Search results for: “stephen coy”
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Private Lives, Drama, Baby. by Paul Burston
(Reprinted by kind permission of the author Paul Burston) I don’t know how this happened, but I appear to have reached the ripe old age of 58 without having seen a production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives or witnessed the great Patricia Hodge live on stage. Yesterday I put both of these grave injustices…
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‘How We Won the War for LGBTQ Equality: And How Our Enemies Could Take it all Away’ by Kevin Naff
We have to start with the title, which might seem an overly optimistic statement. Do the battles not just go on and on? Kevin Naff clarifies a bit by saying that we have collectively won many battles but the fight is not over and the promise of equality remains fragile. His book is a collection…
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The Storm : One Voice From the AIDS Generation by Christopher Zyda
It is doubtful that anyone outside Christopher Zyda’s personal circle of friend or business associates could identify him as an author. Memoirs are usually attached to some kind of adjacent celebrity or renown in own’s chosen field. Though unknown, he has quite a story to share. Raised in typical, middle-class, Southern California, his early years…
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David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music
Every year when our little hamlet of Provincetown empties out, I am reminded of the wonderful song from the musical Grey Gardens, “Another Winter in a Summer Town.” This year those melancholy feelings seem quaint. When the town is so quiet, empty and cold, I find comfort in cracking open another book, never knowing precisely…
