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Barney Frank called it a “bittersweet day.” It was the first law in American history, he said, “that begins the job of protecting LGBT people against prejudice,” but, he added, it came “too late to save countless victims.”39
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
William Burroughs était à la fois vieux et jeune. Un peu shérif, un peu privé. Cent pour cent écrivain. Il tenait son armoire à pharmacie sous clef, mais si on avait mal quelque part, il n’hésitait pas à l’ouvrir. Il n’aimait pas voir souffrir ceux qu’il aimait. Si vous étiez cloué au lit, il vous nourrissait. Il se présentait à votre porte avec un
... See moreHéloïse Esquié • Just Kids (GRAND PUBLIC) (French Edition)
Your godparents, also city people, live a mile down the road. She has red hair and cat’s-eye glasses; he is bald and does one voice to impersonate all four Beatles.
Lena Dunham • Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned
After dinner, Andy and I stopped by a bookstore that was next to St. Mark’s Comedy Club. Unorganized, lots of underground poetry, ended up getting “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” and a preface to Plato. I asked the guy if they had any Ed Sanders (his Tales of Beatnick Glory shaped my sense of history of this neighborhood). They had that same book, signed,
... See moreLike most barmen, Bobby is a great expert on sexual questions.
Christopher Isherwood • Goodbye To Berlin
He was the voice in England of this humane intoxication and expansion, this encouraging of anybody to be anything. His best books are a carnival of liberty,