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E146 | How I Became An Activist Writer
In 1965, when he was 17, Perry Brass hitchhiked from Savannah to San Francisco where he spent a year living on the street, sleeping between parked cars or in SRO hotels, doing any job he could, and loving the freedom of it.
After Perry moved to New York, Perry joined New York’s groundbreaking Gay Liberation Front in 1969 and the staff of Come Out!, the first Gay Liberation newspaper. His poetry was published in many “gay firsts,” including The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse, the first mainstream collection of queer poetry. He has since published 23 books, most recently “My Life without Money and other poems.”
In 1972, Perry and two friends started the Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic, the first clinic for gay men on the East Coast, still active as New York’s Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. The Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic, organized and run by the men who used it rather than by doctors, became the model for many grass-roots health organizations in the gay community.
E63 | Blair Glaser | How an Expert on Authority Channels Her Own
63 | Blair Glaser |
Licensed Psychotherapist | Former Actress | Writer | Consultant | Leadership Mentor
E62 | Lama Karma Chötso | How I Became A Tibetan Buddhist Nun
62 | Lama Karma Chötso | Tibetan Buddhist Lama | Author | Singer | Open Awareness Buddhist Center in Miami, Florida
E61 | Martina McGowan, MD | When An Introvert Taps Her Rage
61 | Martina McGowan, MD | Physician | Acclaimed Poet & Writer | Activist in the Fight Against Social, Racial, and Sexual Injustices
E60 | Lisabeth Reynolds | When A Spiritual Emergency Unlocked My Creative Self
60 | Lisabeth Reynolds | Clown in Senior settings l Writing and Journaling Teacher | Author of 3 Books
E59 | Philip Smith | How I Was Hurled Into A Wildly Eclectic Life
59 | Philip Smith | Acclaimed Visual Artist | Former Managing Editor for GQ Magazine | Author of a memoir “Walking Through Walls”
E58 | Stephen Kuusisto | What My Blindness Keeps Teaching Me About Life
58 | Stephen Kuusisto | Disability Activist | Author of “Planet Of The Blind,” a NYT Notable Book of the Year | Poet | Teacher
E57 | Peggy Horan | How I’m Reinventing Myself In My 80s
57 | Peggy Horan | Co-Founder of the Esalen Massage School | Author | Massage Teacher & Practitioner | Yoga & Movement Student
E56 | Darrell Gurney | About The Joys Of Back Forty Experiments
56 | Darrell Gurney | Seasoned Recruiting Veteran | Career Advisor | Spiritual Counselor | Author of “The Back Forty”
E55 | Dr. Margarita Gurri | When A Misbehavior Expert Finds Her Own Bawdiness
55 | Dr. Margarita Gurri |Misbehavior Expert From Cuba| Clinical Psychologist | Author | Podcast Host
