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Phyllis Lyon  // Posts tagged as "Phyllis Lyon"

16 Apr Posted by in Lee Lynch | Comments Off on RIP Phyllis Lyon, you changed our lives forever

RIP Phyllis Lyon, you changed our lives forever

RIP Phyllis Lyon, you changed our lives forever

Copyright Lee Lynch 2020 “We lost a giant today,” tweeted California State Sen. Scott Weiner, who is chairman of the LGBTQ caucus. A giant is exactly what the ninety-five-year-old Phyllis Lyon was, along with her partner Del Martin, who died at age eighty-seven in 2008. My friend the sailor broke the news to me. She […]

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14 Jun Posted by in Lee Lynch | 2 comments

The Link Between Old and Young Dykes

The Link Between Old and Young Dykes

The only information I had on old gay people when I came out was that we were doomed to be alone and thus miserable. Oh, and lesbians would have leathery skin while gay men would become pitiful predators. At least, that’s how old perverts were portrayed in the pulps, and in non-fiction about criminology and […]

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13 Nov Posted by in Jewelle Gomez | 3 comments

Barbara Grier Broke the Silence

Barbara Grier Broke the Silence

Barbara Grier (left, shown with partner Donna McBride) passed away November 10 at the age of 79…young from my perspective, but obviously an elder in the world of lesbians and of publishing. Her history will be written in essays and PhD theses still to come, but a glimpse reveals: she was one of the editors […]

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24 Oct Posted by in Jewelle Gomez | Comments Off on Before Stonewall

Before Stonewall

Before Stonewall

Phyllis Lyon and The Temperamentals New Conservatory Theatre, which was the saintly producer of my play, Waiting for Giovanni, has an intriguing new play coming up on November 4th.  The Temperamentals is an award-winning new play about Harry Hay his love affair with avant garde fashion designer, Rudi Gernreich and their founding of the first […]

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