#IWillSurvive | Ronni Sanlo

Published October 23, 2019

Today in LGBT History – OCTOBER 23

Musings of an Aging Lesbian Connie Berman of Ruthie and Connie fame called me last night. We met a year ago an d have become friends. She, like many of us, are worried about lesbians. For example, at the Human Rights Campaign presidential debates two weeks ago, the word lesbian rarely was heard: it

Published January 20, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 20

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day,an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Dr. King King was the primary spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday

Published January 20, 2018

Today in LGBT History – January 20

“We’ve been forced to hear Trump’s hateful rhetoric against women, immigrants, journalists, the LGBTQ community – virtually everybody.” —Gavin Newsome. Today we march, and he will hear our voices and soon our vote! Power to the Polls! Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now

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.