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Published February 14, 2019

Today in LGBT History – FEBRUARY 14

It’s Valentine’s Day and I get to share the day with my precious wife. I’m deeply grateful for the adventures we have together, for the love and tenderness and joy that we share, and for the way we two old women care for one another. I remember far too many Valentine’s Days alone, wondering if

Published February 13, 2019

Today in LGBT History – FEBRUARY 13

The last several days have been frightening for me. I had a severe reaction to the antibiotics I had begun to take, blacked out, and fell three times. Before Kelly could get me back into bed to check me for stroke. I spent the last several days in the cardiac unit of Desert Regional Hospital.

Published August 26, 2018

Today in LGBT History – August 26

RIP TO A MAVERICK: John McCain(1936-2018), a longtime senator, war hero and political force has died at 81 after battling brain cancer. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 26 1904, UK – English-American novelist Christopher Isherwood (August 26, 1904 – January 4,

Published May 12, 2018

Today in LGBT History – May 12

Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic. Pence is what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying. —George F. Will Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History –

Published February 14, 2018

Today in LGBT History – February 14

As Amy Siskind said, “There are conflicts erupting all over the world, while we have 7 of 9 top positions at State unfilled, a White House in absolute disarray, and a leader beholden to Putin who doesn’t read his Daily Intelligence Briefings. What could go wrong.” Love the ones who love you back this Valentine’s

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

Published August 26, 2017

Today in LGBT History – August 26

Kelly and I continue with On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (2017). Snyder presents twenty lessons from the 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today’s politics. On this blog, I present one lesson each day for 20 days (though I may insert a personal thought among the days). Kelly is posting them on our FB

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.