Musings of an Aging Lesbian I sit this morning in silence and wonder, looking out my windows to the snow-covered San Jacinto Mountains hovering over Palm Springs. My thoughts, my heart, go to the many friends I lost over 30 years ago to AIDS. I started working in the AIDS program in the Florida health
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 10 1855 – Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) is accused of homosexuality and “Leave of Grass”was called “a mass of stupid filth” by critic Rufus Griswold. Whitman was an
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 28 1824, France — Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, the Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857), is beaten and left for dead after propositioning a male soldier in Saint-Denis. The scandal forces him out of
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
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