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Published October 21, 2019

Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 21

Musings of an Aging Lesbian Brene Brown said: Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. Do you feel connected in that vulnerable way? At 72, I’m finally getting it. I do have a few – very few – connections to people with whom I feel safe enough

Published June 26, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JUNE 26

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 February 23, 2019

Today in LGBT History – FEBRUARY 23

Yesterday I spoke with a dear old friend of many years. She hs the same kind of cancer as my sisters and my heart breaks for her. But she’s so upbeat, so positive about each day of her life. I told her I plan to write a play ab out the time we had when

Published October 21, 2018

Today in LGBT History – October 21

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 21 1797, Netherlands – Reinder Pieters van Workum of Frisia is convicted of seduction to sodomy and sentenced to flogging, ten years in prison, and banishment for life. 1893 – On this

Published June 26, 2018

Today in LGBT History – June 26

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. —Elie Wiesel Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – June 26 June is LGBT Pride month! 1892 – Newspapers across the US report

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.