The S.V.A. appears via its
director Willson Henderson and Boardmember Ramon Bellido.
This special conference is called to order @ 4:30 p.m.
Venue is post-event revealed as Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Wednesday, December 12 -- CONNIE FRANCIS,
STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS, BIRTHDAY
Miss Connie Francis has the everlasting honor of having her #1 song "Where The Boys Are"
(WTBA) from her hit movie of the same name in 1961 be the last song
played on virtually every Gay bar and club's jukebox throughout all of
the 1960s and into the 1970s and beyond! It also let the
patrons know the place was about to close for the night.
With the very title of her song, "WTBA", obviously it would be an
instant Gay favourite! At Connie's concerts, besides
announcing her signature song as her favorite, she proudly
stated that "WTBA" is also known as the 'Gay National Anthem'!
God bless Connie and H.B.!
Wednesday, December 12 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX
BIRTHDAY: DIONNE WARWICK
Wednesday, December 12 -- REMEMBERING N.Y.C. MAYOR ED
KOCH (1924 - 2013)
Visit legendary N.Y.C. Mayor Ed Koch's interesting webfile with
letters and photos at the S.V.A. website:
www.StonewallVets.org/EdKoch.htm.
Friday, December 7th -- NATIONAL PEARL
HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY (1941-2018)
The worst day in American history was
early on a Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941 with the Japanese sneak
attack on U.S.
military forces and others during wartime! It was
out-murdered on
Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 with the four extremist Islamic sneak
attacks on civilians in America! Nonetheless, Pearl Harbor Day is
now remembered as 'the second worst day in American history'!
www.AJC.com/news/World/things-know-about-Pearl-Harbor-the-77th-Anniversary
Sunday, December 2 -- HAPPY
CHANUKAH to SVA's JEWISH MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS, FRIENDS and SPONSORS
Saturday, December 1, 2018 -- WORLD A.I.D.S. DAY -- REMEMBERING
SVA-ERS WE'VE LOST
Friday, November 30 -- U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH,
Sr., DIES @ HISTORIC AGE 94
Former President George H.W. Bush, Sr.,
("GHWB"), was born on June 12, 1924 in Massachusetts (not Texas as is
widely and wrongly assumed). GHWB was a military pilot, a
World War II hero, a congressmember (from Texas), a U.N.
ambassador, a U.S. liaison to China, director of the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Vice-President for eight years
(under President Ronald Reagan) and U.S. President, among other
accolades! He was married in New York (not Texas). With his
popular wife of 75 years, Barbara, they had six children, 17
grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren! At 94, President Bush,
Sr. was the oldest living U.S. president in history! Obviously, Willson Henderson did not need the
GLBT community to meet with a U.S. President! On the contrary;
how many Gay leaders do you know who met with an American president in
1989 -- or before -- and especially with his boyfriend next to
him?! GHWB was a person who virtually everyone liked -- even his
relatively few political opponents! His funeral in DC will have
all five living presidents and all five first ladies! R.I.P.
Willson L. Henderson with President George H.W. Bush, Sr. in 1989
(Not clearly seen behind WLH is his 1980s boyfriend Donald Williams.
You do see his tuxedo bowtie, colorful pocket hanky and his left ear.)
[Photography by an Official Photographer of The White
House]
Wednesday, November 28 -- CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING at
ROCKEFELLER CENTER FEATURING DIANA ROSS
This is the NYC 86th Annual Christmas Tree-Lighting in Rockefeller Center! Fresh off co-starring with Santa Claus in
the Thanksgiving Parade six days ago, supreme Diana Ross performs her new
Christmas song "(Simply Having A) Wonderful Christmas Time" again
tonight! (The song was written and originally recorded
by Paul McCartney.) This biggest Christmas tree-in-the-World
tradition lights-up at Rockefeller Plaza on Fifth Avenue
between West 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, NYC @ 8 p.m.
There is a two-hour televised special with many other
performers, including Tony Bennett, on NBC-TV!
People.com/TV/NBC-Christmas-Rockefeller-Center-lineup-Diana
Ross-2018
Saturday, November 24 -- S.V.A. NO LONGER MEETS on
HOLIDAY WEEKENDS (why should we)
Thursday, November 22 -- N.Y.C. 92nd ANNUAL THANKSGIVING
DAY PARADE FEATURING DIANA ROSS
A half-century ago, among many other 'happenings', Diana Ross was the singing star
of the original STONEWALL Club jukebox! Now, among
other happenings, Supreme Diana will be the featured -- and
performing -- star entertainer of the 92nd annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York
City! FYI, the first NYC Turkey Day parade was in 1924 (two
years it was skipped due to World War II cutbacks).
Miss Ross will supremely have her own huge Holiday Calendar
Countdown float over three stories high! The appropriate
"Take Me Higher" songstress is high atop the artistic float in a winter
white sequined gown and white faux fur coat! The T-Day parade
navigates from the West 70s down Central Park West across 59th Street
and down the Avenue of the Americas. It is broadcast 'live' from
9 a.m. to 12 noon on CBS-TV. The parade encores from the
West 34th Street location (on the block-long side of Macy*s) with
'live' performances added, including Diana Ross and the famous Radio
City Music Hall Rockettes, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on NBC-TV!
www.HollywoodReporter.com/News/Diana-Ross-performs-Macys-Thanksgiving-Parade
November 22 -- REMEMBERING U.S.A. PRESIDENT JOHN
FITZGERALD KENNEDY (November 29, 1917 to November 22, 1963)
Thursday, November 22, 2018 -- AMERICAN THANKSGIVING DAY (HOLIDAY)
Wednesday, November 21 (eve) -- SYMPATHY: NY STATE SENATOR
and S.V.A. SUPPORTER JOSE RAFAEL PERALTA at 47
Thursday, November 15 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX STAR BIRTHDAY:
PETULA CLARK
Sunday, November 11, 2018 -- AMERICAN
VETERANS' DAY
Saturday, November 10 -- BIRTHDAY: "STONEWALL" MOVIE
DIRECTOR ROLAND EMMERICH
Thursday, November 8 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: JITTERZ
GREENFIELD from NEW JERSEY
Tuesday, November 6 -- AMERICAN
ELECTION DAY -- *V*O*T*E*
Wednesday, October 31 -- HALLOWEEN FUNDAY -and- NYC 45th
ANNUAL GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE
For all the gory details on NYC's 45th Annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade,
line-up @ 7 p.m., parade creeping @ 8 p.m., visit: www.Halloween-NYC.com.
Although the STONEWALL Veterans' Association
has been personally invited to participate again in the famous
parade with the SVA's beautiful 1969 classic convertible, the
S.V.A. does not have enough able Stonewall vets who are
emotionally up to costuming, physically ready for the
'thriller' challenge, particularly at night (and it could be chilly)!
SVA-ers will watch the exciting parade -- especially the Michael
Jackson "Thriller" dancers -- on NY-1 television news channel
which broadcasts the parade 'live' until 10 p.m. You can
also see the parade post-event at the Spectrum New York One's website
at: www.NY1.com.
