Welcome to IHS’s Great Pride Giveaway!
June is a special month for us at IHS Headquarters because it’s Pride season. Which means rainbows galore! That makes us truly happy because one of our missions in life is to spread rainbows and to show our pride every single day.
PRIDE PHOTO
TB here. I’ve shared that Miranda loves to dress me up in silly (my word, not hers) outfits. Her kiddos also like to put me in silly outfits. Last summer, they selected this outfit and then painted my nails and added eyeshadow. They kept giggling the whole time, which made all of us smile.
GREAT PRIDE EBOOK GIVEAWAY
We asked authors to donate eBooks for a massive giveaway and wowzers, so many authors are taking part. Every day in June, there will be a new eBook giveaway. So not only will you see another pride photo, but you can enter to win loads of eBooks!
A few things about the giveaway. They’re open internationally. Authors will be responsible for delivering the eBooks. You WILL NOT be signed up to anyone’s newsletter when you enter.
Today’s giveaway has 58 books involved. One winner will be selected on June 21. That’s right. One lucky reader will get 58 books!
THE JUNE 17 WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
We’re thrilled to announce the seventeenth Great Pride Giveaway winner has been sent an email. They won 56 eBooks featured on June 17, 2025.
The winner for June 18 will be selected tomorrow. There’s still time to enter by clicking here. Don’t wait. It closes later today.
QUEER TRIVIA
Before we get to all the wonderful books involved in today’s giveaway, we want to share some queer trivia. It’s the former historian and teacher that compels TB to pull together the daily trivia. So many amazing and brave people in history paved the way for the rest of us. The fight isn’t over, but while we keep showing up it’s important to remember those who came before us.
Here’s today’s trivia:
Born on February 3, 1918, she was an American athlete and a double Olympic champion in 1936. Nicknamed the “Fulton Flash” after her birthplace, Fulton, Missouri, she was a strong competitor in sprint events and never lost a race in her entire career. She also excelled in weight events such as the shot put and discus throw, winning national titles in both categories.
At 18, she competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where she won the 100-meter final by defeating the reigning champion and world record holder from Poland. Her time of 11.5 seconds was faster than the world record, but it was not officially recognized because a strong tailwind was blowing during the race. She later anchored the American 4 × 100-meter relay team, which won the Olympic title after the leading German team dropped the baton.
She is quoted by Olympic historian David Wallechinsky describing her post-race encounter with Adolf Hitler. “He comes in and gives me the Nazi salute. I gave him a good, old-fashioned Missouri handshake,” she said. “Once more Hitler goes for the jugular vein. He gets hold of my fanny and begins to squeeze and pinch, and hug me up. And he said: ‘You’re a true Aryan type. You should be running for Germany.’ So after he gave me the once over and a full massage, he asked me if I’d like to spend the weekend in Berchtesgaden.” She didn’t accept the offer.
At the 1936 Olympics, there were claims that both she and Stanisława Walasiewicz were actually male. After her victory in the 100 meters, her gender came under scrutiny, with the Warsaw-based newspaper Kurier Poranny writing, “It is scandalous that the Americans entered a man in the women’s competition.” Other newspapers soon questioned what they described as her lack of femininity. She later told her biographer that she responded to reporters by advising them to check with the Olympic committee physician, who had conducted sex verification exams on all athletes before the competition.
She retired from athletics shortly after the Games and went on to play professional baseball and softball. She attended William Woods University, Fulton High School, and Middle River School in Fulton. She was later inducted into the William Woods Owls Hall of Fame and was described as the most well-known athlete in Fulton’s history.
From 1938 to 1952, she owned and managed her own semi-professional basketball team. She was the first woman to hold both roles with a team at that level.
Do you know her name? The answer can be found below all the books.
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NOW FOR ALL THE BOOKS IN THE GIVEAWAY
Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for today’s trivia answer!
