Fellow Travelers Resources

FELLOW TRAVELERS RESOURCES

Boston Lyric Opera stands as an ally to our LGBTQIA+ patrons, students, and staff. If you are a college student, most campuses have an LGBTQ+ resource center. Below you can find more resources in Boston for yourself, a friend or family member.

LOCAL Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Trangender and Queer Youth https://www.bagly.org/

Comprehensive list of LGBTQ+ organizations for youth in Massachusetts. https://www.glad.org/overview/youth-organizations/massachusetts/

Fenway Health provides LGBTQ+ focused services for the Boston area. https://fenwayhealth.org/

NATIONAL The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

For further learning: LGBTQ+ History https://www.glsen.org/article/lgbtq-history-1

The Gay Rights Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u62OtM_vt5k

Britannica. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-McCarthy

Center for European Studies. University of North Carolina. Karl Marx to Joseph Stalin. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://europe.unc.edu/iron-curtain/history/communism-karl-marx-to-joseph-stalin

Cincinnati Opera. (2016). Fellow Travelers. Retrieved from https://www.cincinnatiopera.org/fellow-travelers

CNN. LGBT Rights Milestones Fast Facts. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/19/us/lgbt-rights-milestones-fast-facts/index.html

Gregory Spears. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gregoryspears.com

History. (2019). Communism Timeline. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/russia/communism-timeline

History. (2019). Joseph McCarthy. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy

Lunden, J. (2019). ‘Stonewall’ Opera Marks Uprising’s 50th Anniversary. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2019/06/22/734788572/stonewall-opera-marks-uprising-s-50th-anniversary

Minnesota Opera. (2018). Fellow Travelers. Retrieved from https://mnopera.org/season/2017-2018/fellow-travelers/

Morris, B. J., & American Psychological Association. (n.d.). History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Social Movements. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/history

New Music USA. (n.d.). Gregory Spears. Retrieved from https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/gregoryspears

Pierce, G. (n.d.). Greg Pierce. Retrieved from http://www.piercegreg.com/

Rothstein, P. 2019. Peter Rothstein. Retrieved from https://www.peter-rothstein.com

Salazar, F. (2017). LGBT Opera Retrospective: How Similar is the Opera World to Hollywood in Terms of Representation? Retrieved from https://operawire.com/lgbt-opera-retrospective-how-similar-is-the-opera-world-to-hollywood-in-terms-of-representation

Spears, G. (n.d.). Program Notes. Retrieved from https://www.americancomposers.org/2017/09/06/spears/

University of Nottingham. (2017). What is ‘Lavender Linguistics’? Retrieved from https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/lavlang24/why-lavender.aspx

NEWS ARTICLES Adkins, J. (2016). “These People Are Frightened to Death” Congressional Investigations and the Lavender Scare. Prologue Magazine of the National Archives , 48(2). Retrieved from https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html Brenner, M. (2017). How Donald Trump and Roy Cohn’s Ruthless Symbiotic Relationship Changed America. Vanity Fair. Retrieved from https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-roy-cohn-relationship Driscoll, F. P. (2017). Sound bites: Gregory Spears. Opera News. Retrieved from https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/6/Departments/Sound_Bites_—_Gregory_Spears.html Ghosh, P. (2011). Why Is The Color Red Associated With Communism? International Business Times. Retrieved from https://www.ibtimes.com/why-color-red-associated-communism-295185

INTERVIEWS The Key West Literary Seminars. Interview with Thomas Mallon. (2008). Littoral. Retrieved from http://www.thomasmallon.com/fellow_travelers__2007__101618.htm University of Chicago Press. An Interview with David K. Johnson: Author of The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. (2004). Retrieved from https://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/404811in.html

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS Adams, J. Chronology of efforts made by Senator McCarthy and Staff Members of the Senate Permanent Investigating Subcommittee to Put Pressure on the Army with a View to Securing Special Treatment for Former Consultant of the Committee, G. David Schine, Chronology of efforts made by Senator McCarthy and Staff Members of the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee to Put Pressure on the Army with a View to Securing Special Treatment for Former Consultant of the Committee, G. David Schine (1954). Washington D.C. Retrieved from https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/ exhibitions/artifact/chronology-efforts-made-senator-mccarthy-put-pressure-army-john-adams-march-11