#AudreLorde | Ronni Sanlo

Published November 17, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 17

Musings of an Aging Lesbian We bought new bike helmets yesterday. The kind we bought is important because our old brains need all the help they can get! I got a Sena R-1 and Kelly got a Sena X-1. Both have Bluetooth in them and can be programmed to talk with one another as well

Published November 13, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 13

Musings of an Aging Lesbian As I worry about the continued existence of the word Lesbian, I posted my concern on FaceBook. Wow! The responses! Gratitude Day 13 Today I’m grateful for the good health of my 93 year-old mother! Rudyard Kipling said: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be

Published February 18, 2019

Today in LGBT History – FEBRUARY 18

Today is Not My President’s Day. Participate in a rally near you. I am. Writing prompt: what issue is strong enough for you to get out into the streets? 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

Published November 17, 2018

Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 17

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 17 1862 – Thomas Hannah, Jr., a private in Company G of the 95thIllinois Regiment, writes that one of the soldiers in his regiment was found to be a female. He was

Published November 13, 2018

Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 13

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 13 354, Africa – St Augustine (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) is born in Tagaste, North Africa. He was an early North African Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

Published February 18, 2018

Today in LGBT History – February 18

Here’s the thing they don’t teach you when you’re going to school to be a teacher. There will be days where you have to think about how you are going to fit three adult-sized children into a glass cupboard and cover yourself with desks in order to protect the four of you. They don’t tell

Published February 15, 2018

Today in LGBT History – February 15

For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. Racism and homophobia are real conditions of all our lives in this place and time. I urge each one of us here

Published February 13, 2018

Today in LGBT History – February 13

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. —Audre

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.