Don't seperate culture and politics. How we live ut lives EVERY moment is both cultural and political

Quite frankly I wish people and media and activist and self-appointed "queer"leaders would STOP separating politics from culture and realize that every time LGBT people gather be it a dance, a picnic, a demonstration a protest or a bonfire on the beach it is both a social and political moment.As an out gay man since 1966 and co-founder of both the YIPPIES and the GAY LIBERATION FRONT let ,me remind everyone who makes this separation to stop .. making change is hard work ..and it can also be fun.,, in fact it is critical on some level , That certainly was critical to the success of both the YIPPIE ! and the Gay Liberation Front movements. iIn GLF our organizing was done around two very brave actions We chanted COME OUT and we sponsored DANCES, not in bars that were closely policed by the mob and the cops: the bars .... that is why in the FREEDOM DAY/pride MARCH we had a samba band that all could dance to ...but its universal truth crosses over all identities and unites us in a shared desire to make a better more equitable world

for the last two years the Gay Liberation Front. invited the Manhattan Samba band to march with us . we knew her were LGBT members mixed in . GLF has always believed that putting theory into practice MUST involve the body ....I wish I had a better video clip of our dancing girls and the GLF marchers ..but this is all I could find today. tbc