WWII | Ronni Sanlo

Published May 20, 2019

Today in LGBT History – MAY 20

Rudyard Kipling said: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.The snippets of LGBTQ history here are the stories of our lives, the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we all stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember, because knowing your history IS resistance! Thanks for

Published May 14, 2019

Today in LGBT History – MAY 14

Published May 12, 2019

Today in LGBT History – MAY 12

Published January 27, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 27

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. From the Anti-Defamation League: And with the passage of time, as survivors pass away there are fewer and fewer individuals to tell their personal stories to kids, at community events and before government officials. There is no substitute for these direct connections to the Holocaust. Let us all resolve on

Published January 8, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 8

I quit smoking 45 years ago when I saw my daughter imitating me smoking while teething on a carrot stick. Over the years to this day, I occasionally feel a deep desire to have a cigarette, usually when someone in my space annoys that crap out of me, usually a student every now and then

Published September 18, 2016

The 42nd Rainbow Division reunion and book launch

My book The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust: WWII Germany, January-May 1945 launched last week at a very special event. (It’s now available on Amazon and Kindle.) Last week Kelly and I went to Albany, NY, to attend the annual reunion of the 42nd Rainbow Division, the army unit featured in The Soldier, the Avatar,

Published September 3, 2016

Jews to wear the Yellow Star…

On September 1, 1941, Jews had to begin wearing a large yellow Star of David on their outer clothing to identify who they were. During this current horrendous presidential campaign, Donald Trump has suggested that some populations of people be marked similarly. Have we not learned anything? Will history repeat itself right here on U.S. soil? We

Published August 29, 2016

How The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust came about

I’ve been asked how The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust came about. My father wrote over 500 letters to my mother when he was a young newly-married soldier in 1944-1946. I didn’t know that my mother had kept every one of them for all these decades. One day she showed them to my sisters

Published August 26, 2016

Adding WWII history to the Story

Welcome! Thank you for being among those who are making pre-publication orders of The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust! Your books will ship during the first half of September. I’m looking forward to the actual book launch! It’s in Albany, NY, during the weekend of September 9th. My father’s army unit, the 42nd Rainbow

Dear Anita Bryant: The Play
A one-act readers’ theater play, both dramatic and humorous, that shares the challenges of pain and the power of forgiveness as it tells stories of LGBTQ history. Now available at Amazon. Purchase your copy here.

The Soldier and the Time Traveler
A one-act readers' theater play of a teen girl from 2019 who travels back to 1945 to accompany her 19 year old great-grandfather, a Jewish American soldier, through the last five months of WWII and the liberation of Dachau. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. Script available August 1, 2019.

The Hunted
A one-act readers theater play that presents the 1950s witch hunts of homosexuals by the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee in Florida's universities. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. In process.

Allegory!
A multiple monologue readers theater of LGBT people in recovery from alcohol and drugs. The stories are heartwarming, painful, humorous, delicate, passionate, and powerful. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. In process.