homophobia
Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized
June 24, 2015In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.
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“The Imitation Game”: Binary consciousness at many levels
January 6, 2015The enthralling story of an inspired, harassed and troubled genius, British mathematician Alan Turing and his conquest of the "unbreakable" Nazi "Enigma" code.
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“Pride” tells of solidarity vs. prejudice, winning vs. losing
October 14, 2014In 1984, a small group of London gays and lesbians collected money for the miners and taught a lesson of solidarity that everybody should memorize.
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Ice buckets, Cuba, walking and wills
September 22, 2014"Instead of competing against each other for precious donor dollars, the whole nation ought to join in a mass movement for universal health care."
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“Roberta’s Fire”: Homophobia, hate, redemption in a Texas town
May 5, 2014I had some mind-traveling to do in reading "Roberta's Fire," by Texas songwriter-singer-journalist Kelly Sinclair.
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