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THE UPROAR, UNCENSORED STORY OF WOODSTOCK, THE GAY MAN WHO MA IT HAPPEN
CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGOELLT TIBER HAD A VERY SPECIAL SUMMER 1969. HE WAS NOT ONLY AT STONEWALL, BUT ALSO HELPED FACILATE THE MOST FAMO MIC FTIVAL HISTORY.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019/10:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3600PX;WIDTH:2400PX;}ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 17: ELLT TIBER ATTENDS 21ST ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS AT HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL ON APRIL 17, 2010 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019 / 10:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI REALLY PULLG FOR GRACE AND KAREN TO IRON SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODSTOCK HAS LONG BEEN RIGNED TO THE FADG MEMORY OF STRAIGHT WHE BABY BOOMERS AS THE LAST GASP OF THEIR IALISTIC YOUTH. OVER THE URSE OF THREE DAYS MID-AUGT 1969, ROCK GODS LIKE JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPL, THE WHO, AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMED FOR THE UNTERCULTURE SET THAT HAD WHOLLY EMBRACED THEIR SOUND ON A DAIRY FARM BETHEL, N.Y. BUT WHOUT THE HELP OF ELLT TIBER, A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO SECURED THE FARM FOR THE FTIVAL, WOODSTOCK—WHICH TURNS 50 THIS WEEK—MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER DIED 2016, BUT BEFORE THAT HE PENNED TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT THE LEGENDARY FTIVAL, ONE 1994 AND ANOTHER 2007, THE LATTER BEG THE BASIS FOR ANG LEE'S 2009 FILM TAKG WOODSTOCK, WHICH TIBER IS PORTRAYED BY EDIAN DEMETRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FORMER YHIVA STUNT OM BROOKLYN, TIBER HELPED N HIS PARENTS' BETHEL MOTEL, EL MONA, ON THE WEEKENDS AND SERVED AS PRINT OF THE SMALL UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN'S CHAMBER OF MERCE. DURG THE WEEK HE WORKED AS AN TERR RATOR MANHATTAN, WHERE AT NIGHT HE WOULD EQUENT THE GAY BARS, A HAB THAT TWO MONTHS BEFORE PLACED HIM SQUARELY ANOTHER WATERSHED MOMENT OF HISTORY: THE STONEWALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER'S SIGN REER TOOK A H WHEN HE WAS CHARGED WH RATG A NIGHTCLUB OWNER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON A CISE SHIP. OUT ME THE RENTED PALM TRE AND "A BEVY OF MCLE BOYS VERED GOLD BODY PAT," BUT BEFORE YOU ULD SAY, "HEY, DADDY, WHERE ARE THE QUAALUS?," TIBER FOUND HIMSELF HUNKERED DOWN WH NOT JT A GAY IN, BUT THE GAY IN. THE NEW YORK TIM REUNTED THE CINT HIS OBUARY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE CISE, A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT THE BAR, THEN SPREAD TO THE DG ROOM AND BEYOND. MR. TIBER WERED BEHD AN OVERTURNED TABLE WH JUDY GARLAND, AN IDOL OF HIS SCE CHILDHOOD. THE PALM TRE END UP THE RIVER. LEFT HOLDG THE BILL, MR. TIBER RETREATED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME ANIZERS OF WHAT WOULD BEE THE WOODSTOCK FTIVAL WENT SNIFFG AROUND TOWN, JUDY WAS AD AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY CIVIL RIGHTS HAD BEGUN. THOSE ANIZERS, HOWEVER, EXISTED A WORLD APART, AND THEY JT WANTED TO FD A SPOT TO BRG THEIR PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK 'N' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALLKILL, N.Y., WAS UNRPONSIVE TO THE IA OF LONG-HAIRED, UNWASHED, HIPPIE KIDS VADG THEIR TRANQUIL HAMLET. BUT AS PRINT OF THE BETHEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TIBER WAS THE POSN TO