Stonewall Before and After: Some Recent Histories
Jesse's Journal
The 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising inspired the book business, like other industries, to celebrate and exploit this momentous event.
New York Pride/World Pride
Jesse's Journal
Wherever you went, from Harlem to Brooklyn, queer people and our allies were in full force. Most of New York’s famous museums had LGBTQ exhibits. … the Village Voice photographer who captured the Stonewall Uprising, as well as other pivotal events in LGBTQ and New York City history.
A Cuban Loves Lucy
Jesse's Journal
Recently I dropped into a Family Dollar store in Columbia, Tenn., where I noticed a nostalgia magazine by the cash register. Lucille Ball was on the cover.
Stonewall at 50
Jesse’s Journal
Fifty years ago, I was a 16-year old high school student in Miami; and I did not learn about Stonewall until I read my first gay newspaper two years later. Today, almost every high school student in America knows about Stonewall. What was once unmentionable is now part of our country’s political and social history.
‘The Best Little Boy in the World’ runs for president
Jesse’s Journal
Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Ind., is another good example of “the best little boy in the world.” In spite of his last name, pronounced “boot-edge-edge,” Mayor Pete has an impressive resume.
A coven of witches
Jesse's Journal
To most Americans, witches are either child-stealing devil worshipers, hideous old women like the Wicked Witch of the West, or lovable enchantresses like the sisters in the television series “Charmed.”
Arenas and Sex
Jesse’s Journal
In his autobiography “Before Night Falls” (Antes Que Anochezca), the late Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1944-1990) wrote about his sexual encounters with nominally straight males in 1960s Havana: “These areas were full of recruits and students, single men who were locked up in barracks or schools and went out at night eager for sex.
Voyage on Atlantis
Jesse’s Journal
Atlantis Events was founded by Rich Campbell in 1991. Since then, Atlantis (“The Way We Play”) has “grown into the world’s largest gay and lesbian specialty vacation company, bringing together over 300,000 from our community and beyond for great times around the world.
Gay Parents and Non-Parents
Jesse's Journal
Andy Cohen’s parenting experience is part of a veritable “baby boom” among gay men everywhere.
The End of the Baby Boomers
Jesse’s Journal
Baby Boomers survived and prospered and changed the world along the way. But I am not here to praise my generation. I just want us to retire.
