Author Archive: Lynette Alice

The Pink Pistols isn’t really so much of a gay movement as it is a gay defense organization in the most literal sense. To be perfectly blunt members of the pink pistols are the ultimate nightmare for many gay bashers…
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Marriage equality is and always has been a civil rights issue in regards to the gay community in the United States. This position can be well backed up by looking at what marriage is legally and how the laws concerning…
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The easiest way to find out if your husband is gay is also usually the one method no woman ever wants to use which is to just ask him point blank if he is or is not gay. Granted it…
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England is a nation which has numerous Gay Pride events, but there is a small handful which stand out above the crowd. It can be difficult to say what event is the best or conversely the worst as people have…
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Deciding what makes a person influential is very subjective as there can be a number of factors one considers when setting a criteria. We assume that the influence people exert will be positive, however sometimes it is a negative and…
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Bayard Rustin was born on March 17, 1912, in West Chester Pennsylvania. He led a life that early on had him pegged as a rising academic who was noted for his keen mind and sometimes unpopular thinking. Actually his thinking…
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While transgender individuals are a part of the LGBT community, the manner in which they are treated by society as a whole has been pointed out as being significantly skewed in regards to the number of legal issues they often…
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National Transgender Awareness Day is actually an offshoot of the National Transgender Day of Rememberance. What is the difference you may wonder? Simply put there is none aside from National Transgender Awareness Day that is the product of a different…
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The liberal movement as it pertains to transsexuality is not in all reality very liberal. Transsexuals are still the outcasts in society as a whole and even within the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) community. While progress has been made to, specifically over…
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To be a transsexual in Iran is a mixed bag of who knows what. Iran has long been noted for a very strong anti-gay stance which at times has resulted in homosexuals receiving the lash, being hung, or stoned. This…
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The transition process of changing genders is riddled with potholes. At every turn there is always going to be a new stress or demand, and while most of the time these are personal or emotional issues, the one common thread…
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While there are dozens of online communities that tout their site as geared for the transsexual person very few actually deliver on that claim. When considering what makes for a good online community for the transsexual person many of the…
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Martin Bauml Duberman, born on August 6, 1930, has worn many hats in his day other than historian. He is a noted playwright, biographer, essayist, and academic enjoying international recognition and success. While not everyone recognizes his name, most do…
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The Mattachine Society was born out of necessity during the McCarthy era witch hunts of not just communists but gays and anything that was somehow deemed as “Un-American.” The sad fact is that McCarthy believed homosexuality was something that prevented…
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The GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS) located on Mission Street in San Francisco serves as a durable archive for everything which relates to the gay and transgender community. With that said it is more than just a library housing text material…
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In 1979 the Radical Faerie movement was sprang into existence as the brainchild of long time gay rights activist Harry Hay who was instrumental in the formation of the Mattachine Society. Over the course of around three weeks, Hay, his…
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The AIDS quilt came to life in a San Francisco storefront in 1987. Strangers gathered together and began making the first panels to memorialize those they feared history would neglect to remember. They were very different times for the LGBT…
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Pink Saturday, for the uninitiated, is quite simply put just about the biggest annial block party for the LGBT community that doesn’t have the word “Pride” attached to it. Actually that is only partially correct as it is Pride related…
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London’s gay community is an interesting group to examine insofar as they sure have come a long way in the past forty years or so years, but done so in a way that most people wouldn’t expect. Perhaps you can…
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San Francisco, California has long been known as not just the gay capital of the United States, but quite possibly the world. No matter who you talk to or where they are from, if you talk about the great gay communities on…
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Gaydar, or the ability to spot an LGBT person is a real thing. It may not be 100%, but what in life is aside from death? Gaydar is a form of intuition, it isn’t sorcery or something that only gay…
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“Lady Gaga is over!” “Lady Gaga is the ultimate rip-off!” “Lady Gaga is a farce!” Look around the web and various columns by people like Camille Paglia and you are sure to find those or very similarly worded statements regarding…
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The Rhode Island gay community is not only alive and well but thriving. Hidden within its tiny borders is one of the best gay communities in the country that few have ever heard of or even thought about. The size…
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Being the third largest city by population in the U.S., it is no surprise that Chicago has a large, strong, and healthy gay community. Aside from the fact Chicago is a great place for anyone to visit, or even live,…
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Morty Manford was a witness to the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969 which was an event that changed his life forever. Morty saw a great need for LGBT persons to start standing up for their rights and became one of the…
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While San Francisco grabs attention as being traditionally accepted as California’s gay capitol, Los Angeles’ gay community is alive and well and growing! In some circles there is a growing sentiment in fact that perhaps Los Angeles has actually taken…
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People always wonder what is so good about being in a gay partnership which never ceases to serve as a great form of amusement. It is as if they simply haven’t thought things through before asking something so plainly obvious….
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The history of transgender activism stretches all the way back to the 1800’s so far as what is clearly documented, however at its base transgender activism has been around nearly so long as people have held this self identity which…
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The tips for successful gay online dating are closely related to those for any type of dating site that caters to a niche market. With that said there are a few special tips that can make the experience work a…
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Transsexual dating is rarely if ever easy even with the number of sites catering to the community growing quicker than I ever realized. Like many traditional sites there are good bad, some are just outright horrible and exploitative. Good fortune…
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