Saturday, October 27, 2018 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
The S.V.A. will be wrapping up this year's "Stonewall 49" and
discussing preliminary plans for "STONEWALL 50" (S/W-50)! So many
G.L.B.T. groups disingenuously act and promote like they started "Stonewall".
Many groups use it as a selfish fund-raising device for them
-- never any support to the real "Stonewall" people! Said
groups such as the S.D.C. will be called out and they will
know it! S.V.A. is the legendary Stonewall veterans not the
Stonewall pussycats. A national media reporter, working on an
S.V.A. project for S/W-50 with post-meeting S/W interviews, will be
among the invitees. Happening is captained by SVA's director Willson Henderson. Venue is
the SVA's 'secret headquarters' exclusively for Stonewall veteran
members in great standing and super special guests! SVA's general
manager AnDre Christie greets all at the door! Meeting lights up @ 3:15 p.m.
Friday, October 19 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: PATTI RENE STONE
of LONG ISLAND and FLORIDA
Thursday, October 18 -- STONEWALL VETERANS MEETING
with N.Y.C. COUNCILWOMAN
The long-planned meeting is held in the New York City Councilwoman's office
at the 250 Broadway building in Manhattan opposite City Hall.
Representing the S.V.A. are Willson
Henderson, Bert Coffman and Ramon Bellido. One
of the topics is, of course, "S/W-50"! Gathering starts @ 4 p.m.
Thursday,
October 13 -- S.V.A. STAFFER
BIRTHDAY: JON JAY LUX of THE BRONX and L.I.
Friday, October 12 -- S.V.A. MEETING with ANOTHER PUBLIC
OFFICIAL from BROOKLYN, NYC
Although the public official is an elected from Brooklyn and the SVA's
rep Willson Henderson was born
in Brooklyn, the dinner meeting is in Manhattan! Toasts in
Greenwich Village are @ 6:30 p.m.; organic dinners @ 7 p.m.
Thursday,
October 11 -- NATIONAL
"COMING OUT GAY DAY" DURING G.L.B.T. HISTORY MONTH
Wednesday,
October 10 -- STONEWALL
VET BIRTHDAY: ANTONIO 'TONY' VIERRA of THE BRONX
Monday, October 8 -- SVA-ER BERT COFFMAN SPEAKS about
"STONEWALL" in ALBANY, NY
Saturday, October 6 -- BIRTHDAY DINNER PARTY for SVA'S
DIRECTOR WILLSON HENDERSON
{updated} The STONEWALL
Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") is so happy to be able
to celebrate the birthday of our fierce founder and diligent director Willson L. Henderson ("WLH").
The S.V.A. is also thankful to have many of our Stonewall
veterans alive with many active and saddened that most of the Stonewall
vets are unfortunately deceased, mainly from the AIDS War!
It is a recognized reality that without Willson, there
would be no S.V.A., no continuing realistic "Stonewall" legacy
and no one looking out for the S/W vets and ensuring the real
'Stonewall stories'. For five decades, WLH has exclusively kept
burning the light of Stonewall! The WLH birthday dinner
most appropriate and handsome host is the SVA's general manager AnDre M. Christie. Like all
private parties, the 411 is provided to members, friends and supporters
in great 'standing' and who have duly RSVP'd. Venue is
at an impressive Greenwich Village restaurant. 'Greentinis'
(WLH's favorite drink) toast @ 5 p.m. For 411 on WLH's
half-century of Gay life and longtime service to the G.L.B.T.
communities: : www.StonewallVets.org/WillsonHenderson.htm.
Friday, October 5 -- SVA's FOUNDER and DIRECTOR'S
BIRTHDAY: WILLSON L. HENDERSON of NYC
Sunday, September 30 -- BROADWAY CARES PRESENTS ITS "32nd
ANNUAL FLEA MARKET & AUCTION"
Braodway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ("BC/EFA")
produces this exciting fund-raising event in Shubert Alley at Broadway
and West 44th Street in Manhattan, NY from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. For
more 411 and photos, see: www.BroadwayCares.org.
Saturday, September 29 -- SVA's MONTHLY MEETING EMCEE'D by
WILLSON HENDERSON @ 3:15 p.m.
Main topics include, but are not limited to: "STONEWALL-50" next
June, the two New York City Gay Pride marches in 2019, the SVA's
50th annual conference and S/W vets' reunion, the SVA's invitations to
lead G.L.B.T. Pride parades in various American cities, and the SVA's
planned "Stonewall Jukebox Christmas Party" this December!
Several Stonewall veterans have confirmed attendance for today's
get2gether to provide updates on communications from G.L.B.T.
organizations, public official supporters, planned meetings, voting on
the venue for next year's conference, and the status of ailing
Stonewall veterans -- who no one in the G.L.B.T. community gives a
damn about except for the S.V.A. NOTE: This month's meeting
is 'private' only for S.V.A. members in good standing; not open to the
public! Said members, including dues and donations paid, may
contact the SVA's 2nd Vice-President for meeting location.
Since it's at a restaurant, there will be plenty of food!
Feed the S/W vetz! For more 411 on the legendary S.V.A.,
visit www.StonewallVets.org.
Monday, September 17 -- S.V.A. SPECIAL
MEETING with a
MALE, AFRO-AMERICAN, BROOKLYN
PUBLIC OFFICIAL at HIS
OFFICE in
BROOKLYN, NYC @ 4:30 to
5:30 p.m.
Sunday,
September 16 -- STONEWALL
VETERAN BIRTHDAY: CARL J. KELLER of CONNECTICUT
13 September (evening) -- S.V.A. INVITED to PRIMARY ELECTION
NIGHT PARTIES in MANHATTAN
The S.V.A. is
thoughtfully invited to election night parties by thoughtful
candidates. Several S.V.A. members headed up by SVA's
general manager AnDre M. Christie are attending the victory bash of NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo ("AMC") at
the Ainsworth Hotel ballroom off Fifth Avenue at 45 East 33rd
Street in Manhattan @ 8 p.m. After the
polls close @ 9 p.m., AMC's landslide
victory for his third term nomination will be declared pronto!
SVA's director Willson Henderson and other Stonewall veterans attend Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney's expected
'win' event for NYS Attorney General at the Spanish Benevolent Society
on West 14th Street between the Gay communities of Chelsea and
Greenwich Village. "Thoughtful campaigns" does not intend
self-serving candidates who just use the G.L.B.T. community on a
one-way street for the candidate's endorsements, volunteeres, donors
and votes! With the S.V.A., it must be a two-way street!
For more prominent, two-way supporters of the S.V.A. for a
half-century, visit: www.StonewallVets.org/prominentsupporters.htm
Wednesday,
September 12 -- STONEWALL
VET BIRTHDAY: RAMON F. BELLIDO of MANHATTAN
Thursday,
September 13, 2018 -- PRIMARY
ELECTION DAY: vote! Vote! VOTE!
For the endorsements by the PRIDE
Democrats of New York City, please view: www.PRIDEdemocrats.org .
