Last week was such an amazing week for the LGBTQ community. SCOTUS ruled on DOMA and Proposition 8, declaring DOMA unconstitutional and returning Prop 8 to the lower courts, essentially removing the opposition to gay marriages in California, marriages which resumed almost immediately following the decision. Celebrations were countrywide, loud and joyous. Even the President… Continue reading What An Amazing Week in LGBTQ History and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Month: June 2013
Review: Hobbled by John Inman
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Eighteen year old Danny Shay should be having the time of his life, but its not working out like that. Now living with his dad in San Diego, Danny should be enjoying the summer but his own lack of judgement and outrage over his boss’s shorting his paycheck led… Continue reading Review: Hobbled by John Inman
Review: When Dachshunds Ruled the Serengeti by Michael Murphy
Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5 It is the first day of Jose’s collegiate life and he’s terrified. The older of nine children, Jose Lopez is the son of migrant workers, born in California and familiar only with the states his family worked through and the transitory life that comes with being part of a… Continue reading Review: When Dachshunds Ruled the Serengeti by Michael Murphy
Review: Stonewall by Martin Duberman
Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5 It’s June 28, 1969. At a gay bar called Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village, NY City’s finest, the NYPD carried out a raid on the bar that should have been routine. After all the police had been raiding and harassing gay bars and establishments for years, so… Continue reading Review: Stonewall by Martin Duberman
A Day To Celebrate!
Today is a day to celebrate. SCOTUS struck down Prop 8 and DOMA this morning in two historic decisions. The tide has turned and is rising to cover the nation. Watch the live feed from San Francisco and have a glass of champayne to celebrate these historic victories. Supreme Court Strikes… Continue reading A Day To Celebrate!
Review: A Casual Weekend Thing by A.J. Thomas
Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5 Doug Heavy Runner is the only member of the Baker County Sheriff’s Department that is also a member of the volunteer search and rescue team operating in his section of Montana. So it is no surprise when a 911 call results in Doug hanging over the edge of a… Continue reading Review: A Casual Weekend Thing by A.J. Thomas
Review: Heart of the Race by Mary Calmes
Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5 Brian Christie has loved Varro Dacien since he was 9 and saw him for the first time out the window of his foster home. Varro and his brother Nico were getting ready to jump a go cart off his family’s rooftop. That day saw Varro in the hospital yet again… Continue reading Review: Heart of the Race by Mary Calmes
It’s Raining and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Once again it’s raining here in Maryland, formerly known as The Temperate State. Before today our rain total was 6.11 inches this month. I think its safe to say we will be adding several more inches to that total just on today’s rainfall alone. Hard to believe we are looking at July just over the… Continue reading It’s Raining and the Week Ahead in Reviews
Stonewall Inn Recollections
In five days, it will be the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprisings. It was the spark that set off the gay revolution to equality, civil rights, and acceptance. I am going to delay my review of Martin Duberman’s Stonewall until Friday, June 28th, the anniversary date. Until that time, here are some youtube… Continue reading Stonewall Inn Recollections
Review: Mighty Casey by Willa Okati
Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Casey Sprague has a job he adores as a wedding planner and a wonderful committed relationship with a man he loves deeply, Nate Rule. Casey knows the man he loves is a man of many passions, and while Casey may take the top spot in Nate’s life, baseball comes… Continue reading Review: Mighty Casey by Willa Okati
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 