Steven Barber - Sally Ride Sculpture Monument March 2022 #ILoveGay Today - Steven Barber of Vanilla Fire Productions in Santa Monica, CA. We chat about his latest creation, the Sally Ride Sculpture Monument, making its debut June 17th at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York. Sally Ride is an important LGBTQ+ historical icon, as she's the first American woman to fly in space as part of the Challenger space shuttle program. She kept her ... | [LINK] http://vanillafire.com/ | New York VIDEOS | @ILoveGayNewYork | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Rob Berger: Rainbow History Project July 2021 We had the pleasure to chat with Rob Berger, Board Chair of the Rainbow History Project. Their mission is to to collect, preserve, and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture of metropolitan Washington DC’s diverse LGBTQ+ communities. That can be accomplished only if our collection, volunteer corps, and programming reflect and represent the full diversity of those communitie... | [LINK] | Washington DC VIDEOS | @ILoveGayDC | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Terry Beswick: GLBT Historical Society June 2021 #ILoveGay Today connects with Terry Beswick, executive director of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society and Archives. Last week they held a Pride Month historic event, unveiling a fragment of one of the two original Rainbow Flags raised on June 25, 1978 in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, recently discovered. It measures 10 feet by 28 feet. It wi... | [LINK] | San Francisco, CA VIDEOS | @ILoveGaySF | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | ![]() ![]() | |
Stonewall Inn March 2021 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Stacy Lenz and Kurt Kelly, two of the owners of the historic Stonewall Inn in NYC. We chat about their iconic history, as well as designation as a National Monument, while touching on how they've adapted and survived the pandemic and shutdown, including working with the folks at the Gill Foundation and GoFundMe to carry them through some of the rougher patches over th... | [LINK] | New York City, NY VIDEOS | @ILoveGayNYC | | Bar Life VIDEOS | @ILoveGayBars | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | | |
Nick Collinson: The Urban Rambler August 2020 #ILoveGay Today connects with Nick Collinson of "The Urban Rambler", a heritage interpretation professional and London tour guide. His niche is in his knowledge of the historical queer scene and queer individuals in London, particularly in the areas of Soho and Bloomsbury. He has also set up the English Heritage LGBTQ working group to uncover queer histories at English Heritage sites, and is curr... | [LINK] | London, UK VIDEOS | @ILoveGayLondon | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | | |
Andrew Lear: Oscar Wilde Tours June 2020 #ILoveGay Today meets up with Andrew Lear from Oscar Wilde Tours, as he escapes NYC for the moment and joins us from sunny Provincetown! We chat about his "Gay Secrets of the Met" tours and how they've successfully gone virtual over the past few months. He's also talking all things LGBTQ+ art & history on a variety of online shows as well, and is launching a new podcast and enhanced YouTube channe... | [LINK] | New York City, NY VIDEOS | @ILoveGayNYC | | Museums VIDEOS | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | | |
Dan Vo #MuseumFromHome April 2020 Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Dan Vo, self-described museum "queerator" and heritage freelancer in London. Dan chats with us about some of the work he and his team are doing during this pandemic with the #MuseumFromHome Twitter Live series they're bringing to the world each week with different museum personalities from all throughout the UK. | [LINK] | London, UK VIDEOS | @ILoveGayLondon | | Asian VIDEOS | @ILoveGaysians | | History VIDEOS | @ILoveGayHistory | | |
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