Tuesday,
September 11th, 2018 -- TRAGIC
17th ANNIVERSARY of the FOUR (4) ISLAMIC TERRORIST SNEAK ATTACKS on
AMERICA in 2001 KILLING over 3,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE and STILL COUNTING with the DISEASES CONTRACTED by FIRST-RESPONDERS!!!!
Sunday,
September 9 -- S.V.A.
MEETING with a NEW YORK STATE SENATOR in THE BRONX @ 3 p.m.
Saturday,
September 8 (eve) -- S.V.A.
MEETING with a NEW YORK STATE SENATOR in BROOKLYN @ 5 p.m.
Saturday,
September 8 (afternoon) -- RECLAIM GLBT PRIDE NYC COMMITTEE
(RPC) MEETING @ 1:30 p.m.
Since this special G.L.B.T. Pride
committee is focused on next year's "STONEWALL 50" and the 50th annual
march (for 2019 it will be a 'march' -- or two), the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association has been invited again and will attend again!! The SVA's director Willson Henderson suggested
the name for the march and it was unanimously approved: "Spirit of Stonewall March: Stonewall 50"!
The meeting is at the Manhattan GLBT Centre at 212 West 13 Street
in Manhattan @ 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 6 -- S.V.A. LUNCHEON MEETING with a NYC
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE @ 3 p.m.
Saturday,
September 1 to Monday, September 3, 2018 -- AMERICAN
LABOR DAY WEEKEND HOLIDAY
Saturday, August 25 -- PRIDE DEMOCRATS PRESENTS
CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE D. CLARKE at the NEW YORK CITY G.L.B.T.
CENTRE @ 5 p.m.
Saturday,
August 25 -- S.V.A. ATTENDS
the RECLAIM N.Y.C. PRIDE COALITION (RPC) MEETING
"STONEWALL 50" (S/W-50) has been
brewing for nearly a half-century! Now, it is less
than ten months away. Let
S.V.A. be clear (we always are): The Stonewall Veterans,
as duly and only represented by the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association ("S.V.A."),
are disrespected, insulted and bored with waiting for Heritage of
Pride ("HOP"), the Gay parade organizers, to consult the veterans of
the Stonewall Inn police raids and the 1969 Stonewall uprising about
"S/W-50". Everybody knows that not to do so is ignorant!
Clearly, S.V.A. is who HOP should have first consulted
-- before anyone including the WorldPride groups, the NYCPD and the
mayor's office! None of them were at Stonewall
anything; we were! The HOP has no delay communicating
with every 'Pride' committee throughout the World and, of course,
their mostly self-serving moneybag$ corporate sponsor$.
HOP has learned zero, nada and zilch from all of their mistakes
from "Stonewall 25"! That's why there were two marches!!
Like Yogi Berra said: "It's deja vu all over again"!!
HOP has had a "Stonewall 50" committee in its fifth year (chaired
by a disconnected, thoughtless and mindless incompetent) and
never contacted the S.V.A. How ignorant by anybody's standards or
lack therefof! What are they waiting for? Last time any
HOP-ers (that was one) were at the annual S.V.A. conference and reunion
was sixteen years ago! Again, what are they rudely waiting for?
All the alleged 'heroes' to be institutionalized or dead?
During these five years of HOP's "S/W-50" committee
non-communication, three more Stonewall vets died! Do you 'get
the picture'? We do! The SVA's liaison Jeremiah Newton was only called once
and that was over a year ago by the HOP parade committee's arbitrary
and no sense of real pride chairperson to rudely inform the
Stonewall vets that HOP would -not- provide any convertibles to
transport them in the parade. How do you spell 'ingrates'?
The Reclaim Pride NYC Coalition ("RPC")
has the appropriate approach to everything "Stonewall"! Various
Stonewall veterans have individually attended RPC meetings since before
and after the unacceptably HOP-organized 2018 parade -- "The
parade from nowhere to nowhere!" It boringly emptied out in the
Little India restaurant area bordering Koreatown! Wtf? Many
S/W vets have reported to the SVA's director Willson Henderson("WLH") that the
RPC is the 'right fit' for the survivors of Stonewall including
positive, orderly, polite meetings and, particularly, the crucial
ingredient -- sung perfectly by that Stonewall songstress Aretha
-- "R-e-s-p-e-c-t"! Representing the S.V.A., WLH and other
S/W vets attended the two-hour get2gether. The RPC is the
historical and logical successor and continuation of the
"S/W-25" 'alternate' Gay Pride March in 1994 known as "The Spirit
of Stonewall March". The weekly RPC meeting today was at
the Manhattan GLBT Centre from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Visit the
RPC for more 411 at: www.ReclaimPrideNYC.org.
See information and photos about the historic two Gay Pride
marches in one town on the same day: "Stonewall 25" on Sunday,
June 26, 1994 in New York City!!
www.StonewallVets.org/SpiritofStonewall.htm.
Tuesday, August
21 -- POW-WOW: SVA
STONEWALL VETS and THE STONEWALL INN @ 4 p.m.
Thursday, August 16, 2018 -- ARETHA FRANKLIN, QUEEN of SOUL,
DIES in DETROIT @ 76
Aretha Franklin is
unquestionably the 'Queen of Soul'! Did Queen Aretha have songs in the
original STONEWALL Club jukebox? Lettuce
put it this way: Since Aretha's first Atlantic Records hit
song "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love U" (a 10-word title) at
the beginning of 1967, there was never a time that she did not have a
record in the Stonewall Jukebox! Like most popular artists, their
record companies issued singles four times a year (every three months).
Aretha's big hits in The Stonewall Jukebox also included in 1967:
"R-e-s-p-e-c-t", "(Baby, Baby) Baby I Love You", "(U Make Me Feel
Like) A Natural Woman"; in 1968: "(Chain, Chain, Chain) Chain Of
Fools", "(Sweet, Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone", "Think
(Think About It)", "The House That Jack Built"; and in 1969: "See-Saw",
"I Can't See Myself Leaving U" and "Share Your Love With Me"! Aretha was atypically successful
with flipside hits like "I Say A Little Prayer", "Dr. Feelgood", "You
Send Me", "Ain't No Way" and "My Song". Read more about Aretha's
songs in the late 1960's Stonewall Jukebox at: www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-4.htm.
Thursday, August 16 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: R.
RUSTY ROSE in LONG ISLAND
Wednesday, August
15 -- BIRTHDAY: S.V.A.
HONORARY MEMBER NYS JUSTICE DORIS LING-COHAN
Saturday, August
11 -- S.V.A. RECEIVES ITS
FIRST SPEAKING REQUEST for "STONEWALL 50"
Friday, August 10 -- S.V.A. SUPPER MEETING with SVA
SPONSOR NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
July
2018 -- STONEWALL
REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION's 49th ANNIVERSARY
Not many, if any, G.L.B.T. organizations can celebrate that
they are in their 50th year! In fact, not many of any
organizations can state that they are in their 50th or more year!
The STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans' Association can and does! The
S.V.A. never thought that when a group of social friends --
patrons of the original Stonewall Club from 1966 to 1969 --
formed the S.V.A. association on Friday evening, July 11th, 1969,
at a spacious and friendly New York City kosher deli-restaurant on 14th
Street in Manhattan that it would lead to a significant and flourishing
organization a half-century later! Next time that you see a
Stonewall veteran, instead of just the generic 'Happy Pride' or a blank
stare, proudly say 'thank you'! Support the non-profit S.V.A.!
National
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association
July 23 -- REMEMBERING NYC
COUNCILMAN JAMES E. "JED" DAVIS MURDERED in CITY HALL
Remembering the tragically shocking and senseless death of the
outstanding, energetic and handsome New York City councilman, James E. "Jed" Davis -- by an
obsessed, drug-induced, biracial Gay man! Jed was murdered with a
gun on the public balcony, right before a scheduled session, in the
City Hall Chamber on July 23, 2003. Jed had an obviously bright
future in New York City government going all the way to the top!
He was only 41. New York
One News television broadcasted a special tribute to Jed on
their "NY-1 News Live @ 10" show sincerely hosted by Cheryl Wills. NY-1 News was in
contact with the S.V.A. before and after the memoorable telecast.
For information about Jed Davis's
total support of the S.V.A. and his close relationship with the
SVA's founder Willson Henderson,
see: www.StonewallVets.org/JamesDavis.htm
Monday, July 23 -- BIRTHDAY BALLOONS for SVA'S
WEBMISTRESS BABSALA LYNN
Wednesday, July 11 -- NYS GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO's "HAPPY
SUMMER PARTY"
A "Happy Summer
Party" in Manhattan sponsored by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for supportive
groups happens today! Special guest speaker is N.Y.S. Lieutenant
Governor Kathleen C. "Kathy" Hochul.
Surprise guest Corey Kilgannon of The New York Times ("NYX") is the author of "Character Study:
Willson Henderson" about the exciting life and Gay activism of the
SVA's founder published in the NYX! The S.V.A. is represented by
legendary Stonewall veterans Ramon
Bellido, Leigh McManus and Brooke Lynn. The
event is held at the Hudson Terrace on the West Side of Manhattan from
6 to 8 p.m.
Sunday,
July 8 -- HOLLYWOOD,
OPENLY-GAY, LEGENDARY ACTOR TAB HUNTER DIES at 87
Tab Hunter was a Hollywood pop idol
of the 1950s and 1960s, a movie screen heartthrob who attracted both
females and males and who secretly lived the life of a Gay man. Known
for his corn-fed handsome appearance, wavy blond hair, piercing blue
eyes and toothy grin, plus his golden tan California surfer looks, Tab
was born in Manhattan, New York City on July 11, 1931. He had the same entertainment agent as another famous,
down-low, Gay Hollywood star Rock
Hudson. Among Tab's famous Hollywood boyfriends was actor Anthony "Psycho" Perkins and figure
skater Robbie Robertson!
In 2005, after decades of true Gay rumors, Tab Hunter publicly
came-out in his best-selling autobiography "Tab Hunter: The Making of a Movie Star"!
A decade later, based on his book, in 2015, an acclaimed and
revealing documentary "Tab Hunter
Confidential" was released about Tab's movie career and Gay life
in Hollywood. Tab died in a Santa Barbara, California
hospital from an unexpected cause, a traveling blood clot. Tab is
survived by his longtime and likewise handsome Gay spouse of four
decades, Allan Glaser.
R.I.P. - Tab!
*
Hollywood Movie Star and Gay Icon Tab
Hunter of "Damn Yankees" Dies at 87:
Variety.com/2018/film/news/Tab-Hunter-dies-Damn-Yankees-star-Gay-icon-1202868343
*
Movie "Tab & Tony" about
Gay love affair of Tab Hunter and Tony Perkins is planned:
www.Queerty.com/Secret-love-affair-Tab-Hunter-Anthony-Perkins-getting-Hollywood-treatment
Wednesday, July 4th -- AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY (1776 to 2018)
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 -- "GAY INDEPENDENCE DAY"
"Gay Independence Day",
the unique term coined by SVA's unique founder and wordsmith Willson Henderson 49 years ago,
signifies the last day of the 5-night Stonewall Rebellion for G.L.B.T.
rights on July 3, 1969. There were two nights of no uprisng due
to rain. Ironically, "Gay Independence Day" appropriately fell on
the eve of the anniversary of American Independence Day! Whereas
the start of the G.L.B.T. Rebellion on Friday night, June
27th is the most important date in Gay history, therefore, the second
most significant should be, but is vastly unknown in the Gay community,
the end of the Stonewall Uprising on the evening of the 3rd of July in
1969! Happy "Gay Independence Day"!
www.STONEWALLvets.org/Stonewall_Era_Club_People_Rebellion.htm
Saturday, June 30th, 2018 -- "NATIONAL
STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION's 49th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
& STONEWALL VETERANS REUNION and TESTIMONIALS"
The National STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") gayly presents its annual
S.V.A. conference and Stonewall veterans reunion plus "Stonewall"
testimonials on 'the last Saturday in June'! To us,
this is the most significant Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.") Pride event!
The Keynote
Speaker is U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn
Jane Maloney. A
New York State 'Proclamation' from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is presented to
the S.V.A. by a high-ranking, openly-Gay gubernatorial director.
The Governor will be out of the state for an event with his
wonderful wife and three lovely daughters. This unique S.V.A.
conference is the exciting tribute to the legendary 'veterans' of
the Stonewall Club, the NYC police raids there from 1966 to 1969 and
the Stonewall Rebellion in late June and early July of 1969.
Eyewitness accounts are related from many actual Stonewall
veterans about their lives during the Stonewall Era, the STONEWALL Club
itself and their Stonewall Uprising experiences! Confirmed
Stonewall vets include: Willson L.
Henderson ("The Boy From NYC" {song}), Nance Lomax (from
Philadelphia), Bert Coffman (from the East Side), Patti Stone (from Florida), Leigh McManus (from Long
Island), Joan 'Joni' Sobel (from the Upper
West Side), Jeremiah Newton (from the East
Village), Rusty Rose (from Suffolk County,
LI), Tony Viera (from The
Bronx), Keith Lonesome (from
Brooklyn), Davey Leong (from
the Upper East Side), and Brooke Lynn (from, you guessed it, Staten Island)! Invocation is delivered by
the Rev. Mark E. Erson, pastor
of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on gayly
famous Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, NY. Special
feature (only at the S.V.A.): Musically-great original "Songs of The Stonewall Club Jukebox"
from 1966 to 1969, including Supremes, Seasons, Sinatra, Streisand,
Stones, Shangri-Las, Stevie, Shirley, Sly, and Spiral
Starecase -- and that's just the S's -- are
played throughout the program! On display: 1969 "Stonewall
Convertible". This
S.V.A. event is fittingly the official end to "Stonewall 49" plus the
unofficial count-down to the incredible "STONEWALL 50"! "The
Happening" is, as always for the past three decades, at the Manhattan
G.L.B.T. Center at 212 West 13 Street between Greenwich Avenue and
Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village, NYC. The conference ignites
@ 3:15 p.m. and wraps up at about 6 p.m. or so.