APPROVE THE FTIVAL PERM, AND OFFERED UP EL MONA AS HQ FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WOODSTOCK IS OFTEN NSIRED A STRAIGHT DOMA, THE HIPPI' MANTRA OF EE LOVE SEEMED TO EXTEND BEYOND TRADNAL LABELS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE FLOWER-POWER '60S FEATUR AN 18-YEAR-OLD QUEER MAN NAMED GEE HARRIS GREETG RIFL AT THE 1967 MARCH ON THE PENTAGON WH RNATNS.BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 21 1967: GEE HARRIS STICKS RNATNS GUN BARRELS DURG AN ANTIWAR MONSTRATOR AT PENTAGON 1967. THEY TRIED FLOWER POWER ON MPS BLOCKG THE PENTAGON BUILDG ARLGTON, VA ON OCTOBER 21, 1967. (PHOTO BY BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS, PERFORMG UNR THE NAME HIBISC, WAS A -FOUNR OF THE PSYCHELIC GAY LIBERATN THEATER LLECTIVE THE COCKETT, WHICH FORMED 1969 SAN FRANCIS, THE NEX OF BOTH THE HIPPIE AND GAY MOVEMENTS. TIBER, FOR HIS PART, CERTALY BENEFED OM THE SEXUAL AND QUEER LIBERATN THAT PROLIFERATED THE AIR THE SUMMER OF '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THOSE SIX WEEKS? WOW. THE PEOPLE WERE SO ENRICHG TO MY LIFE,” TIBER SAID OF ANIZG WOODSTOCK A 2008 TERVIEW WH THE MIAMI HERALD. "THEY OPENED UP WHOLE NEW WORLDS TO ME. I DIDN’T FEEL FAT, I DIDN’T FEEL UGLY. IT ENABLED ME TO MEET ALL KDS OF PEOPLE, TO ENJOY MYSELF. I GOT ED TO THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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A STRAIGHT GAY BOY AND WOODSTOCK NATNCHAPTER 23: A SUMMER OF (LOST) LOVELRENCE BT·FOLLOWPUBLISHED PRISM & PEN·9 M READ·APR 28, 2021--LISTENSHARENILE GERI/AS THE END OF THE SEMTER APPROACH, SUE TELLS ME HER PARENTS HAVE GOTTEN HER A SUMMER MP UNSELOR JOB THE ROCKY MOUNTAS. SHE HAS NO TERT, BUT THEY ARE ADAMANT. SHE’S BROKEN UP ABOUT LEAVG ME FOR THREE MONTHS BUT SE NO WAY OUT.RICHARD HAS SECURED SEAMAN’S RDS FOR HIS NEPHEW TERRY AND I, HOWEVER, WHICH LET SHIP OUT FOR THE SUMMER WH THE MERCHANT MARE, SO I WILL BE AT SEA ANYWAY. I WORRY BEE SUE’S PARENTS HAVE NEVER SENT HER TO MP BEFORE. WHY NOW? AS I MULL THIS OVER, I RELL SUE MENTNG SOME GUY NAMED CHARL WEIL HER MOTHER RECENTLY SET HER UP WH. SHE WENT UNR PROTT, PLAG ABOUT HOW BORG HE WAS, BUT SHE HAD TO GO TO PLEASE HER MOTHER.I HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS A NON-ISSUE, BUT NOW I WONRED. HIS NAME SOUNDS SPICLY UPTOWN. IN NEW ORLEANS, SOCIAL CLASS IS EVERYTHG, AND I HAVE NONE. I AM A NOBODY WHOSE MOM IS A GLORIFIED SECRETARY KEPT BY A LAWYER. I MT BE A SOCIAL DISASTER TO HER FAY IF NOT TO HER.WE ARE LOVE AFTER ALL.ON OUR LAST NIGHT, WE S THE DARK ON HER ONT STEPS KISSG EP, LONG, AND HARD. I ALLOW MY HANDS TO REACH FOR HER BODY, RSG GENTLY, MOVG UNR HER BLOE. SHE LEANS EAGERLY. MY HAND MOV UP HER SMOOTH TANNED LEG UNR HER PLEATED SKIRT. I MOVE SLOWLY SO SHE N STOP ME IF SHE WANTS, BUT SHE DO NOT.FALLY, I GENTLY TOUCH HER SEX THROUGH HER PANTI AS SHE MOANS QUIETLY AND RETURNS MY KISS. I DARE NOT PH FURTHER, NOT YET. WE HAVE NOTHG AHEAD OF BUT TIME, AND I HAVE NOTHG TO PROVE OTHER THAN THAT I AM GENTLE, NSIRATE, AND WORTHY. WE WEEP OVER TOMORROW’S PARTG. WE AGA PROFS OUR LOVE, ONE WE KNOW WILL LAST.I SEE HER OFF AT THE AIRPORT WH HER FAY. SHE CRI AND KISS ME LCLY RIGHT ONT OF THEM. SHE PROMIS TO WRE. THEN I AM OFF TO TAMPA TO BOARD A MOLTEN-SULFUR TANKER NNG BETWEEN COTZOLOS, MEXI, AND BALTIMORE. I SERVE AS A STEWARD HELPG PREPARE AND SERVE THREE MEALS A DAY. THE NNG JOKE AMONG THE CREW IS THAT NOBODY ULD SURVIVE A SHIPWRECK, THAT WATER AND LIQUID SULFUR MIX TO CREATE ADLY HYDROCHLORIC ACID.TERRY AND I LGH THIS OFF AND SETTLE TO THE RHYTHM OF