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Published July 3, 2017

Today in LGBT History – July 3

Kelly and I are back from a week-long Alaskan cruise with Olivia Travel. Nineteen hundred women on one giant ship! The best part was that we were able to screen our film Letter to Anita to standing ovations and giant hearts. After the screening, women shared their tender heartfelt stories with us which is always

Published June 14, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 14

At dinner with friends last evening, I was asked about my feelings when I initially lost custody of my children in 1979. In talking about the intense anger that I felt for decades, I also shared that I placed blame for all my pain and rage on another person. I didn’t even know the other

Published June 11, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 11

Yesterday Kelly and I participated in the LGBT Pride parade in Port Townsend, WA. While it was quite small – maybe 200 people (PT population 5000) – it was every bit as heartfelt and exciting and powerful as the national marches I’ve attended. Many people, straight and LGBT together, celebrated the rights and freedoms that

Published June 8, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 8

June is Pride month, a time during which I always reflect on my life’s journey. Two weeks ago, Kelly and I went to hear Holly Near in concert in Port Townsend. Holly Near was the first “women’s music” singer I had heard. I came out in early 1979 and attended a NOW national conference with

Published June 7, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 7

I cringe every time I write about an Anita Bryant-related historical issue. Her actions affected me deeply – and painfully – for decades. I had an experience yesterday that reminded me – yet again – that I am responsible for my actions, and that for every event in my life, I had a role in

Published June 4, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 4

Fifty years ago, starting in the 1960’s, activists and Pride events had tremendous purpose: we were literally fighting for our families, for our rights, for our lives. “Pride was more than a march – it was a manifesto,” said Boston Globe’s Renee Graham in her article today. She adds, “With 21st-century progress came complacency. Of

Published December 18, 2016

RESISTANCE BLOG. December 18, 2016

It’s been a busy week with phone calls, emails, and tweets to legislators. There is a common theme that I hear among my community of LGBT people and from far too many of my former students: We’re feeling afraid – for our country, for our future, for our lives. LGBTQ people are fighting to

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.