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Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: BayCityJohn on December 14, 2009, 05:30:06 pm ---Tidbit

Tom Gregory told me that the shirts were in fact washed once before he received them  :o

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 :o

On one side it's understandable, but still ...
... it just feels wrong.

BayCityJohn:
This is the video from NBC channel 4 that was shown over the weekend.

Gays, Lesbians Finally Get Their Due in a Western Museum

KNBC-TV

The Autry National Center, founded by Gene Autry, begins a series of events celebrating the LGBTQ contributions and involvement in Western life.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/station/as-seen-on/Gays__Lesbians_Finally_Get_Their_Due_in_a_Western_Museum_Los_Angeles.html

Ellemeno:
Hey, seeing that news clip feels good.  Thanks John!

milomorris:

--- Quote from: BayCityJohn on December 10, 2009, 04:55:33 pm ---Kip Hinton had been editor of the Cody Enterprise, founded by Buffalo Bill. A fire had destroyed an archive of the newspaper's original copies, but the Autry Library arranged to borrow microfilm of the complete set from 1956-1962, when Gregory lived in Cody. Rediscovering all the wonderful columns that his dad had written, with their small-town humor and skill at saying a lot with few words, Gregory found himself reconnecting with his home state as a grown man, in a way that he had never dared to do as a kid.

"And the sole reason for not being there before," he told me, "was because I was gay."

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The quote I bolded confuses me two ways:

1. Is "there" the Autry Library, his connection to his home state, or something else?

2. Regardless of what "there" is, what was it about being gay that had caused his separation?

SFEnnisSF:

It was a great panel discussion.  I was captivated the whole time, and learned a lot of new things and new ideas explored.  I'm really looking forward to William Handley's book.   :)

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