SHIPBOARD LIFE.AFTER A FEW DAYS, WE ARRIVE AT A SHABBY MEXIN PORT WHERE WE WILL TAKE ON THE SULFUR AND S BRIMSTONE ODOR THAT SOAKS TO EVERYTHG. THE CREW TAKE TO THE ONLY AIR-NDNED HOTEL FOR A FEW DRKS THE BAR. AFTER A UPLE OF CARTE BLANS, WE ALL TAXI TO “THE HILL,” THE OUT-OF-TOWN RED-LIGHT DISTRICT. I KNOW WHAT THE AMED CREW EXPECT OF AND AM ONLY NCERNED ABOUT VENEREAL DISEASE, SEEG BBERS ARE NOWHERE EVINCE. SOMEBODY ASSUR THE WOMEN ARE ERNMENT SPECTED WEEKLY, ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY. SO I’M FACED WH ANOTHER OPPORTUNY TO PROVE MY VIRILY.WE ENTER AN OPEN-AIR BAR TO FD SEVERAL WOMEN SIZG UP. AS THE SUN SETS, WE DRK MORE BEER UNR LAZY CEILG FANS AND BARE BULBS. DK BRGS OUT HOARDS OF SWARMG, CHIRPG BEETL. THEY SEEM TO DISTURB NOBODY BUT ME.THE CREW SMIRKS WONRG WHAT WE LLEGE BOYS WILL DO. TERRY AND I NFER AND AGREE BLOW JOBS SEEM THE SAFT CHOICE. AFTER DODGG A HEAVILY PREGNANT WOMAN TERMED TO LAND ME, I SETTLE ON A LIP-STICKED BLON. TERRY FDS A WOMAN TO HIS TASTE, AND WE FOLLOW THEM DOWN A MTY, DIRTY NCRETE-BLOCK RRIDOR.AFTER MY GIRL SHUTS THE DOOR AND LLECTS MY TWENTY DOLLARS, SHE UNDRS AND PULLS A WORN, SAD PK TEDDY BEAR OFF THE BED. SHE MT LIVE THIS TY ROOM. SHE LI DOWN, SPREADS HER LEGS, AND SAYS “FUCKY, FUCKY!” WHILE SHE PULLS APART PK LIPS WH RED FGERNAILS.I DROP MY PANTS BUT AM SO NERVO I’M NOT HARD. SHE LGHS, POTG AT MY DICK AND HUIATG ME. FORTUNATELY, AT ONLY NETEEN, A FEW QUICK YANKS SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND SHE OS AT THE TRANSFORMATN.NOW IS MY TURN TO SAY “NO FUCKY, FUCKY…… SUCKY, SUCKY!” AS I POT TO MY DICK AND HER MOUTH. SHE JUMPS UP FURLY, SHOUTG “NO, NO, NO!” THE DOOR SWGS OPEN AND A TALL BURLY MAN A FILTHY SHIRT AGGRSIVELY MOTNS ME TO DRS AND GET OUT. I AM TAKEN DOWN THE HALL AND BSQUELY SHOWN OUT A SI DOOR TO THE STREET. MY MANDS FOR MY MONEY ARE IGNORED. THE SAME HAPPENS TO TERRY. WE TAXI BACK TO THE SHIP AND CI NOT TO MENTN THE OUTE TO THE CREW, WHO WE HOPE WILL RPECT AT LEAST A LTLE MORE. AS WE SAIL ON TO BALTIMORE TO DISCHARGE OUR RGO, TERRY AND I ARE SET TO CHIPPG AND PATG. WE WORK CRAMPED UP STEAMY SPAC EXPOSED TO NSEATG, SK BURNG, HEADACHE-DUCG CHEMILS.AT NIGHT, TERRY LI HIS BUNK OUR THREE-MAN B READG DOSTOYEVSKY’S THE IDT, WHICH MAK ME FEEL LIKE ONE PARISON, SO I ROLVE TO READ WHEN I GET HOME.MEANWHILE, I WATCH HIM EACH NIGHT WH HIS BOOK HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN HIS UNRWEAR ENDLSLY TOYG WH HIS PUBIC HAIR. TERRY IS OLIVE-SKNED AND DARKLY HANDSOME. HIS BEHAVR IS SO AROG, I REGULARLY N TO THE HEAD TO MASTURBATE, DISAPPOTED THAT SAILOR FANTASI DON’T SEEM TO HAPPEN ON THIS SHIP. THE ONLY DICK I SEE IS OUR B MATE’S HARD-ON TENTG HIS TROERS WHILE HE NAPS. IT’S NOT MUCH, BUT I NEVER FET . AFTER BALTIMORE, WE HEAD BACK TO TAMPA WHERE WE LEARN THE VOYAGE HAS BEEN CUT SHORT AFTER JT OVER A MONTH. THE PANY FLI BACK TO NEW ORLEANS. I E SOME OF MY 450.00 DOLLAR SH WDFALL AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON MY FIRST R, A ED 1965 AT HEALEY SPRE, WHICH JOANIE’S OLR BROTHER NEAL FDS FOR ME. HE ALSO LOANS ME THE BALANCE, AND I PAY HIM TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH. THEIR PARENTS APPROVE OF ME AND THK I AM WORTH THE VTMENT. I HOPE SUE’S PARENTS WILL SEE ME THE SAME WAY.I LOVE MY R AND AFFIX A LORFUL STAED-GLASS-LOOKG PEACE SYMBOL TO THE REAR WDOW. SEVERAL LETTERS OM SUE WA FOR ME, FULL OF LOVE AND TEARS. I WRE HER BACK ABOUT MY BRIEF TIME AT SEA, OMTG THE HILL OF URSE. AND THEN, A PACKAGE ARRIV. INSI IS A SHOEBOX VERED LORED NSTCTN PAPER RATED WH HAND-DRAWN DRAWN HEARTS AND