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Published December 28, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – DECEMBER 28

Musings of an Aging Lesbian The year 2019 is coming to a close. It’s been a year of great fun with a sprinkling of some health challenges, of loss, and of frightening politics. As I look back over this year and the 72 years in which I’ve been alive, I reflect on the times good

Published August 7, 2019

Today in LGBT History – AUGUST 7

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

Published July 12, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JULY 23

Published August 7, 2018

Today in LGBT History – August 7

Inclusion, empathy, character, all these must be part of #WhatUnitesUs. — Dan Rather Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 7 1885, England – The Labouchere Amendment is passed in England. Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, commonly

Published July 23, 2018

Today in LGBT History – July 23

There’s a far side to this American disgrace, a way to contain the damage, and it’s both utterly straightforward and entirely effective. It’s called voting. —The New York Times Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 23 1726, UK

Published December 28, 2017

Today in LGBT History – December 28

From Amy Siskind: “The tools we’ll need to finally bring down the Trump regime in 2018 are persistence, optimism, laughter and love.” Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – December 28 1931 – Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 –

Published July 23, 2017

Today in LGBT History – July 23

The history I share each day is also my own history as a lesbian. This history of my life is visible, alive. I see it in the eyes and feel it in the hearts of my own family. My mother and sister are visiting for a few days along with my grandsons and their moms.

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.