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Published January 31, 2019

Today in LGBT History – JANUARY 31

We saw the movie Vicelast night, the story of once Vice President Dick Cheney. I wasn’t that impressed with the film though it’s up for major awards this award season. But I was stunned at how the events of the past paved the way for today’s political scene. Powerful people – read white men –

Published June 3, 2018

Today in LGBT History – June 3

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what (and who) you really love. —Rumi (from Mike Thompson, LGBT Center of the Desert) Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – June 3: June is LGBT Pride month! 1818, Greece

Published January 31, 2018

Today in LGBT History – January 31

Bullies may land a punch. They might leave a mark. But they have never, not once, in the history of our United States, managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future. — Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass, in response to the 2018 State of the Union address

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.