FLOWERS, ALONG WH KAHIL GIBRAN QUOTATNS. A LONG SWEET LETTER SCRIB HER ACTIVI AND TELLS ME HOW MUCH SHE LOV AND MISS ME. THERE IS ALSO A PY OF GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET.I GATHER THE OTHER KIDS UP THERE HAVE ‘TURNED HER ON” TO THIS, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISG. AFTER ALL, 1967 IS ALREADY KNOWN AS THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND THE HIPPIE THG IS GROWG RAPIDLY EVEN IF HAS NOT EXPLOD NEW ORLEANS. ON JULY 20, 1969, I WATCH THE APOLLO XI MOON LANDG LIVE WH ANTHONY, JOANIE, AND NEAL. WALTER CRONKE NARRAT AS WE LISTEN, ASTONISHED, TO NEAL ARMSTRONG SAYG, “ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN; ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKD.” I WRE TO SUE LATER, KNOWG SOMEWHERE THE ROCKI, SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN WATCHG TOO.VASILS MELI/THEN I GET A NOTE OM ALAN WHO IS AVOIDG VIETNAM BY TRAG FOR THE NAVY SUBMARE SERVICE CONNECTICUT. HE WR HE IS GOG TO SOMETHG LLED THE WOODSTOCK POP FTIVAL. I SAVE THE FLYER HE ENCLOSED WH CIRCL ON THE ACTS HE IS EXCED TO SEE. JANIS JOPL, THE BYRDS, JIMI HENDRIX, CRENCE CLEARWATER, CANNED HEAT, AND OTHERS WE BOTH LOVE. I WISH I WERE GOG TOO, BUT I KNOW SUE IS G HOME SOON. SHE DROPS A BRIEF NOTE WH HER FLIGHT TAILS, AND I PLAN OUR RNN. ONE DAY LATE AUGT, I BRG A BUNCH OF DAISI TO WELE HER AT THE AIRPORT. I MAKE UNFORTABLE SMALL TALK WH HER FAY AT THE GATE UNTIL PASSENGERS BEG TO FILE OUT OF THE JETWAY.HER SISTER SE HER FIRST AND LLS OUT. THE RT OF LOOK BUT ONLY REGNIZE SUE WHEN WE HEAR HER. THIS IS NOT THE SUE WHO LEFT LATE MAY. HER HAIR, UNR A BIG FLOPPY HAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, IS LONGER, WAVY, AND UNKEMPT. SHE PULLS THE HAT OFF TO REVEAL A BEAD NATIVE AMERIN HEADBAND. PARTS OF HER HAIR ARE LONG FE BRAIDS WH A FEW LORED BEADS KNOTTED THE ENDS.THEY CLACK TOGETHER AS SHE NS TO HER SISTER.TANGL OF LOVE BEADS SWG OM HER NECK OVER A LORFUL PEASANT BLOE. SHE IS WEARG NIM BELL-BOTTOMS AND BROWN LEATHER SANDALS. OVER HER SHOULR IS A GED BUCKSK BAG. SUE HAS TRANSFORMED TO THE HIPPT OF HIPPI. A LOT MT HAVE HAPPENED COLORADO. WE ALL CLAMOR TO GREET HER.I MANAGE TO THST MY FLOWERS TO HER HANDS, BUT SHE QUICKLY HANDS THEM OFF TO SOMEONE AS WE HEAD TO BAGGAGE CLAIM. SHE TALKS ANIMATEDLY TO HER PARENTS AND WALKS BETWEEN THEM AS WE HEAD DOWN THE NURSE, BUT SHE DO NOT LOOK FOR ME. AT BAGGAGE CLAIM, SHE STILL HAS NO TIME FOR ME, AND I AM EMBARRASSED. TO SAVE FACE, I GO TELL HER TO TCH UP WH HER FAY AND I WILL LL HER LATER. I LL THE NEXT DAY. SHE DON’T ANSWER BUT HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WILL LL ME BACK. SHE DO NOT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I LL REPEATEDLY, LEAVG AWKWARD MSAG WHICH ARE NEVER RETURNED. EVENTUALLY, I UNRSTAND THAT WE ARE NO LONGER “WE.”.I AM HEARTBROKEN, HUIATED, AND UGHT PLETELY OFF GUARD. IT DAWNS ON ME THAT SUE’S PARENTS SENT HER TO MP HOPG SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THAT WH A FEW WEEKS AWAY SHE WOULD GET OVER ME … AND THEY WERE RIGHT. WHILE I AM TROUBLED AND DISAPPOTED, I REGNIZE SUE HAS CHANGED SO RADILLY THAT MAYBE ’S FOR THE BT. THE SUE I LOVED SO ARLY IS EHER GONE OR NEVER EXISTED AT ALL. IN ANY SE, I MOVE ON. RILIENCE IS ONE OF MY STRENGTHS.I BELIEVE LOVE WILL E AGA. AFTER ALL, I HAVE BEEN LOVE WH THREE DIFFERENT GIRLS. WHILE I STILL LOOK AT MEN SOMETIM, I AM MORE NFINT THAN EVER THAT THAT WAS A JT FOOTNOTE TO MY LIFE. AFTER THIS DRAMATIC LOVE-AT-FIRST-SIGHT, HOW ULD I THK OTHERWISE?A FEW YEARS LATER, AFTER I AM MARRIED AND TULANE LAW SCHOOL, I SEE A WEDDG ANNOUNCEMENT THE TIM PIYUNE CELEBRATG THE UNN OF SUE WENTWORTH AND CHARL WEIL. MORE RECENTLY, A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY STILL LIVE THE AREA, SHE IS NOW SUE WENTWORTH AGA AND THEY LIVE SEPARATELY AFTER APPARENTLY HAVG HAD ONE SON. SOMEHOW THE IA OF THEIR DIVORCE RELIEV ME. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WH A FAILED MARRIAGE. HAD WE MARRIED, WE TOO WOULD HAVE DIVORCED. THE SUE I KNEW SEEMED STED FOR BETTER.BUT THEN, I NEVER REALLY KNEW SUE, DID I? THAT SUMMER WOULD BEE A LANDMARK OTHER WAYS. NEIL ARMSTRONG’S WALK ON THE MOON AND HIS WORDS THAT SUMMER NIGHT WOULD GO DOWN HISTORY. SO, A SMALLER WAY, WOULD WOOD STOCK NATN, A CULTURAL TONE OF PEACE AND LOVE NOT LIKELY TO EVER BE REPEATED, AND A SYMBOL OF EVERYTHG THE NSERVATIVE RIGHT HATED AND WOULD FIGHT FOR S TO SUBDUE. NOTABLY, HOWEVER, THE DIVERSY AND CLIVY OF 1969 WOODSTOCK, LIKE THE SUMMER OF LOVE OF 1967 BEFORE , DID NOT EXTEND TO GAYS AND LBIANS, MUCH LS OTHER SEXUAL MORI, ALL OF WHOM WERE STILL OUTLAWS. AT THE END OF JUNE 1969, THE STONEWALL RTS EXPLOD MANHATTAN’S WT VILLAGE WHEN LBIANS, DRAG QUEENS, AND OTHERS FOUGHT POLICE HARASSMENT THE CY’S GAY BARS. IF EVEN MA THE NEWS NEW ORLEANS, I MISSED . IT HELD NO RELEVANCE FOR ME, ANYWAY, BEE I WAS NOT GAY.CLICK BELOW FOR CHAPTERS AVAILABLE SO FAR →
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THE UPROAR, UNCENSORED STORY OF WOODSTOCK, THE GAY MAN WHO MA IT HAPPEN

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All of that asi, Ellt was livg a closeted life as a homosexual mutg between hom Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and the Catskills. As he tells the story his 1994 book, Knock on Woodstock: The Uproar, Uncensored Story of Woodstock, the Gay Man Who Ma It Happen, and How He Earned his Ticket to Free, Elltt was at the Stonewall rts June 1969 and he brought that activism wh him back to the Catskills that summer.

But whout the help of Ellt Tiber, a gay rights activist who secured the farm for the ftival, Woodstock—which turns 50 this week—may not have happened at died 2016, but before that he penned two memoirs about the legendary ftival, one 1994 and another 2007, the latter beg the basis for Ang Lee's 2009 film Takg Woodstock, which Tiber is portrayed by edian Demetri Mart.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGOELLT TIBER HAD A VERY SPECIAL SUMMER 1969. HE WAS NOT ONLY AT STONEWALL, BUT ALSO HELPED FACILATE THE MOST FAMO MIC FTIVAL HISTORY.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019/10:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3600PX;WIDTH:2400PX;}ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 17: ELLT TIBER ATTENDS 21ST ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS AT HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL ON APRIL 17, 2010 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. 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IS A WEEKLY SERI REALLY PULLG FOR GRACE AND KAREN TO IRON SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODSTOCK HAS LONG BEEN RIGNED TO THE FADG MEMORY OF STRAIGHT WHE BABY BOOMERS AS THE LAST GASP OF THEIR IALISTIC YOUTH. OVER THE URSE OF THREE DAYS MID-AUGT 1969, ROCK GODS LIKE JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPL, THE WHO, AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMED FOR THE UNTERCULTURE SET THAT HAD WHOLLY EMBRACED THEIR SOUND ON A DAIRY FARM BETHEL, N.Y. BUT WHOUT THE HELP OF ELLT TIBER, A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO SECURED THE FARM FOR