#TheChildrensHour | Ronni Sanlo

Published November 20, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 20

Musings of an Aging Lesbian I’m writing a play about old lesbians. Today 7 of my friends from Palm Springs helped me to think it through and what it should look like. I’m deeply grateful for my precious friends who take their time to come over to our house and help me brainstorm. And each

Published November 14, 2019

THIS DAY IN LGBT HISTORY – NOVEMBER 14

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

Published November 20, 2018

Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 20

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works. These snippets of LGBT history are the stories of our lives the stories of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Learn about them then tell the stories…and remember. Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go

Published November 14, 2018

Today in LGBT History – NOVEMBER 14

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

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.