{"id":95866,"date":"2016-06-22T01:50:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T01:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/22\/murdersshewrote-clarkesquad-the-first\/"},"modified":"2016-06-22T01:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T01:50:25","slug":"murdersshewrote-clarkesquad-the-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/22\/murdersshewrote-clarkesquad-the-first\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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clarkesquad<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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the first american woman in space was a lesbian\u2026\u2026\u2026 this sounds like such a shitpost buts its actually real i love history\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I just looked this up and it is (mostly*) true! The first American woman in space was Sally Ride in 1983. Here\u2019s a picture of her in space communicating with ground controllers during the 6-day\u00a0Challenger <\/i>mission. (Source)<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Prior to her first space flight, Ride got a lot of shit from the media and remained remarkably calm and non-homicidal:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo other astronaut was ever asked questions like these: Will the flight affect your reproductive organs? The answer, delivered with some asperity: \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of that.\u201d Do you weep when things go wrong on the job? Retort: \u201cHow come nobody ever asks Rick those questions?\u201d Will you become a mother? First an attempt at evasion, then a firm smile: \u201cYou notice I\u2019m not answering.\u201d In an hour of interrogation that is by turns intelligent, inane and almost insulting, Ride remains calm, unrattled and as laconic as the lean, tough fighter jockeys who surround her. \u201cIt may be too bad that our society isn\u2019t further along and that this is such a big deal,\u201d she reflects.\u201d (Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After her death in 2012 it was revealed that she had been with her partner Tam O\u2019Shaughnessy (a woman) for 27 years. Below is a picture of Ride (left), her partner O\u2019Shaughnessy (right), and their dog Gypsy, circa 1985. (Source)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ride and O\u2019Shaughnessy co-founded the Sally Ride Foundation, aimed at promoting interest in science among elementary and middle school aged-kids, especially girls. The two women also co-wrote six children\u2019s science books. Here is a picture of them speaking at an American Library Association Conference in 2008. (source)<\/a><\/p>\n

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*Ride had been previously married to a man and it is unknown exactly how she identified (lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, etc).\u00a0<\/p>\n

But yeah, Sally Ride was not only the first American woman in space, but also the first and only known LGBT astronaut at NASA. And she was also a badass. (source<\/a>).<\/h2>\n

(Also: Bear Ride, Sally\u2019s sister. Dr. Bear Ride is a Presbyterian minister who has been arrested along with her wife at a LGBT march. (source)<\/a> Badassery must run in the family.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

murdersshewrote: clarkesquad: the first american woman in space was a lesbian\u2026\u2026\u2026 this sounds like such a shitpost buts its actually real i love history\u00a0 I just looked this up and it is (mostly*) true! The first American woman in space was Sally Ride in 1983. Here\u2019s a picture of her in space communicating with ground … <\/p>\n

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