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‘Love, Victor’ on Hulu
A new exclusive Hulu series came online a month ago based on the groundbreaking 2018 film, Love, Simon — the first feature film by a major studio with a gay lead. The film followed teenager Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) as he struggled with coming out to his family and community at Creekwood High School in…
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What Would You Do?
In 2007 the television program What Would You Do? debuted on ABC. Blending reality TV with Candid Camera, the show uses actors to stage disturbing situations in restaurants and other public places. Hidden cameras film as bystanders react, unaware they’re watching actors not real people. The idea is to see how these bystanders deal with…
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Capt. Kirk’s Nephew Comes Out
Today I’m featuring another of the short and independent gay films that I’ve assembled on my website. This film isn’t actually that short — it runs 90 minutes — but if you’re a Star Trek fan I think you’ll find it’s a real treat! The film was produced as part of the Star Trek: New Voyages and Star Trek:…
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I am Officially ‘Pasture-ized’
This old horse is now officially out to pasture. Hooray! After 31 years, I went off payroll at the City of Cleveland effective 12:01 this morning. This presumably ends a total 37-year career in the field of neighborhood community development. Before starting work at City Hall in the Department of Community Development, I worked six…
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A Transgender Rollercoaster
June has been a rollercoaster ride for the transgender community. Within days of each other, the month brought both an historic victory and significant setback — but there’s hope for the latter as I’ll explain. The Victory As covered here last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that Title VII of the…
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Bigger than Marriage Equality
The Supreme Court delivered a surprise victory to the LGBT community this week when it ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination in employment. This victory was far from certain, but even sweeter given how the ruling played out. The majority opinion…
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
President Trump resumes his signature rallies tomorrow night with a gathering in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Initially the rally stirred controversy when it was scheduled for tonight — “Juneteenth,” the annual celebration marking when the last slaves were freed two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Trump’s rally was shifted to Saturday, but the timing…
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Riots Gave Birth to LGBTQ+ Rights
June is Pride Month, the annual celebration of the birth of modern gay liberation — born when LGBT people rioted for several nights in New York City’s Greenwich Village. They were fed up with constant police harassment and societal injustice. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn one…
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Birthday Blessings
Facebook counted 40 people posting Birthday greetings to me today. I appreciate every one very much. There was also a ring at the door upon which I found these flowers delivered from my husband, David. Another ring at the door later was Doug, one of my dearest friends going back 45 years. He stopped by…