*
Media: New York One News
T.V. is covering the S.V.A. Conference, as they do every year since
1993. NY-1 will provide a "Stonewall Rebellion 49th
Anniversary with the S.V.A." segment on television including interviews
with Stonewall veterans and attending public officials. The
segment will start with the evening's fresh 9 p.m. newscast and
contiunue repeated through 12 noon on Sunday. In addition to
television, there are many print media reporters confirmed for the
S.V.A. Conference. They include the press from as far away
as Staten Island to Sweden!
*
Tell-It-Like-It-Is Dep't
and Guarantee: Duplicitous, rumor-mongering and
stealing "Stonewall" creeps, who can give it but can't take it, and who
you will not see at the
"S.V.A. Conference" include: "The Phat Man", Tush
James, "The Shlub", "Mrs.
Humpty Dumpty", Brat
Holeman, "The Glickster", Horey Johnsin, "The Pillsbury Dough
Girl", or Andy Scum or anything else from the heterosexually-owned
NYC Gayragpaper! FYI, Gay 'dish' names are part of Gay history
since the beginning of GLBT culture. Happy GAY Pride!!
*
For more S.V.A. history 411 as of and since 1969:
www.StonewallVets.org/Stonewall_Era_Club_People_Rebellion.htm.
Sunday, June 24 -- NEW
YORK CITY's 49th ANNUAL GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL and TRANSGENDER PRIDE
MARCH & PARADE in MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
Great event
is remarkably the New York City 49th Annual Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade -- 49 years of
commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion! This
year's theme is "Defiantly Different"! That was
the un-announced Gay theme for 1969 at the uprising! The
Stonewallers were 'defiant' which was 'different'! Confirmed
Stonewall veterans parading include: Gay icon Willson L. Henderson, 'Papa' Jean Devente, Bigga Berti Coffman, Miss Nance Lomax, Flower
Child Joan 'Joni' Sobel, Rockin' Rusty Rose and Davey L. Leong! This year's
special S.V.A. parade guest is, once again, NYS Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan. Parade
organizer Heritage of Pride's
("HOP") dedicated co-chairs are Maryanne Roberto Fine and David "Studs" Studinski.
The parade ignites on 'the last Sunday in June' always right
on time @ high noon. The line-up this year is bizarrely in
Chelsea, Manhattan. No organization has ever started a
parade from Chelsea. Sounds anti-climatic lining-up on the
narrow, straight and mundane streets of West 16th, 17th and 18th at
Seventh Avenue. Look for the blue, classic 1969 "Stonewall
Convertible"! You can't miss it!
S.V.A. Note: About ninety
percent of the Stonewall veterans are individually
'gaycotting' this year's Gay Pride Parade as the HOP March
Committee disrespectfully and thoughtlessly failed to make any
arrangements or provide cars for them to ride in. Thus, no
accommodations for the alleged GLBT 'heroes'. Only in the
GLBT community is there disregard for its elders and, in
this case, creators. Hopefully for "Stonewall 50", everyone
at HOP (not just some) will realize that all of the Stonewall incidents
in 1969 were enacted by real Gay people -- not the rented store and not
computer-generated!
Post-Event
Updates: The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association
was specially visited at the parade line-up by New York
State Governor Andrew M.
Cuomo and First Lady Sandra Lee and
their three daughters! The Cuomo Family has been a supporter
of the S.V.A. since the Summer of 1977! As a matter of fact, the
Governor held a mini-press conference with at least a dozen reporters
right next to the eye-catching blue 1969 "Stonewall Convertible"!
Gov. Andrew caringly advised the S/W vets: "You boys better
not overheat the "Stonewall Car"!
*
To view the best pictures of the NYC Gay Pride Parade, including
the S.V.A., visit:
www.BusinessInsider.com/Pride-March-New-York-City-LGBT-photos-2018-6
Friday, June 8 -- S.V.A.
CORPORATE BUSINESS MEETING and STONEWALL SUPPER
The S.V.A.
holds a special corporate meeting with a potential major corporate
sponsor in Manhattan @ 4 p.m. Representing the S.V.A. are
Stonewall veterans Willson L.
Henderson, Bert Coffman and Ramon Bellido plus the SVA's legal counsel Hally
Weiner, general manager AnDre Christie and treasurer Mendy Seltza. The
historic non-profit organization cannot rely on the mostly greedy,
rip-off, 'stealing Stonewall' politicians who use the
willing G.L.B.T. community to promote themselves, grab that Gay
money and keep their elected jobs! Some of them like 'The Jerry
Phat Man', 'Brat' Hoylman, 'The Con-troller Shlub', 'Horey' Johnson and
'Tush James' shamefully partake in the schmear campaign against the S.V.A.
Fortunately, those creeps and others are more than offset by the
majority of respectful, genuine, honest and supportive public
officials. Today's Stonewall supper is at an S.V.A. fave
Morandi's Restaurant in West Greenwich Village @ 5 p.m. To
quote WLH: "Let them eat steak"!
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 -- HALF-CENTURY REMEMBRANCE:
U.S. SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY
The shocking
assassination of U.S. Senator Robert
F. Kennedy occurred in the middle of the Stonewall Era!
RFK had just won the crucial Democratic nomination for president
in California on June 5, 1968. It was one of only two nights ever
at The STONEWALL Club, out of bereavement and respect, that the jukebox
was turned off! The other similiarly tragic occasion was
just two months earlier when Martin Luther King, Jr. was
assassinated on April 4th. Robert Kennedy was,
ironically, the extremely popular U.S. senator in the state
of The STONEWALL! The day after being shot, he died on June 6th
fifty years ago!
Sunday, June 3, 2018 -- STONEWALL BIRTHDAY: MICHAEL
I. SWERDLOW of LI + FL
Sunday, May 27 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: JOAN
C. "JONI" SOBEL of MANHATTAN
Saturday, May 26 -- SVA's PRE-G.L.B.T. PRIDE
MONTH MEETING with GUEST SENATOR SAVINO
SVA's "Miss May" wonderful guest speaker is New
York State Senator Dyane J. Savino,
representing Staten Island and Southwest Brooklyn! The SVA's pre-G.L.B.T. Pride Month meeting is dedicated to the three main topics of: (1) "SVA's
49th Annual Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion and
Testimonials" (June 30), (2) "N.Y.C. 49th
Annual G.L.B.T. Pride March & Parade" (June 24) and (3)
"Stonewall Veterans Sea Cruise" (August 5). Get2gether is
hosted by the SVA's defatiguable and innovative director Willson L. Henderson. Input
includes confirmed Stonewall vets for the parade, including the return
of S/W vet Rusty Rose after
twenty years, in the SVA's flotilla of convertibles, public
official speakers for the SVA's conference and selling tickets for the
sea cruise. Bert Coffman updates on meetings held with public officials. Planning for the
S.V.A. conference focuses on logistics, arranging speakers and
promotion. Rogers Huntana informs about the special features such as film clips from the movie
"STONEWALL!" for SVA's upcoming conference. Joni C. Sobel summarizes S.V.A.
meetings with public officials in the past month. Michael Fesco describes details of
the S.V.A. sea cruise. It will uniquely feature
DJ-played 1969 "Songs of The Stonewall Jukebox" from the
original Stonewall Club! Meeting starts @ 3:15 p.m.
