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Published December 5, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – DECEMBER 5

Musings of an Aging Lesbian Yesterday was such a good day. My friend (Isabelle who took my writing class last year) came over. We pretended we were at a coffee shop and just sat and wrote for hours! She’s working on a screenplay while I worked on my stage play Hunted. We both got a

Published November 16, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 16

Musings of an Aging Lesbian I was interviewed by a grad student yesterday. Among other things, he asked this question: What advice would I give people working in higher education today about LGBTQ people. My response was that I cannot give such advice beyond loving on all students. The reality is that I’m 72. I

Published October 2, 2019

Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 2

I have sciatica. I try to ignore it but it surprises me in the mornings. Hurts like crazy when I first get up. But I’ve been taught some yoga stretches (royal dove is excellent). I do those before I ever open my computer each morning. Then I grab the ice pack and a cup of

Published November 16, 2018

Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 16

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 16 1502 – Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510) is accused of sodomy but the charges were dropped. The summary of the charge reads: “Botticelli keeps a boy.” Botticelli was an Italian

Published October 2, 2018

Today in LGBT History – October 2

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 2 1849, Benin – Explorer Frederick Forbes arrives in the Kingdom of Dahomey (1600-1894) where he saw thousands of Amazons. Amazon tribes have existed in multiple time periods and continents, characterized as female-bodied

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.