THE FTIVAL, WOODSTOCK—WHICH TURNS 50 THIS WEEK—MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER DIED 2016, BUT BEFORE THAT HE PENNED TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT THE LEGENDARY FTIVAL, ONE 1994 AND ANOTHER 2007, THE LATTER BEG THE BASIS FOR ANG LEE'S 2009 FILM TAKG WOODSTOCK, WHICH TIBER IS PORTRAYED BY EDIAN DEMETRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FORMER YHIVA STUNT OM BROOKLYN, TIBER HELPED N HIS PARENTS' BETHEL MOTEL, EL MONA, ON THE WEEKENDS AND SERVED AS PRINT OF THE SMALL UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN'S CHAMBER OF MERCE. DURG THE WEEK HE WORKED AS AN TERR RATOR MANHATTAN, WHERE AT NIGHT HE WOULD EQUENT THE GAY BARS, A HAB THAT TWO MONTHS BEFORE PLACED HIM SQUARELY ANOTHER WATERSHED MOMENT OF HISTORY: THE STONEWALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER'S SIGN REER TOOK A H WHEN HE WAS CHARGED WH RATG A NIGHTCLUB OWNER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON A CISE SHIP. OUT ME THE RENTED PALM TRE AND "A BEVY OF MCLE BOYS VERED GOLD BODY PAT," BUT BEFORE YOU ULD SAY, "HEY, DADDY, WHERE ARE THE QUAALUS?," TIBER FOUND HIMSELF HUNKERED DOWN WH NOT JT A GAY IN, BUT THE GAY IN. THE NEW YORK TIM REUNTED THE CINT HIS OBUARY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE CISE, A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT THE BAR, THEN SPREAD TO THE DG ROOM AND BEYOND. MR. TIBER WERED BEHD AN OVERTURNED TABLE WH JUDY GARLAND, AN IDOL OF HIS SCE CHILDHOOD. THE PALM TRE END UP THE RIVER. LEFT HOLDG THE BILL, MR. TIBER RETREATED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME ANIZERS OF WHAT WOULD BEE THE WOODSTOCK FTIVAL WENT SNIFFG AROUND TOWN, JUDY WAS AD AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY CIVIL RIGHTS HAD BEGUN. THOSE ANIZERS, HOWEVER, EXISTED A WORLD APART, AND THEY JT WANTED TO FD A SPOT TO BRG THEIR PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK 'N' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALLKILL, N.Y., WAS UNRPONSIVE TO THE IA OF LONG-HAIRED, UNWASHED, HIPPIE KIDS VADG THEIR TRANQUIL HAMLET. BUT AS PRINT OF THE BETHEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TIBER WAS THE POSN TO APPROVE THE FTIVAL PERM, AND OFFERED UP EL MONA AS HQ FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WOODSTOCK IS OFTEN NSIRED A STRAIGHT DOMA, THE HIPPI' MANTRA OF EE LOVE SEEMED TO EXTEND BEYOND TRADNAL LABELS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE FLOWER-POWER '60S FEATUR AN 18-YEAR-OLD QUEER MAN NAMED GEE HARRIS GREETG RIFL AT THE 1967 MARCH ON THE PENTAGON WH RNATNS.BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 21 1967: GEE HARRIS STICKS RNATNS GUN BARRELS DURG AN ANTIWAR MONSTRATOR AT PENTAGON 1967. THEY TRIED FLOWER POWER ON MPS BLOCKG THE PENTAGON BUILDG ARLGTON, VA ON OCTOBER 21, 1967. 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A STRAIGHT GAY BOY AND WOODSTOCK NATNCHAPTER 23: A SUMMER OF (LOST) LOVELRENCE BT·FOLLOWPUBLISHED PRISM & PEN·9 M READ·APR 28, 2021--LISTENSHARENILE GERI/AS THE END OF THE SEMTER APPROACH, SUE TELLS ME HER PARENTS HAVE GOTTEN HER A SUMMER MP UNSELOR JOB THE ROCKY MOUNTAS. SHE HAS NO TERT, BUT THEY ARE ADAMANT. SHE’S BROKEN UP ABOUT LEAVG ME FOR THREE MONTHS BUT SE NO WAY OUT.RICHARD HAS SECURED SEAMAN’S RDS FOR HIS NEPHEW TERRY AND I, HOWEVER, WHICH LET SHIP OUT FOR THE SUMMER WH THE MERCHANT MARE, SO I WILL BE AT SEA ANYWAY. I WORRY BEE SUE’S PARENTS HAVE NEVER SENT HER TO MP BEFORE. WHY NOW? AS I MULL THIS OVER, I RELL SUE MENTNG SOME GUY NAMED CHARL WEIL HER MOTHER RECENTLY SET HER