Quality foods are provided. For much more 411 on "Miss May"
DJS: Twitter.com/DianeSavino?lang=en.
Thursday, May 24 -- SPECIAL "STONEWALL STREETFAIR"
SUPPER @ 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 24 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: MISS
NANCE LOMAX of PHILADELPHIA
Monday, May 21 -- NYS ASSEMBLYWOMAN
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS RE-ELECTION EVENT in STATEN ISLAND, NY @ 6
p.m.
Sunday, May 20 -- CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARK'S
RE-ELECTION RALLY in BROOKLYN, NY
U.S.
Congresswoman Yvette Diane Clarke and her campaign staff hold a re-election rally in front
of the Brooklyn Museum. The honorable Congresswoman Yvette
is a long-standing and active supporter of the S.V.A., as was her
Jamaican-born mother former NYC councilwoman Una S.T. Clarke. Congresswoman
Clarke has served five years as the SVA's honorary female
chairperson, succeeding congresswomen Bella Abzug, Geraldine
Ferraro and Carolina Maloney. Confirmed speakers are as follows:
U.S. Congressman Hakeem S. Jeffries, NYC
Mayor W. Bill DeBlasio, NY
State Senator Kevin Parker,
NYS assemblymembers Latrice Walker, Walter T. Mosley, Rodneyse Bichotte, N. Nick Perry and Tremaine Wright, and NYC
councilmembers Robert Cornegy, Laurie Cumbo, Brad Lander, Alieka Ampry-Samuel, and Mark Treyger. Joining
in are SVA's Brooklyn-born director Willson Henderson, Brooklyn resident
Stonewall vets Bill Salzman, Brooke Lyn and Keith Lonesome, and the SVA's
Jamaican-born manager AnDre Christie.
The grand Brooklyn Museum with its beautiful (and huge)
plaza is on Eastern Parkway just off
Flatbush Avenue. Event happens @ 2 p.m. For more YDC info, visit:
www.VoteYvette.com
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 -- S.V.A.
OFFICIALS MEET with LGBT CENTER HEADS at NYC GAY CENTER
This diplomatic pow-wow is to reasonably discuss a few
misunderstandings and issues and iron out any differences between the
non-profit STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") and the for-profit Manhattan LGBT Center ("Gay
Center"). Representing the S.V.A. is Willson Henderson, Bert Coffman and Ramon Bellido. Acting for the
Gay Center is Jeffrey H. Klein and Brian A. Daniel. The
SVA's position is that because of its unique importance of, among many
other factors, its historical significance of "Stonewall" everything
and keeping the "Stonewall torch" burning for nearly a half-century,
that it should not have to pay the Gay Center for its annual
conference room or pay rent for its monthly meetings. Google
Grants gave the Gay Center one million dollars for
the "...Stonewall veterans, preserving their history and the
Stonewall testimonials". The S.V.A., which represents,
promotes and protects the Stonewall veterans, received nada!
In its thirty-five year history, the NYC Gay Center has never
done anything for the Stonewall veterans -- not even one of the paid
staffers speaking at the SVA's annual conference -- held at the Gay
Center -- nor an ad on SVA's website or a cost-free note of
thanks. Though the S.V.A. urged elsewhere, venue is at the LGBT
Center. The pow-wow is for one hour @ 4:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 28 -- PRIDE DEMOCRATS MEETING with
SPECIAL GUESTS: STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION
PRIDE (solid capital letters) is an acronym for Pride Rainbow Independent Democrats Etc. In a super special tribute to "Stonewall 49
GLBT Pride Month" in 33 days, PRIDE
Democrats of New York City is honoring who should be the real
honorees also at other GLBT Groups... the veterans of the 1969
Stonewall police raids and rebellion via the one and only
nenowned organization representing the heroes: STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans' Association. Chairing the monthly meeting
is PRIDE president Steven L. Gradman.
The meeting is at the Manhattan G.L.B.T. Community Centre at
212 West 13th Street off Seventh Avenue. Commencement is @ 5
p.m. Visit: www.PRIDEDemocrats.org.
Saturday, April 28 -- STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION's
MONTHLY MEETING
The regular monthly meetings of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") are on 'the last Saturday of the month'
-- reflecting the historic last Saturday in June of 1969.
This meeting's main agenda (chronologically) is as follows: 1) planning for the "N.Y.C. 49th Annual Gay
Pride Parade" (June 24); 2) the annual "S.V.A. Conference &
Stonewall Veterans Reunion" (June 30); and 3) the summertime "Stonewall
Vets Sea Cruise" (August 5)! Several young students have
been confirmed to attend and have the opportunity to
interview veterans of the Stonewall police raids and uprising.
Bert Coffman o[pdates the
significant communications with public officials. Michael Fesco discusses the "S.V.A.
Sea Cruise" and planning decisions. A surprise, elected NYC
public official is the guest speaker, who wants to personally witness
and report on the shenanigans at the GLBT Center vis-a-vis the alleged
'heroes'. The shindig is hosted by the SVA's vibrant director Willson Henderson with assist from
several Stonewall veterans and others such as S.V.A. manager AnDre Christie. For more 411,
call Miss Brooke Lynn at (212)
627-1969. Meeting times are from 3:15 to 5 p.m. (EDT).
The monthly meeting is scheduled at the Manhattan GLBT Center --
not because of their greedy charging room rental for the legendary
Stonewall veterans to meet there or for their total lack of support of
the S.V.A. but because it is centrally located for the members of our group in all 5 boroughs plus
NJ, CT and LI! Where does G.O.A.L. Meet? Not there!
For more 411 on the S.V.A. meeting venue, view: www.GayCenter.org.
Monday, April 23 -- BROADWAY CARES/EFA PRESENTS ITS
YEARLY "EASTER BONNET COMPETITION"
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ("BC/EFA") hosts its 23rd annual "Easter
Bonnet Competition" among the casts of
Broadway, off-Broadway and national touring company shows.
The event is a fund-raising showtime for BC/EFA. Executive
director is Tom A. Viola.
This year's exciting, as always, extravaganza is held at the
Minskoff Theatre on Broadway and West 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan
@ 4:30 p.m. For more 411 on BC/EFA and the event, view: www.BroadwayCares.org.
Tuesday, April 17 -- FORMER FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH
DIES at 92
"Monday, Monday",
April 16 -- S.V.A. MEETING
with N.Y.C. MANHATTAN COUNCILMAN KEITH POWERS in MANHATTAN @ 4 p.m.
