Two days ago, I was on the road for 14 hours so I missed the National Coming Out Day celebration. This day is important to me and many others. I came out when I was young. At the time, over twenty-one years ago, I did not know one person who was out of the closet….
Tag: lgbt
Free-Diving Off the Banks of Normal: A Review of Debbie Taylor’s Herring Girl
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on September 7, 2014 Debbie Taylor’s release of Herring Girl takes us where we’re not yet comfortable but dying to go: beyond normal. The novel interweaves lives, past and present, in a saga that will make you scoff at the absurdity, sigh at the humanity, and sink into…
National Day In the Closet (a.k.a.: How to Be a Good Neighbor)
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on July 2, 2014 I am writing this because of nightmares. Have you ever been lying in bed, about to fall asleep, and you – while still half awake – begin having a nightmare, and you know you’re having one, but you cannot pull yourself from its semi-conscious…
“Gay Cure” Now Off the Market: Exodus International Says a Healing Goodbye to an Era of Shame and Trauma
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on June 21, 2013 The news is out and on repeat, as usual, only this time: it’s personal, the kind that makes you cry in relief and do a dancey-dance at the same time. How often do we feel that what we read is relevant and personal to…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Sapphic Resistance
I’ve learned that today is Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day. I appreciate Angela Lansbury every day but since she taught me about lesbian witches, I shall offer a brief comment on the first lesbian witch to win my heart: Ms. Price. The obvious must be stated: Ms. Price is a lesbian and Bedknobs and Broomsticks can…
Lawrence Welk Fans: The Long-held (and Lang-held) Tradition of Lesbian Coding
“At gigs, she teased the crowd: ‘There’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you for a while … I am a L-L-Lawrence Welk fan.’ In the Advocate interview, she stopped speaking in code.”
Headmistress Press + Hexmistress Jess 