by Marti Smith I once had a T shirt that read “Farm Grown and Illinois Good.” I grew up on the seat of tractor,on a farm homesteded by my great great grandparents.During the late 1950’s and early 1960’s there was no information to be found about being gay. Besides I was naive and would not …
A recorded conversation over Zoom between members of the project on lesbian identity and the evolution of language in the LGBTQ+ community. https://youtu.be/8PRQ5JIJyLg Lawson, Marti Smith, Karen Morris, Kathleen Hennesse A conversation on the promises and pitfalls of the identifier “butch.” Watch Video Edit Project Post Title Slug Post Content Add Media Visual Text <p>A …
by Todd Williams Aging sheds skinLayers so thinYou change before you know it.Youth with beautyPride and a dutyTo live freelyIn this worldA subconscious envyMy story shapes meMy story makes meHe, She, They, ThemPronouns are who I AmWill my story be remembered?Spiritual ageismGendered historyThe Aged wonder, will you miss me?Stories sharedLives comparedIn our gathering placeA youth …
Perihelion As the earth sweeps from perihelion towards July’s aphelion,The angle of the sun’s now missing rays will soon favor us.There is a steady drip of rain in the downspout.Last evening’s snow dust is melted. Despair The anguish of my heart is bounded by no limits.Like the shrill cold shriek of the wind …
the first in a series of letters Do not cry for us, dear ones.There is no cause for grieving, here, now.ListenWe know the horrors we bring to you,Laid at your feet, as unbidden offerings,Which you lift up to yourselvesAnd hold for us.Yet, we do not wish for these horrors to be a burden for you.So, …
Music by Lillian Climo Throughout quarantine, I have been doing my best to remain creative. Sometimes this endeavour feels genuinely depressing rather than generative. I have been battling heightened and often debilitating anxiety since January. Returning home complicates these feelings for many reasons. I have deeply enjoyed being able to spend time in the woods, …
Opera fans who are lgtbq or + may wonder if we are represented in opera. We are, but, like many of us have been in everyday life, we do not announce our presence in opera with great fanfare. In this overview of lgtbq+ folx in opera, I present two gay men, two men who may be homosexual, one man who may …