Monday, April 9 -- STONEWALL
V.A. SUPPER and MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD #2 STREETFAIR HEARING
The STONEWALL
Veterans' Association events committee has a "Stonewall Vets Supper" at the
White Oak Tavern on Waverly Place at Greene Street in the East Village
@ 6 p.m. The dinner precedes the Manhattan
Community Bored #2 ("CB-2") annual "NYC Streetfair Hearing" @ 7:30 p.m.
around-the-corner at the Silver Building at 32 Washington Square
East at N.Y.U. The out-of-control (no regulation)
CB-2's activities committee, now ludicrously called 'quality of
life' committee (what a misnomer) is known verbally and in writing
for years as being slanderous, libelous, defamatory and outright liars!
Lettuce ssee what happens this year. Attending
both events are Stonewall vets Willson
Henderson, Bert Coffman, Leigh McManus, Ramon Bellido and Joany Sobel. In addition, the
SVA's general manager, with a roomy BMW sedan, AnDre Christie participates.
For more 411 on the S.V.A. history with the clearly corrupt
Manhattan CB-2, view: www.StonewallVets.org/StonewallStreetfair.com.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -- 50th TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY of DEATH
of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Saturday, March 31 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION's MONTHLY MEETING at the MANHATTAN G.L.B.T. CENTER
This beginning of
Spring meeting of the S.V.A. ushers in the GLBT historic and the Gay
Pride season -- thanks to members of the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") and some others! Main topics include, but are not
limited to: (1) the astronomically obscene
one million dollars ("a little too much, too late") that Google
Grants golden-arched and silver-spooned to the Manhattan LGBT
Center for the sole purpose of "stonewall, Stonewall, STONEWALL" -- the
people not the club; (2) the classic and famous blue 1969
"Stonewall Convertible" is loved to be seen by most everyone but they
do nada toward any of the expenses; and (3) the
significant "SVA's 49th Annual
Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion and Testimonials"
(June 30)! The entire first "Stonewall"
(1996) full-length movie was made for that Goo-goo to G-Center
$1,000,000 amount! The 'Stonewall' consultant on that
entertaining GLBT film was the SVA's founder Willson L. Henderson. Speaking
of WLH, he will be conducting the meeting as always
with interesting facts and entertaining flair! Bert Coffman provides all of the New
York City public official updates. Ramon Bellido presents summaries on
all correspondence from public officials. Patti Stone reunites with many of
her Stonewall vets after a decade as she is up from Florida with her
wife and 90-year-old mother for the Easter weekend with family
events. Joany
'JC' Sobel (via NYC Accessoride), capsulates unsuccessful
efforts (met by stonewalling, arrogance and falsities) trying to
arrange a meeting between the S.V.A. and Manhattan GLBT Center. "It's
like a nightmare", said JC. Jitterz
Greenfield heads up the financial discussions
on S.V.A. fund-raising. particularly. in anticipation of
"Stonewall 49" in June! Student
guests are junior high school girls with their teacher and some
parents from New Jersey competing in a national history contest with
their exhibit and topic: "Civil
Rights: Stonewall Rebellion". The students will be
interviewing Stonewall vets. Four elementary school
students are also confirmed by their school. Michael Fesco fishes for input for
the SVA's summertime sea cruise. Attendees are greeted by the
SVA's general manager AnDre Christie.
Pow-wow lights up @ 3:15 p.m. Visit S.V.A. at group
meetings: www.GayCenter.org.
Monday, March 26 -- SUPREME SUPERSTAR and STONEWALL
JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: DIANA ROSS
Friday, March 24 -- SVA'S WILLSON HENDERSON I/V'd in
the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A
few reporters from the New York
Daily News ("NYDN") lively, daily report page "Confidential!"
interviewed a few Stonewall veterans regarding the current and suddenly
dishy Democartic Primary contest for the next governor of New York
State. The controversy involves one of the top two gubernatorial
candidates publicly insulting the historic NYC and activist GLBT
group the STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans' Association("SVA") and all the while using
the ripping-off of Gay history promoting the place that the
Stonewall vets made famous without inviting the S.V.A. That
is an ignorant way to start a campaign, particulaly in the Stonewall
veterans' town, our community and on our street at the place that
we made symbolic! The S.V.A. has received phone calls and emails
by the dozen, even from C.N. supporters, who agreed that
the mindless gesture was ignorant! The article by
popular reporter Brian Niemietz hits all the reality buttons. The story is on the popular
feature page entitled "Confidential"! SVA's politically
savvy director analyzes and states that Cynthia Nixon isn't truly
running for governor, it is a "dress rehearsal" for NYC mayor in three
years! Guess what? Three days later (of course, having read
the Daily News story), C.N. incredibly declared in a press conference:
"Listen, I'm running for Mayor...." Oooopz! Willson
was right! Excuse our editor coloring in the first "l" in the
word "Stonewail" to make it "Stonewall" He understandably thought
it was a typo! To clearly read the "Veteran in a Stonewail vs. Cynthia
Nixon" article, see:
www.NYDailyNews.com/Confidential/Stonewall-Rebellion-Activists-calls-Cynthia-Nixon-Rip-off-Publicity-Seeker
Sunday, March 11 -- CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLINA MALONEY 'S
ANNUAL ST. PAT'S BREAKFAST BASH
Congresswoman Carolyn
"Carolina" Maloney hosts her annual St. Patrick's
breakfast! In addition to Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and NYC Councilman Keith Powers, among other electeds,
also scheduled to speak is SVA's director Willson Henderson. He is
accompanied by his longtime partner AnDre
Christie. The event is again held at the atmospheric
Sojourn Irish Restaurant at the corner of Second Avenue and East 79th
Street in Manhattan from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, March 6 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SINGER BIRTHDAY:
SUPREME MARY WILSON
Saturday, March 3 -- STONEWALL VET BERT-DAY: BERT
COFFMAN, V.P. of S.V.A., in MANHATTAN, NY
Thursday, March 1, 2018 -- S.V.A. MEETING with NEW YORK
STATE SENATOR JEFFREY D. KLEIN from THE BRONX @ 3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 27 -- S.V.A. MEETING with NYC COUNCILMAN
JUMAANE D. WILLIAMS
New York City Councilman Jumaane D. Williams ("JDW"), from
Brooklyn, holds his first private meeting with the STONEWALL Veterans' Association.
The S.V.A. has supported JDW, with an impressive housing issues
and tenants rights background, since he announced for and won Council
in 2009. In 2017, Jumaane was elected to a third term.
Representing the S.V.A. is Willson
Henderson, Bert Coffman and Ramon Bellido plus Steven Gradman from PRIDE Democrats
and AnDre Christie, the SVA's general manager.
Jumaane has announced his campaign for New York State
Lieutenant Governor in 2018. The late lunch/early supper
meeting is at Le Pain Quotidien Restaurant in TriBeCa in Manhattan,
N.Y. @ 4 p.m.
