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Published July 16, 2018

Today in LGBT History – July 16

When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant. —Thomas Jefferson. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 16 1746, UK – Mary Hamilton (1721-?? ) was the subject of a notorious 18th century

Published June 29, 2018

Today in LGBT History – June 29

Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone, and, ultimately, hating himself or herself. —Elie Wiesel Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – June 29 June is LGBT Pride month! 1626, Vatican City – Pope Urban the Eighth gives

Published June 28, 2018

Today in LGBT History – June 28

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. —Elie Wiesel Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – June 28 June is LGBT Pride month! 1934,

Published June 5, 2018

Today in LGBT History – June 5

We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity. —George Takei Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – June 5: June is LGBT

Published March 2, 2018

Today in LGBT History – March 2

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

Published August 30, 2017

Today in LGBT History – August 30

An amazing thing happened yesterday. In my mid-thirties I was homeless for a period of time. In order to not hook or do drugs, I sold valuable items to eat while I figured out the next indicated step. One of my valuable items was my treasured Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone. I rarely looked back,

Published August 5, 2017

Today in LGBT History – August 5

I saw this on Face Book. Powerful… We told you, and you told us to calm down. We saw the storm clouds building on the horizon. We saw the storms that wiped out people in the 1980s when the Reagans let us die in the streets. The storms that rained down on Marsha P. Johnson’s

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.