meaning making
My favorite hours this past weekend was at a fundraiser and birthday celebration in San Francisco to honor a legendary LGBTQ+ activist and beloved community elder. 🎉 The venue was the Hibernia, a historic bank repurposed into an event space. Cleve Jones took the stage after the crowd sang happy birthday to him. He’s 70… Continue reading The Shield
My first Pride event. The year was 1988 or 89. I was an undergrad at Florida State University in Tallahassee. My boyfriend and I drove my clunky Toyota Starlet to Atlanta for pride weekend celebrations. We stayed with a friend near Piedmont Park and met up with a lesbian couple (Vicky and Wendy) we were… Continue reading Thirty+ Years Ago, What I Remember from my First Pride
“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken”. ~ Oscar Wilde