Gay People Are Part Of Every Family

I was reminded this week of a truism. Gay people are a part of every family. One of the chief bullies from my high school years has a gay brother in a long-term committed relationship with his partner. That fact intersects with my life, and to be honest, I hope that sitting down on this chilly and now rainy afternoon and writing will allow for some inner feelings to be explored about a painful chapter of my life with an ironic component. As a teenager, I was continuously bullied, primarily […]

https://caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/04/29/gay-people-are-part-of-every-family/

Funny, I just published a whole article on my website about how porn magazines were a vector for #GayRights and activism back in the 60s and #70s... preservation is a passion for me too. www.collectorsrealm3.net/2026/04/08/p...

1966 Sip-In: LGBT history, a New York protest against anti-gay laws
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2023/01/sip-in-shanigans-before-stonewall-there.html
#gayrights #politics #history #newyork #julius #uspol #lgbt #gay #+

The Boal Barn in Boalsburg, Centre County, was home to the State College Community Theatre for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to act with them the final twenty. #community #comunitytheater #communitytheatre #statecollegecommunitytheater #statecollegecommunitytheatre #groupeffort #ittakesavillage #apprentice #apprentices #apprenticeprogram #nunsense #guysanddolls #musicalcomedymurdersof1940 #theheidichronicles #gayrights #bats #centrecounty #nearpsu #nearpennstate #pennstateuniversity

Sutton Place was the big gay disco, when I visited Minneapolis in the 1980s. You never forget your first. #minneapolis #mpls #minneapolisminnesota #minnesota #midwest #midweststates #midweststate #suttonplace #disco #discos #gaydisco #gaydiscos #gay #gayrights #civilrights #equalrights #dancing #discolife #discotech #discotechas #1980s #memories #memory #funtimes #vickisuerobinson #turnthebeataround #music #dancingmusic

President Jimmy Carter’s thoughts about the Bible and homosexuality resurfaces

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jimmy-carter-homosexuality-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jimmy-carter-homosexuality-ex1

Gay dad has a forceful response to a 7-year-old who called gay people ‘the devil’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gay-dad-response-to-hateful-kid-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gay-dad-response-to-hateful-kid-ex1

There were many advantages to growing up in a small town of 900 folks. For a member of a despised minority, there were also numerous disadvantages. What's to be done with our bigoted society? #equalrights #civilrights #bigotry #endbigotry #enddiscrimination #discrimination #lgbt #lgbtrights #gayrights #bigotryiswrong #racism #sexism #xenophobia #homophobia #minorityrights #minority #gaymen #smalltown #smalltowns #pennsylvania