Petrelis Files

Forwarded Message:
Subj: Happy Gay Pride Day!
Date: 6/27/2004 11:43:59 AM Central Daylight Time
From: AEvans604
To: M Petrelis



Dear Michael,

Happy Gay Pride Day to you!

35 years since Stonewall, 20 years since Arthur Bell's death. In that interval, one generation, a revolution has occurred.

The right has had some success in blocking the politics, but they can't restrain the energy. That's why we'll win.

Best wishes for a glorious day.

Cheers,
Arthur
^^^


Dear Friends:

On this year's Queer Pride Day, I am gloriously rejoicing just at still being alive to enjoy all the hoopla, sad commercialization of the movement, and crazy politics of San Francisco.

But I also recall the names of pioneers who are no longer with us, and choose to honor them in one way by sharing the lyrics to our gay anthem.

For Vito Russo, Arthur Bell, Marty Robinson, Sylvia Rivera, and all the others who paved a yellow brick road for me, and the generations that are coming after mine, I say thank you.

Happy Queer Pride!

Michael Petrelis.


Lyrics to "Over the Rainbow"
music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg


Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?