It was Barbara’s founding of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and her involvement in the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights that caught my interest, but those topics were only the jumping-off point. (The other interviewees included Al Gore and Ellen DeGeneres, among others.)
We first met in my living room in upstate New York nearly two decades ago for one of a dozen new interviews that I conducted for the second edition of Making Gay History. That’s the power of her unapologetic truth-telling, passion, and open-hearted joy for life. THIS SITE ACTIVELY COOPERATES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ALL INSTANCES OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL USE OF THE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF UNDERAGE USAGE OF THE SERVICE.From Eric Marcus: Barbara Smith inspires me to sit up straight, pay attention, and strive to do better. Enter Here" and indicating my agreement to be bound by the terms of this agreement, I affirmatively adopt the signature line below as my signature and the manifestation of my consent to be bound by the terms of this agreement. § 7000, et seq., and by choosing to click on "I Agree.