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Due to the cremains of lesbian pioneering couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin being interred where they lived in Noe Valley, historians are calling on City Hall to landmark the entire property. It would be the fifth city landmark specifically tied to LGBTQ history, if approved, and the first focused solely on lesbian history.
But the city s preservation advisory body is recommending that only the couple s former two-story cottage located at 651 Duncan Street be designated a city landmark. It saw no need to include the adjoining garden plot where the couple s cremains are located, which has an address of 649 Duncan Street.
An effort to landmark the San Francisco property where beloved lesbian couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin lived throughout most of their 54 years together has gained partial backing from the city s preservation advisory body.
LGBTQ leaders and preservationists are seeking landmark status for both the couple s residence and adjoining garden plot, which was revealed this month to be where cremains of Lyon and Martin were interred and scattered. The city planning department had also recommended the entire property be designated as a city landmark.
But the property owners, who claim they were unaware of the historic nature of the property when they purchased it last summer, argued that only the two-story cottage with the address of 651 Duncan Street should be landmarked. They intend to build their own residence on the garden plot, which has the address of 649 Duncan Street, and contend it doesn t warrant being included in the landmark designation.
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Rainbow Rant: Seeking community through writing
A history of love letters, personal ads, and queer and trans magazines prove the power of our pens
By Joy Ellison
“Your precious letter, Susie, it sits here now, and smiles so kindly at me, and gives me such sweet thoughts of the dear writer. When you come home, darling, I shan’t have your letters, shall I, but I shall have yourself, which is more Oh more, and better, than I can even think!” –Emily Dickinson to her lover Susie Gilbert
There may be no pastime more queer and trans than letter writing. Emily Dickinson wrote letters and poems to Susie Gilbert. James Baldwin wrote Lucien Happersberger, whom he once called “the one true love story of my life.” Eleanor Roosevelt kept up a funny, steamy correspondence with Lorena Hickok. Oscar Wilde and Allen Ginsberg penned sweet nothings to their beloveds, too. In fact, countless queer and transgender people have used their pen
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Amy Seiwert s Imagery More Love Now is a new improvisational event with Imagery artist Shania Rasmussen, trumpeter Darren Johnston, and visual artist and poet Adrian Arias. Feb 14, 4pm PT, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2938679926376373/
Ballet22
Premiere of a new dance film by Joshua Stanton with the Oakland dance company. $10 and up. Feb. 12-14. https://www.ballet22.com
Bechtel Fest 8
Chicago s Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer actors talking about things other than men; free, thru March 26. https://brokennosetheatre.com/