I agree with you that there seems to be an attitude now to blend in as much as possible, have no identity and every thing will be happy wonderful, plus history doesn’t matter because it’s over and done with. I’d have to go through my old email to see if I can find out.
Jim, I published some info about this on my web site some years ago and was contacted by a guy who had written extensively about this on his blog. We do that as a community, and we do it, in part, through the stories that we tell. The Supreme Court can rule on our legal recognition, but it’s not within their power to affirm or deny the goodness and strength of our relationships. Even when we were at the margins of society, we were loving each other, literally, through fire and flame. The story is relevant because, as the Supreme Court weighs the legal merits of our relationships, we should remember the stories that remind us: our relationships have always been bigger than mere legalese. Why/how do you think the story is relevant today? And the lack of an arrest or a clear suspect led many to fear that this was a gay-on-gay crime perhaps best left forgotten. The gay community in New Orleans wasn’t looking for a public fight, as gay communities in other cities were. News coverage was dismissive or, in a well-meaning attempt to avoid salaciousness, mentioned only fleetingly that the bar was a gay bar. There are many reasons: politicians at every level avoided this tragedy.
