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Friday, June 16, 2006 PUNK'S NOT DEADa big part of jewish culture is to pass their history on through stories to the children, who pass it on to their children, and so on and so forth. therefore preserving the culture and traditions, as not to fall victims of the past. when i was 21, i was blessed enough to be mentored by a gay man named DICK RICHARDS, who was the patriarch of a large network of free-thinkers that had all met while working on McGOVERN'S 1972 presidential campaign in ATLANTA. i learned more than i can ever begin to tell you from DICK, but more importantly, he nurtured my imagination and made me feel i was part of a huge family that loved and understood me. when i moved to NYC, DICK'S childhood friend, NELSON SULLIVAN, became my guardian and teacher. NELSON taught me the history of being gay, as it related to film, literature, politics, music, art and NEW YORK CITY. it was understood that i would in turn pass this knowledge on to the next generation of young gays that i encountered, who pass it on to their children, and so on and so forth. i have indeed done that on a personal and public level, but the new kids clearly need more mentoring, otherwise we wouldn't see so many gay kids with such a cavalier attitude toward the erosion of long fought for rights that so many men and women died for. young gay people today should be turning this fucking country upside down! maybe this is the result of so many would be mentors being wiped out by the plague, or maybe it's just downright complacency. i don't know. i just feel that we are being clobbered by trying to play it straight___by playing by the rules. fuck the rules___act the fuck up! we need some radical sissy anarchist who don't give a fuck about getting married or having babies, but sure as fuck demand the right to! we need a gay political force that is bigger and stronger, but the polar opposite of the religious right-wing! punk rock, baby! rollin' wit da homos! otherwise, how will we avoid repeating history? and who will be left to tell our history, us or them? . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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