UP WH. SHE WENT UNR PROTT, PLAG ABOUT HOW BORG HE WAS, BUT SHE HAD TO GO TO PLEASE HER MOTHER.I HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS A NON-ISSUE, BUT NOW I WONRED. HIS NAME SOUNDS SPICLY UPTOWN. IN NEW ORLEANS, SOCIAL CLASS IS EVERYTHG, AND I HAVE NONE. I AM A NOBODY WHOSE MOM IS A GLORIFIED SECRETARY KEPT BY A LAWYER. I MT BE A SOCIAL DISASTER TO HER FAY IF NOT TO HER.WE ARE LOVE AFTER ALL.ON OUR LAST NIGHT, WE S THE DARK ON HER ONT STEPS KISSG EP, LONG, AND HARD. I ALLOW MY HANDS TO REACH FOR HER BODY, RSG GENTLY, MOVG UNR HER BLOE. SHE LEANS EAGERLY. MY HAND MOV UP HER SMOOTH TANNED LEG UNR HER PLEATED SKIRT. I MOVE SLOWLY SO SHE N STOP ME IF SHE WANTS, BUT SHE DO NOT.FALLY, I GENTLY TOUCH HER SEX THROUGH HER PANTI AS SHE MOANS QUIETLY AND RETURNS MY KISS. I DARE NOT PH FURTHER, NOT YET. WE HAVE NOTHG AHEAD OF BUT TIME, AND I HAVE NOTHG TO PROVE OTHER THAN THAT I AM GENTLE, NSIRATE, AND WORTHY. WE WEEP OVER TOMORROW’S PARTG. WE AGA PROFS OUR LOVE, ONE WE KNOW WILL LAST.I SEE HER OFF AT THE AIRPORT WH HER FAY. SHE CRI AND KISS ME LCLY RIGHT ONT OF THEM. SHE PROMIS TO WRE. THEN I AM OFF TO TAMPA TO BOARD A MOLTEN-SULFUR TANKER NNG BETWEEN COTZOLOS, MEXI, AND BALTIMORE. I SERVE AS A STEWARD HELPG PREPARE AND SERVE THREE MEALS A DAY. THE NNG JOKE AMONG THE CREW IS THAT NOBODY ULD SURVIVE A SHIPWRECK, THAT WATER AND LIQUID SULFUR MIX TO CREATE ADLY HYDROCHLORIC ACID.TERRY AND I LGH THIS OFF AND SETTLE TO THE RHYTHM OF SHIPBOARD LIFE.AFTER A FEW DAYS, WE ARRIVE AT A SHABBY MEXIN PORT WHERE WE WILL TAKE ON THE SULFUR AND S BRIMSTONE ODOR THAT SOAKS TO EVERYTHG. THE CREW TAKE TO THE ONLY AIR-NDNED HOTEL FOR A FEW DRKS THE BAR. AFTER A UPLE OF CARTE BLANS, WE ALL TAXI TO “THE HILL,” THE OUT-OF-TOWN RED-LIGHT DISTRICT. I KNOW WHAT THE AMED CREW EXPECT OF AND AM ONLY NCERNED ABOUT VENEREAL DISEASE, SEEG BBERS ARE NOWHERE EVINCE. SOMEBODY ASSUR THE WOMEN ARE ERNMENT SPECTED WEEKLY, ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY. SO I’M FACED WH ANOTHER OPPORTUNY TO PROVE MY VIRILY.WE ENTER AN OPEN-AIR BAR TO FD SEVERAL WOMEN SIZG UP. AS THE SUN SETS, WE DRK MORE BEER UNR LAZY CEILG FANS AND BARE BULBS. DK BRGS OUT HOARDS OF SWARMG, CHIRPG BEETL. THEY SEEM TO DISTURB NOBODY BUT ME.THE CREW SMIRKS WONRG WHAT WE LLEGE BOYS WILL DO. TERRY AND I NFER AND AGREE BLOW JOBS SEEM THE SAFT CHOICE. AFTER DODGG A HEAVILY PREGNANT WOMAN TERMED TO LAND ME, I SETTLE ON A LIP-STICKED BLON. TERRY FDS A WOMAN TO HIS TASTE, AND WE FOLLOW THEM DOWN A MTY, DIRTY NCRETE-BLOCK RRIDOR.AFTER MY GIRL SHUTS THE DOOR AND LLECTS MY TWENTY DOLLARS, SHE UNDRS AND PULLS A WORN, SAD PK TEDDY BEAR OFF THE BED. SHE MT LIVE THIS TY ROOM. SHE LI DOWN, SPREADS HER LEGS, AND SAYS “FUCKY, FUCKY!” WHILE SHE PULLS APART PK LIPS WH RED FGERNAILS.I DROP MY PANTS BUT AM SO NERVO I’M NOT HARD. SHE LGHS, POTG AT MY DICK AND HUIATG ME. FORTUNATELY, AT ONLY NETEEN, A FEW QUICK YANKS SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND SHE OS AT THE TRANSFORMATN.NOW IS MY TURN TO SAY “NO FUCKY, FUCKY…… SUCKY, SUCKY!” AS I POT TO MY DICK AND HER MOUTH. SHE JUMPS UP FURLY, SHOUTG “NO, NO, NO!” THE DOOR SWGS OPEN AND A TALL BURLY MAN A FILTHY SHIRT AGGRSIVELY MOTNS ME TO DRS AND GET OUT. I AM TAKEN DOWN THE HALL AND BSQUELY SHOWN OUT A SI DOOR TO THE STREET. MY MANDS FOR MY MONEY ARE IGNORED. THE SAME HAPPENS TO TERRY. WE TAXI BACK TO THE SHIP AND CI NOT TO MENTN THE OUTE TO THE CREW, WHO WE HOPE WILL RPECT AT LEAST A LTLE MORE. AS WE SAIL ON TO BALTIMORE TO DISCHARGE OUR RGO, TERRY AND I ARE SET TO CHIPPG AND PATG. WE WORK CRAMPED UP STEAMY