tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post4862040966118074894..comments2024-03-28T11:09:25.688-04:00Comments on I Should Be Laughing: LGBT History Month: This Is UsBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-19514171753437548042011-05-21T18:13:48.930-04:002011-05-21T18:13:48.930-04:00You can add Abraham Lincoln to the list above... w...You can add Abraham Lincoln to the list above... who slept with two young men on a nightly basis while in the White House.<br /><br />One wonders if the gunshot at the Ford's Theater is rightly called an assignation or was it more a hate crime?<br /><br />The religious right loves to use Abraham Lincoln as a mantra to cover their apparent racism but we all know the republican party has been hijacked by fundamentalist Christophobes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-65461340006590424842009-11-02T10:22:55.857-05:002009-11-02T10:22:55.857-05:00Just a mild correction.
Not all of us who organiz...Just a mild correction.<br /><br />Not all of us who organized and participated in this demo on 11.12.69 were members of GLF. There were people from a number of disparate groups quite unlike GLF (nascent Lavender Menace members, HYMN, etc), who shared a common outrage over the Time piece.<br /><br />I like to think we had an impact since Time's coverage seven months later on the first Pride march *(Christopher Street Liberation Day) had a much improved tone.<br /><br />You can see Diana Davies' photos of the demo from the NYPL digital archive that are mistakenly labeled as GLF here: http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1581957&t=wFred in VTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-16023972350959927072009-11-02T02:43:58.471-05:002009-11-02T02:43:58.471-05:00I learn so much from your blog and love the way yo...I learn so much from your blog and love the way you ended an excellent month of informative, instructive, and inspiring lessons. The letter and collage provide an amazing picture! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-63239754443753392252009-11-01T16:32:28.769-05:002009-11-01T16:32:28.769-05:00Excellent, Bob. The collage speaks a thousand word...Excellent, Bob. The collage speaks a thousand words!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-26225374049474808072009-11-01T10:28:03.901-05:002009-11-01T10:28:03.901-05:00Thank you for this. I am honored to be among those...Thank you for this. I am honored to be among those listed. As a married gay man and father, I am overwhelmed with humility and gratitude for how far we have come. And as a man who is still fighting for equal rights, I am flabbergasted by how far we have to go. <br />But we are doing it. The trick is not to stop. Not to take anything for granted. Not to rest on the laurels of our progress. I do not understand hate. I do not understand it. And I have to believe that love wins. Not in leaps and bounds like violence and destruction. It is much harder and takes much longer to construct from love than to destroy from hate. <br />Keep constructing.<br />Sam HarrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-57962023839524746532009-10-31T20:22:00.280-04:002009-10-31T20:22:00.280-04:00Dynamite post, and believe it or not, I actually k...Dynamite post, and believe it or not, I actually knew some of this...SOME of it, but not enough. Great job!jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-59900982201169491322009-10-31T19:20:17.690-04:002009-10-31T19:20:17.690-04:00Great post and good info. Happy Halloween.Great post and good info. Happy Halloween.Stan in NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473396450228240345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-76910996601172263362009-10-31T18:04:43.333-04:002009-10-31T18:04:43.333-04:00Boy- thats one powerful post to end a very informa...Boy- thats one powerful post to end a very informative GLBT month series. Thank you so very much for spending the time to put this together Bob!Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-35046745295395461402009-10-31T15:47:01.668-04:002009-10-31T15:47:01.668-04:00I note you got Providence, RI mayor David Cicillin...I note you got Providence, RI mayor David Cicilline in there but you missed Majority Leader Rep. Gordon Fox. Or more importantly Rep. Frank Ferri. <br /><br />Both openly gay men serving in the RI House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-54104147295508369382009-10-31T15:11:13.027-04:002009-10-31T15:11:13.027-04:00You've put lots of time and effort into these ...You've put lots of time and effort into these posts Bob - great job. I for one have learned heaps I didn't know. Thanks.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519427492100090401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-59610501818982129822009-10-31T11:49:28.257-04:002009-10-31T11:49:28.257-04:00Terrific post Bob! A fitting end to GLBT history m...Terrific post Bob! A fitting end to GLBT history month.<br /><br />I have always though that the most compelling(though a little dramatic) way to dampen a detractors argument or hatred toward us was to detail the catastrophic loss humanity would feel if we(GLBT folk) were all simply erased from history.Kyle Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369076904327452139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-82896908456893190152009-10-31T11:47:01.731-04:002009-10-31T11:47:01.731-04:00Great way to end the month, that letter experiment...Great way to end the month, that letter experiment is powerful.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-86495900064386160212009-10-31T09:46:42.909-04:002009-10-31T09:46:42.909-04:00What a great summation for your month long series ...What a great summation for your month long series on gay history! Thank you so very much!Ultra Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07972162933530146298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-9789630565874802102009-10-31T08:33:19.159-04:002009-10-31T08:33:19.159-04:00Great post! Thanks for putting all this together!...Great post! Thanks for putting all this together!lacochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122022168616822147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-88422103556945178922009-10-31T08:19:40.707-04:002009-10-31T08:19:40.707-04:00Great piece! I've always liked that letter too...Great piece! I've always liked that letter too.Eric Arvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15003380162258465067noreply@blogger.com