For the Future Unforeseeable
"From Nostalgia through Now and Beyond" is an homage to the historical LGBT Human/Civil rights movement internationally, and especially those who lived “in the life” unsung. Begun in 2015, the aim of this series of montages is not to be a definitive sociological study so much as an overview of the bravery, heart, and time it takes for progressive strides to be made. It also shows the cyclical nature of such movements and how, for many cultures and populations globally, these strides are still up against a great deal of ignorance, oppression and violence. The superimposition of unknown same sex couples from brownie cameras etc., combined with better known figures like Harry Hay or Barbara Gittings, embraces the diverse heroism (whether sought or accidental), and triumph while acknowledging the cost, the casualties lost along the way. Ultimately the message of this series is that where there is love there is hope.
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~ James Baldwin
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Recent Literature
Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Drama
“As an Act of Protest” has never been more urgent than now.
The Bulldog, the Cyclone, the Ocelot, and Tom. With dignity and mettle for all.
Centuries of cruelty demand centuries of reparation.
Grace is a dance in the face of adversity, a pirouette across a landscape of bigotry.
A sublime horror, a beautiful exploitation—sung to mellifluous perfection.
Dismantled binaries, reclaimed thoughts, decolonized language.
The New Engagement
The New Engagement endeavors a novel approach to discovering, introducing, and showcasing writers, artists, and filmmakers, by providing them digital and print platforms, while encouraging and supporting their social-consciousness.