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
Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. —Sen John McCain Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth. —George Orwell,1984 Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 31 1607, Italy – Pope Paul V orders the confiscation of 105 paintings from the artist Cavaleiere
For the last 20 or so days, I’ve shared lessons with you from On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (2017). Snyder offers twenty lessons from the 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today’s politics. Today is the last lesson. I hope you’ll read this little but powerfully inspirational book. Lesson 20. Be as courageous as
Rehearsal #2 for my play Sing Meadowlark took play yesterday afternoon. Considering the readers are not actors, they did a wonderful job of making the play work. Since our first rehearsal last Thursday, I’ve cut nearly half the play and getting some new and important lessons on finding and keeping the words that make the