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‘Lavender menace became a magical term.’ KARLA JAY is a lesbian organizer, writer, and educator whose activism goes back to the period immediately following the Stonewall Riots. A professor of English at Pace University in New York City for many years, her political involvement dates back to her years at Barnard College in the late 1960s. This interview was conducted via “e-mail rally” between Ms. Jay and The G&LR.
Angles on the Revolution Dona Ann McAdams’ photography is featured in both the Art After Stonewall exhibition and the We Are Everywhere book. She too is a child of Stonewall, having chronicled queer æsthetics for over thirty years, adroitly capturing the urgency of early dyke marches, ACT UP actions, and LGBT military members marching in Washington in solidarity against the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that went into effect in 1994.
Explaining (not excusing) Jerome Robbins To commemorate acclaimed dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins’s the centennial, two separate tributes warrant our attention: Wendy Lesser’s biography Jerome Robbins: A Life in Dance and the retrospective exhibition Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York.
Glitter and Be Gay A main motive of the downtown pop scene was, and always will be, épater le bourgeoisie. People in the audience at NYU threw up when Wayne/Jayne County ate shit (dog food, actually) while singing a song called “Toilet Love.” The desire to shock was a huge element in all of this. Picture from: The Downtown Pop Underground. “Debbie Harry in spray-painted wedding dress.” Lisa Jane Persky collection.
Forget Stonewall Much like Stonewall, Edith Windsor’s win in the 2013 United States v. Windsor case is considered the moment when the walls of inequality were finally smashed, a moment that helped make it possible for gay marriage to become legal everywhere.
Why We Need ‘Reclaim Pride’ the queer liberation March points to the future possibilities of trans/queer organizing by grounding its intersectional movement in radical traditions, most notably recognizing that identity categories are attached to specific life chances that need to be transformed through the power of community.

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June 12, 2019

Transcending Generations: AIDS and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall

Within a period of a week, two seemingly unrelated articles were published that speak directly to the ideas I’m about to present. The first, in HIV-Plus magazine, was a dialogue between…More

May 20, 2019

Never Can Say Goodbye

We hinted in last issue’s BTW that this would be our last waltz with former U.S. Congressman Aaron Schock (R–Illinois). So we lied! Aaron is back in the…More

May 14, 2019

LGBTQ+ Pride Author Talk in Boston

Author of, most recently, the novel The Off Season & contributor to In Search of Stonewall, Amy Hoffman; author of, most recently The Hub of the Gay Universe: An LGBTQ…More

May 13, 2019

Celebrate Pride in NYC w/The G&LR

Celebrate a quarter century of the pioneering magazine of LGBTQ history, culture, & politics with this event to honor the release of the commemorative book, In Search of Stonewall. Authors…More

May 7, 2019

In Search of Stonewall: A Discussion at the ONE Archives

Please join Editor Richard Schneider, Felice Picano and Tom Baker in a discussion of this pivotal event in our community’s history. The year was 1994. It was the…More

May 6, 2019

One on One

IN SEARCH OF STONEWALL: A Discussion May 28, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm in the San Diego History Center Theater & Atrium Join Editor Richard Schneider, and Lillian Faderman in…More

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‘Lavender menace became a magical term.’

KARLA JAY is a lesbian organizer, writer, and educator whose activism goes back to the period immediately following the Stonewall Riots. A professor of English at Pace University in New York City for many years, her political involvement dates back to her years at Barnard College in the late 1960s. This interview was conducted via “e-mail rally” between Ms. Jay and The G&LR.

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Angles on the Revolution

Dona Ann McAdams’ photography is featured in both the Art After Stonewall exhibition and the We Are Everywhere book. She too is a child of Stonewall, having chronicled queer æsthetics for over thirty years, adroitly capturing the urgency of early dyke marches, ACT UP actions, and LGBT military members marching in Washington in solidarity against the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that went into effect in 1994.
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1. June 12, 2019 Transcending Generations: AIDS and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
2. May 20, 2019 Never Can Say Goodbye
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