Saturday, February 24 -- SVA's MONTHLY MEETING at NEW YORK
CITY GLBT CENTRE @ 3:15 p.m.
Monday, February 19 -- PRESIDENTS' DAY HOLIDAY -and-
BIRTHDAY CHEER to SVA's HONORARY CHAIRPERSON: CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLINA
MALONEY
Wednesday, February 14 -- HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY -and- HAPPY
BIRTHDAY FORMER NYC MAYOR and LONGTIME S.V.A. SUPPORTER MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG
Saturday, February 10 -- STONEWALL VETERAN BETTYE BRISTOL's
BIRTHDAY in OHIO
Sunday, February 5 -- SVA's FACEBOOK ADMINISTRATOR
SANJAY PETERS's BIRTHDAY ALL-AROUND
-the-WORLD
Saturday, February 4 -- N.Y.C. COUNCILMEMBER ALICKA
AMPRY-SAMUEL'S INAUGURATION
This New York City councilmatic event is the official
inauguration of new Councilmember Alicka
Ampry-Samuel for District 41. She worked for longtime
S.V.A. supporter NYS Assemblywoman Latrice
T. Walker, who worked for even longer S.V.A. supporter
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke,
who is the daughter of longest supporter in this chain former
Councilwoman Una S.T. Clarke!
In addition to all of the aforementioned, confirmed-to-attend
public officials are as follows: U.S. Congressman Hakeem S. Jeffries, NYS Senator Kevin Parker, NYS
Assemblymember Walter Mosley, NYC
Councilmembers Ritchie Torres, Helen Rosenthal, Jumaane Williams, Laurie Cumbo, Mark Treyger, Adrienne Adams, Chaim Deutsch and Dyana Ayala. Justices of the
New York Supreme Court participating are Shawndya L. Simpson, Evelyn J. LaPorte and Lisa S. Ottley (a former S.V.A.
conference keynote speaker) plus many NYC civil court judges!
Representing the S.V.A. is the frequently-seen trio: Willson L. Henderson, S.V.A.
Director, Ramon F. Bellido,
S.V.A. Board of Directors, and AnDre
M. Christie, S.V.A. General Manager. Happening is at the
impressive God's Battalion of Prayer Church at 661 Linden Boulevard
near Schenectedy Avenue at East 46 Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn,
New York @ 3 p.m.
Friday, February 2, 2008 -- FAREWELL to the LAST of the GREAT
TEMPTATIONS: DENNIS EDWARDS, JR.
Motown Records
legend Dennis Edwards, Jr. was originally with the Motown
group The Contours ("Do U Love
Me"). In 1968, after main lead singer David Ruffin left The Temptations to launch his solo
career with Motown, the company's president Berry Gordy, Jr. wisely chose Dennis Edwards to replace him.
Dennis's voice was soulful, gospel and gritty yet with great pop
appeal. Big hit songs of Dennis leading The Temptations at The
STONEWALL Club and virtually every other jukebox and radio station
in the world include: "Cloud Nine" (#1) and "I'm
Gonna Make U Love Me" (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) (#1) in
1968; and "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (#1 R&B), "I'll Try
Something New" (also with Diana Ross & The Supremes) and "I Can't
Get Next To You" (#1) in 1969. Dennis was outstanding with The
Temptations in the two, very popular, hour-long television specials,
"Takin' Care of Business" (TCB) and "Get It Together on Broadway"
(GIT), with Diana Ross & The
Supremes! In the 1970s, Dennis
led The Temptations with more big hits like "Psychedellic Shack",
"Ball Of Confusion", "Superstar", "Standing At The Top" (with Rick
James) and the inimitable "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"! On
his own, Dennis had a #1 R&B song "Don't Look Any Further".
Mr. Edwards was inducted with The Temptations into the
prestigeous Rock & Roll
Hall-of-Fame in 1989. Though born in Alabama, raised in
Detroit, Michigan, and living in Missouri, Mr. Edwards sadly died in a
Chicago, Illinois hospital at the just-turning age of 75!
Sunday, January 28 -- N.Y.C. COUNCILWOMAN HELEN A.
ROSENTHAL'S RE-INAUGURATION
Confirmed 'fellow' NYC Councilmembers attending include:
Mark E. Levine, Carlina Rivera, Ben J. Kallos, Diana Ayala, Keith D. Powers -- plus
longtime former Councilwoman Ronnie
Eldridge -- all from Manhattan; Chaim M. Deutsch, Laurie Cumbo and Kalman Yeger from Brooklyn; and Vanessa Gibson, Andrew Cohen and Ritchie X. Torres from The Bronx.
The S.V.A. is represented by Stonewall veterans Willson Henderson, Bert Coffman, Joany C. Sobel, Leigh McManus and Ramon Bellido in addition to
the group's longtime legal counsel Hally
M. Weiner. The inaugural event happens in the new
auditorium of Public School 191 at 300 West 61st Street and Amsterdam
Avenue in Manhattan, N.Y. @ 3 p.m.
Saturday, January 27 -- STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION's
FIRST MEETING of 2018
The National
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association's kick-off meeting to
the year of "STONEWALL 49"
lights up at one hour earlier time @ 3:15 p.m. Unique information
is always discerned form Stonewall veterans describing facts
about the Stonewall Era and their personal Stonewall stories. Meeting is comprehensively captained by SVA's director Willson L. Henderson. Stonewall
veteran committee reports from Bert
Coffman, Joany C. Sobel and Ramon Bellido. Public
relationist Bruce A. Poli updates plans for the forthcoming "SVA's 49th Conference &
Stonewall Reunion". Mendi Seltza provides 411 on public official supporters of the S.V.A. As ever,
there are students attending to gather accurate 411 from actual
Stonewall veterans about life at the original 1966 to 1969
Stonewall Dance Club & Bar. Discussions and
planning wrap up about 5 p.m. before the introduction of the
surprise guest speaker "Miss January"!
January
27 -- INTERNATIONAL DAY of
COMMEMORATION in MEMORY of ALL of the MILLIONS of VICTIMS of THE
HOLOCAUST -- NEVER FORGET and NEVER AGAIN!!
Friday, January 19 -- STONEWALL ERA ACTRESS DOROTHY
MALONE DIES in HOLLYWOOD @ 93
Wednesday, January 17 -- NATIONAL STONEWALL MEMORIAL PARK
FORUM
The National Stonewall Memorial Park forum and updates is sponsored by the U.S. National Parks Service ("NPS").
Stonewall veterans confirmed to attend include the SVA's Willson Henderson, Bert Coffman, Marty Boyce, Ramon Bellido and Joany C. Sobel. Most
attendees no doubt would not have been alive in 1969 and have limited
knowledge of anything "Stonewall". NPS reps provide progress
reports on the long Stonewall monument process. S.V.A. 411 and
meeting flyers distributed. Venue is the New York City GLBT
Community Center. The happening starts @ 6:30 p.m.
Monday, January 8, 2018 -- SHIRLEY BASSEY, STONEWALL
JUKEBOX SUPER SONGSTRESS, BIRTHDAY