In the hours leading up to last weekend's Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade there was an old-fashioned street party outside of Ginger's, the old-school dyke bar.
Thanks Kyle. Very much a trip down memory lane for me as a lesbian in the late 80s into the 90s. So much was going on then to move our community forward.
Happy to hear it resonated with you. What a furtive, nuanced period of our culture. And did you feel it was important then? I did, but I was just a kid.
Oh yes, I knew it was. We elected Clinton with the idea he might allow us to serve openly in the military. I lived in Cobb County GA where the county commission declared "the gay lifestyle" incompatible with American values. We organized and pushed back. It was quite a fight.
Thanks Kyle. Very much a trip down memory lane for me as a lesbian in the late 80s into the 90s. So much was going on then to move our community forward.
Happy to hear it resonated with you. What a furtive, nuanced period of our culture. And did you feel it was important then? I did, but I was just a kid.
Oh yes, I knew it was. We elected Clinton with the idea he might allow us to serve openly in the military. I lived in Cobb County GA where the county commission declared "the gay lifestyle" incompatible with American values. We organized and pushed back. It was quite a fight.