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NOT A JOB BUT A VOCATION

Anthony Eaton

An interview with Cathy Renna (She/her/hers)National LGBTQ Task Force Communications Director By Anthony T. Eaton In 1973, when I was six, most states had sodomy laws, homosexuality was considered a mental illness and it was not uncommon for youth who came out to be institutionalized. In October 1973, Dr. Howard Brown, Martin Duberman, Barbara Gittings, Ron Gold, Frank Kameny, Nathalie Rockhill, and Bruce Voeller founded the National Gay Task Force, today known as the National LGBTQ Task Force. Over the next four decades, the Task Force would play an instrumental role in establishing a new narrative in the fight for … Continue reading NOT A JOB BUT A VOCATION

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CHANGING THE FACE OF FASHION

Anthony Eaton

By Anthony T. Eaton This is Fashion Week in NY, established in 1943 by Eleanor Lambert press director of, the New York Dress Institute the American fashion industry’s first promotional organization. Over the last 78 years, it has evolved to be one of the premier events showcasing the best designers and their collections. Although there is an official body that coordinates a weeks’ worth of events that include parties and shows, many shows take place outside of that structured formality. Most of these events are put on by independent designers, those who are up and coming and have a vision … Continue reading CHANGING THE FACE OF FASHION

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TWO VERSIONS OF ONE WOMAN

Anthony Eaton

Billie Holiday “There’s no damn business-like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.” ~ Billie Holiday Billie Holiday’s life was complicated with great extremes, she lived it on her terms, and Andra Day, who plays Billie in the new movie The United States vs. Billie Holiday, shows us those extremes in a way we have not seen. The film takes a more in-depth look at Billie’s life’s complexity, focusing on the last decades of her life with a depth and richness lacking from the earlier 1972 movie Lady Sings The Blues. That version of Billie’s … Continue reading TWO VERSIONS OF ONE WOMAN