is unclear to the public at this time if she is alive or dead.

Excavations at the Prague 6 dig site uncover the grave of a biological male buried in the traditional style of a woman.
Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
Jackie Shane is featured in the documentary Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories.

Alan Turing‘s papers about code breaking are released to the public.
Thanks to the work of Mariah Lopez, the investigation into the death of Marsha P. Johnson is re-opened.
July 12: Dale Olson receives the Actors Fund Medal of Honor. It is presented to him by Shirley MacLaine.
August 9: Dale Olson passes away from liver cancer.
October 11: The Legacy Walk is inaugurated in Chicago. Christine Jorgensen, Alan Turing and Alfred Kinsey are inducted into the Legacy Walk.

Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
June 26: The Supreme Court of the U.S. announces its decision regarding the United States v. Windsor — striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Alan Turing is posthumously pardoned for the crime of “gross indecency”.
The label Numero Group establishes a contract with Jackie Shane to re-release her recordings.

The family of Ferris Leblanc finally learns of his death at the Upstairs Lounge in 1973.
Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
Jackie Shane‘s re-released live album is short-listed for a Polaris Award.
The movie Bessie, about Bessie Smith, is released. Ma Rainey is played by Mo’Nique.
June 26: The Supreme Court of the U.S. announces its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges — deciding in favor of marriage equality.
July 4: A celebration is held in Philadelphia in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first Annual Reminder.

The Alan Turing Law passes and those convicted of historical laws outlawing homosexuality begin to be posthumously pardoned in England and Wales.
The First Annual Ma Rainey Blues Festival is held in Columbus, Georgia.
Jackie Shane‘s re-released live album is short-listed for a Polaris Award.
June 12: A mass shooting during Latin night at Pulse in Orlando takes the lives of 49 LGBT+ people and allies and wounds another 58. It is, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

January: As one of his last acts as U.S. President, Barack Obama signs Executive Order 13764 to officially overturn Executive Order 10450.
The Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts is opened in Columbus, Georgia.
Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
Jackie Shane‘s re-released live album is short-listed for a Polaris Award.
June 26: The Supreme Court of the U.S. announces its decision regarding Pavan v. Smith — striking down an Arkansas law that prevented both members of a same-sex couple from having parental rights over their children.

Althea Garrison runs for the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
June 4: The Supreme Court of the U.S. announces its decision regarding Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission — deciding that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had violated the First Amendment by not acting in a way that was neutral to religious beliefs.
October: “Any Other Way”, a compilation of Jackie Shane‘s singles is released.
October 26: Matthew Shepard‘s remains are interred at the Washington National Cathedral.

“Any Other Way” is nominated for a Grammy — making Jackie Shane a Grammy nominated singer 50 years after she retired from music.
January 9: Althea Garrison is sworn in to Boston City Council — taking the seat vacated by Ayanna Pressley.
February 8: Jackie Shane‘s recent interview with Elaine Banks is aired on CBC Radio. It is her first publicly broadcast interview in decades.
February 21: Jackie Shane is found in her home, having passed away peacefully in her sleep.