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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Jennie June was born into a Puritan family<ref name="Yale" /> in 1874 in Connecticut.{{Citation needed}} He was [[sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]]. At the time of his birth, his mother was twenty-eight, and his father thirty-two. June was their fourth child, out of eleven children.<ref name="OutHistory 2" /> During that era, it was common for people in the US to have many children, because the infant mortality rate was high. | Jennie June was born into a Puritan family<ref name="Yale" /> in 1874 in Connecticut.{{Citation needed}} He was [[sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]]. At the time of his birth, his mother was twenty-eight, and his father thirty-two. June was their fourth child, out of eleven children.<ref name="OutHistory 2" /> During that era, it was common for people in the US to have many children, because the infant mortality rate was high. | ||
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The suicide rate of LGBT youth is still high today, due to discrimination. | The suicide rate of LGBT youth is still high today, due to discrimination. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Currently, historians do not know the date or circumstances of June's death. The fact that his birth name is unknown makes it more difficult to find this biographical information. The other known details about his family, education, and associations might provide some leads. We do know that June left instructions for the creation of a memorial plaque. June wanted the plaque to be placed on the Grand Street facade of a new police building, near the site of the autobiographer's debut, where the autobiographer had first taken the name Jennie June. A police building was an intriguing choice, because police harassed and terrorized June and | Currently, historians do not know the date or circumstances of June's death. The fact that his birth name is unknown makes it more difficult to find this biographical information. The other known details about his family, education, and associations might provide some leads. We do know that June left instructions for the creation of a memorial plaque. June wanted the plaque to be placed on the Grand Street facade of a new police building, near the site of the autobiographer's debut, where the autobiographer had first taken the name Jennie June. A police building was an intriguing choice, because police harassed and terrorized June and his friends, giving him frequent nightmares.<ref name="Gilded 4" /> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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