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That Curious Word, “Homophobia”
I’ve never liked the word “homophobia.” It implies fear, and I honestly don’t think most people who are anti-gay fear us. They don’t jump when they see us like we’re a bee or spider. Their hearts don’t pound and their palms don’t get clammy. We don’t evoke the same response as flashing lights in the…
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Remembering College
Remembering Kent State University (1975-1979) Frank Bruni’s column today in the New York Times — How To Get the Most Out of College — got me to thinking. First I thought of the kids we know who are going off to college this month: neighbor kids on both sides, our friend’s son Andy, and my…
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Will you still love me when I’m 64?
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?” The Beatles released “When I’m 64” on the Sgt. Pepper album just two weeks before I turned 14 in 1967. That was fifty years ago — a half century almost to the day. Being 64 was unimaginable. My parents were 50 and 52. Now that was…
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“Gay is Good!”
My husband David and I have recorded and are slowly watching the ABC mini-series When We Rise about the gay liberation movement. The story follows the lives and events of some well-known figures in our movement including Cleve Jones, Roma Guy, Del Martin, Phyllis Lion, and Larry Kramer. It’s interesting the power this program holds for me.…
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Conversations with Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah took over for Jon Stewart at Comedy Central 17 months ago. I thought I would post several interviews that Noah has done. He has a unique perspective in observing Donald Trump’s conduct as a candidate and now as President. Noah was born biracial in South Africa in 1984 during apartheid, when interracial relationships…
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Trump… Or Do They?
Donald Trump won the presidential election on November 8, 2016. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost 2.9 million — but Trump won in the Electoral College. There’s debate about the merits of having an Electoral College, but unless changed by a Constitutional Amendment that’s our system per Article II, Section I of the United States…
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Drone Flight Over the Great Wall
If you haven’t checked out my website section on William Edgar Geil & the Great Wall of China, I hope you will. It’s an astounding story. In that section of the website I talk about William Lindesay, a British native now living in China who has devoted his life to the Great Wall of China —…
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My Grandfather & The Great Wall of China
My grandfather, Dr. William Edgar Geil, was a missionary and explorer throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and elsewhere. In 1908 he walked the entire length of the Great Wall of China, roughly 1500 miles. He is the first person ever documented to have done so. Dr. Geil and this history are largely forgotten despite…