The Indypendent
Jessica Max Stein
Gay Old Brooklyn: Hugh Ryan Takes a Look at the Borough’s Queer Past
Hugh Ryan got the idea to write When Brooklyn Was Queer when he held pop-up queer history exhibit parties…
Another biography of Harvey Milk?’ I thought with a twinge of annoyance when I saw Lillian Faderman’s latest book,…
Barefoot Poet’s Walk Against Climate Change Cut Short by SUV Driver
Poet, environmentalist and quirky creative activist Mark Baumer, 33, was walking along the side of a highway in western…
‘Girls Just Want to Stop Trump’: Snapshots from the NYC Women’s March
I am full of hope after participating in and reporting on Saturday's Women’s March in New York City. About…
I first suspected I was queer when a friend gave me a copy of Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle,…
Gay Marriage Endangers Queer Community
I was standing outside the Stonewall Inn last June 24 at the moment gay marriage came to New York…
Affirming the Outsider’s Eye: Adrienne Rich’s Legacy
The 1960s found Adrienne Rich, like many women of her generation, plagued by disillusion. Born in Baltimore in 1929,…
‘Gold Is Not God’: Yom Kippur at Occupied Wall Street
“Think we’ll get arrested at synagogue tonight?” I texted M., as I dressed for Kol Nidre services at Occupied…