Musings of an Aging Lesbian Tonight is the Melissa Etheridge concert. I’ve never seen her in person but I remember being so impressed with her “Yes I Am” song about coming out. Generationally, I’d rather see Cris Williamson or Holly Near, the artists to whose music I came out in the 70’s. Melissa is more
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
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 14 1810, Scotland – Young Jane Cummings makes an accusation of “inordinate affection” between two female teachers Marianne Woods, 27, and Jane Pirie, 26, in Edinburgh. This is the first of a
Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 18 1721, Germany – Catherina Margaretha Linck(died 1721)is executed for female sodomy. She was a Prussianwoman who for most of her adult life presented herself as a man named Anastasius Lagrantius Rosenstengel. She
The distance to equal opportunity for women—in the face of the pervasive social, cultural, and legal roots of sex-based discrimination—remains considerable. —Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsber Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 13 100 BC, Italy – Caius
I am interrupting our Tyranny lesson for today to share some of an article by Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and a member of the Board of The Shalom Center. The Rabbi marched with over 50 other clergy in Charlottesville. I think it is no
I jumped into an issue yesterday with some colleagues and discovered that I am apparently out of touch with the younger generation. The issue under discussion was one in which I would have been correct 20 years ago. But times and issues have changed, and I admire my younger colleagues tremendously. I hope they win