How did Provincetown, MA, get to be “gay, gay, GAY,” as the Provincetown Business Guild puts it? Let the locals tell you – the lounge pianist who’s been there 50 years, The Fabulous Dyketones founder,...
Sex, Drugs, and Drag Shows: A Memoir
- March 19, 2015
- Tagged as: AIDS, Castro, gay, LGBT, Marilyn Pittman, Mark Abramson, San Francisco
Marilyn takes a trip back to the ’70s and early ’80s with author Mark Abramson. His memoir, “For My Brothers,” has one hair-raising story of sex and drugs and rock and roll after another.  A cast…
Tom Nolan Tackles LGBT Senior Issues
- February 5, 2015
- Tagged as: aging, LGBT, Marilyn Pittman, San Francisco, seniors, Tom Nolan
For almost two decades, Tom Nolan ran Project Open Hand, a meal service created during the AIDS crisis.  He’s now chairman of the MUNI board. But his passion is gay rights and right now it’s the…
Moving on from “Trannyshack,” the legendary punk rock drag show in SoMa for 12 years, impresario Heklina is opening her new club in what used to be the hot corner of the gay male club…
Troy Williams is known as “the gay mayor” of Salt Lake City. He is an award-winning broadcaster, host of KRCL’s “Radioactive” there. He has been at the forefront of the fight for marriage equality in…
An Archive Of Hope: Harvey Milk
- May 22, 2014
- Tagged as: Archive of Hope, gay radio, Harvey Milk, LGBT, Marilyn Pittman, San Francisco
To commemorate Independence Day and the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in favor of marriage equality, we are honoring the Martin Luther King, Jr. of the gay rights movement, Harvey Milk. Marilyn’s 2013 talks with scholars…
