Articles Archive for 5 August 2009
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I know that using a Wizard of Oz reference is cheesy when I’m writing a post about LGBT rights, but I have to tell you that it’s just the way I feel.
Only 15 months ago I was minding my own business – PTA mom, Elder of the church, volunteering at the Zoo, trying to get my kids to do their homework… you know, the typical stay at home mom kind of thing, although I prefer the title Professional Volunteer.
Now, those who know me are laughing their asses off, because “typical” is not a word that has ever been applied to me before.
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LGBT Author E. Lynn Harris Passes in CA – E. Lynn Harris wasn’t always a novelist. He had lived the earlier part of his life as a heterosexual – but on the “down low” as a Black Gay man. While at the University of Arkansas he was the first Black yearbook editor – as well as the university’s first Black male cheerleader. His “down low” life continued. Mr. Harris became a successful computer salesman for three of the leading major corporations after graduation – and lived in several locations in the eastern half of the country. While at a corporate conference in 1983 he met a person whose encouragement helped Mr. Harris to change his life. The person he met was Maya Angelou – and she strongly encouraged him to write. In 1990 he made some serious changes in his life – and then he moved to Atlanta to devote himself to his writing. His first book was self-published using the last of his savings – that was in 1992 when he published “Invisible Life”.
