@yesterqueers: The Andrews Sisters are one of the most successful musical groups in American History, but one detail is often left out of their story: Maxene was a lesbian, and she had to adopt her partner to protect their relationship in the days before gay marriage was legal. #queerhistory #lesbianhistory #marriageequality #andrewssisters
My mother (an elder law attourney) did adult adoptions for older gay couples all the time. When Obergefell passed I remember her saying “THANK GOODNESS! My job just got easier!” Recently, however she has reverted in some cases back to adult adoptions, even with Advanced Healthcare Directives (Living Wills), she wants to ensure the documentation for her clients wishes are ironclad, just in case…which is concerning
2025-09-05 03:01:10
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UnderTheDeskNews :
It is crazy to think about an Andrews sister being alive in the 1970s - get it Maxine!
2025-09-05 02:18:12
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crisreadsall :
Wow I love this!!! Thank you for sharing this knowledge ❤
2025-10-13 09:02:42
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Shines :
was she not bisexual?
2025-09-05 07:23:00
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kxngkairo :
sorry but the age gap is crazy 😭
2025-09-06 00:53:14
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Clara :
WHATTTTT how am I just learning this
2025-09-05 02:28:46
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Sydney|Friend of Dorothy :
Despite having a minor in Women and Gender studies I never heard of adult adoption being used this way. This is important to know and keep this kind of history known. Thank you!
2025-09-05 23:04:42
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MagpieintheGarden :
did Maxine start to refer to herself as a lesbian or did she continue to identify otherwise?
2025-09-05 11:30:53
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sunflowerspirit1111 :
cannot wait to watch the doc!!
2025-10-19 18:01:08
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kim :
oh HELL yes! we have ALWAYS been here!
2025-09-05 09:35:04
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jacee :
I didn’t realize they were from Minneapolis!!!! I love it!!!
2025-09-05 21:45:13
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BubesRadley :
If you are invited to Elaine Stritch’s house for Thanksgiving, chances are that you are queer yourself or a het who’s more than comfortable with queerness. Also, that Thanksgiving dinner was definitely LIT.
2025-09-06 14:04:35
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Shannon Lunn :
My great grandad (who grew up during the war) had a best friend that lived in secret with his husband for many years. My grandad & great nan know of course but it was a very under wraps thing even after it became legal. (I got the story atleast second hand) But when one of them past, due to not being legally recognised, the family of the deceased took everything from the house to every possession and it quite literally killed his husband, he literally died of a broken heart with nothing from what I remember of the story.
2025-09-05 12:53:03
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Finley Fields :
yeah, yeah, it's wild and awesome that she was a lesbian, but more importantly, as a Midwestern queer kid who became OBSESSED after hearing Oh Johnny in the first Narnia movie in the 2000s....HOW DID I NOT KNOW THEY WERE FROM MINNEAPOLIS?? 🤯🤯🤯
2025-09-05 03:17:13
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howaboutudance+tikto :
*imagines Elaine Stritch casually playing matchmaker that night*
2025-09-05 05:30:21
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Kyla :
Forgive me for being late to the party but “yester-queers” is too dang good! Absolute perfection!! 👏
2025-09-06 13:46:31
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Andrea Bella Annuwa Fusspot :
Thanks for the awesome info, as usual. 💜 Shouldn't she be referred to as Pansexual or Bisexual, though, per her own words? The same way that society regularly erases Freddy Mercury's bisexuality by only referring to him as a gay man?
2025-09-06 13:56:41
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SomethingCollective :
I thought Uncle Charlie’s opened in 1980. The one on Greenwich. Was there another one?
2025-09-07 03:51:04
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🅱️êænz :
OH MY GOD IN MIDDLE SCHOOL I WAS OBSESSED WITH THEM AND NOW I AM OUT AS A LESBIAN
2025-09-05 07:32:23
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lobachevscki :
WOW I feel so bad because I have been listening and being a massive fan of The Andrew Sisters since 2007 (thanks to a videogame called BioShock) but never, never, never took the time to deep into their lives, I'm so glad you started fixing that for me!
2025-09-06 09:41:12
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Meg Ten Eyck :
never stop this series - I love it!
2025-09-05 02:56:24
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Lareon :
Can someone clarify what are the good reasons to criticize marriage equality is a pillar of the movement? Thanks
2025-09-05 09:59:09
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galadrax :
I wonder if Maxene would have identified as pansexual had she been given the opportunity? I have a similar experience. First long term relationship was with a man, currently married to a trans woman. If anything happened to her and I did feel the pull to date again, I wouldn't have a problem going in either direction.
2025-09-06 00:33:26
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Blush :
so, she was bi? or has she specifically said she was only attracted to women after stating she might well enough love a man next? Love the content, but why are you labelling her as lesbian?
2025-09-07 06:23:38
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al_._al :
thank you for mentioning disabled marriage equality 💙. this was a great video
2025-09-05 08:36:24
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