SPAC EXPOSED TO NSEATG, SK BURNG, HEADACHE-DUCG CHEMILS.AT NIGHT, TERRY LI HIS BUNK OUR THREE-MAN B READG DOSTOYEVSKY’S THE IDT, WHICH MAK ME FEEL LIKE ONE PARISON, SO I ROLVE TO READ WHEN I GET HOME.MEANWHILE, I WATCH HIM EACH NIGHT WH HIS BOOK HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN HIS UNRWEAR ENDLSLY TOYG WH HIS PUBIC HAIR. TERRY IS OLIVE-SKNED AND DARKLY HANDSOME. HIS BEHAVR IS SO AROG, I REGULARLY N TO THE HEAD TO MASTURBATE, DISAPPOTED THAT SAILOR FANTASI DON’T SEEM TO HAPPEN ON THIS SHIP. THE ONLY DICK I SEE IS OUR B MATE’S HARD-ON TENTG HIS TROERS WHILE HE NAPS. IT’S NOT MUCH, BUT I NEVER FET . AFTER BALTIMORE, WE HEAD BACK TO TAMPA WHERE WE LEARN THE VOYAGE HAS BEEN CUT SHORT AFTER JT OVER A MONTH. THE PANY FLI BACK TO NEW ORLEANS. I E SOME OF MY 450.00 DOLLAR SH WDFALL AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON MY FIRST R, A ED 1965 AT HEALEY SPRE, WHICH JOANIE’S OLR BROTHER NEAL FDS FOR ME. HE ALSO LOANS ME THE BALANCE, AND I PAY HIM TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH. THEIR PARENTS APPROVE OF ME AND THK I AM WORTH THE VTMENT. I HOPE SUE’S PARENTS WILL SEE ME THE SAME WAY.I LOVE MY R AND AFFIX A LORFUL STAED-GLASS-LOOKG PEACE SYMBOL TO THE REAR WDOW. SEVERAL LETTERS OM SUE WA FOR ME, FULL OF LOVE AND TEARS. I WRE HER BACK ABOUT MY BRIEF TIME AT SEA, OMTG THE HILL OF URSE. AND THEN, A PACKAGE ARRIV. INSI IS A SHOEBOX VERED LORED NSTCTN PAPER RATED WH HAND-DRAWN DRAWN HEARTS AND FLOWERS, ALONG WH KAHIL GIBRAN QUOTATNS. A LONG SWEET LETTER SCRIB HER ACTIVI AND TELLS ME HOW MUCH SHE LOV AND MISS ME. THERE IS ALSO A PY OF GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET.I GATHER THE OTHER KIDS UP THERE HAVE ‘TURNED HER ON” TO THIS, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISG. AFTER ALL, 1967 IS ALREADY KNOWN AS THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND THE HIPPIE THG IS GROWG RAPIDLY EVEN IF HAS NOT EXPLOD NEW ORLEANS. ON JULY 20, 1969, I WATCH THE APOLLO XI MOON LANDG LIVE WH ANTHONY, JOANIE, AND NEAL. WALTER CRONKE NARRAT AS WE LISTEN, ASTONISHED, TO NEAL ARMSTRONG SAYG, “ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN; ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKD.” I WRE TO SUE LATER, KNOWG SOMEWHERE THE ROCKI, SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN WATCHG TOO.VASILS MELI/THEN I GET A NOTE OM ALAN WHO IS AVOIDG VIETNAM BY TRAG FOR THE NAVY SUBMARE SERVICE CONNECTICUT. HE WR HE IS GOG TO SOMETHG LLED THE WOODSTOCK POP FTIVAL. I SAVE THE FLYER HE ENCLOSED WH CIRCL ON THE ACTS HE IS EXCED TO SEE. JANIS JOPL, THE BYRDS, JIMI HENDRIX, CRENCE CLEARWATER, CANNED HEAT, AND OTHERS WE BOTH LOVE. I WISH I WERE GOG TOO, BUT I KNOW SUE IS G HOME SOON. SHE DROPS A BRIEF NOTE WH HER FLIGHT TAILS, AND I PLAN OUR RNN. ONE DAY LATE AUGT, I BRG A BUNCH OF DAISI TO WELE HER AT THE AIRPORT. I MAKE UNFORTABLE SMALL TALK WH HER FAY AT THE GATE UNTIL PASSENGERS BEG TO FILE OUT OF THE JETWAY.HER SISTER SE HER FIRST AND LLS OUT. THE RT OF LOOK BUT ONLY REGNIZE SUE WHEN WE HEAR HER. THIS IS NOT THE SUE WHO LEFT LATE MAY. HER HAIR, UNR A BIG FLOPPY HAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, IS LONGER, WAVY, AND UNKEMPT. SHE PULLS THE HAT OFF TO REVEAL A BEAD NATIVE AMERIN HEADBAND. PARTS OF HER HAIR ARE LONG FE BRAIDS WH A FEW LORED BEADS KNOTTED THE ENDS.THEY CLACK TOGETHER AS SHE NS TO HER SISTER.TANGL OF LOVE BEADS SWG OM HER NECK OVER A LORFUL PEASANT BLOE. SHE IS WEARG NIM BELL-BOTTOMS AND BROWN LEATHER SANDALS. OVER HER SHOULR IS A GED BUCKSK BAG. SUE HAS TRANSFORMED TO THE HIPPT OF HIPPI. A LOT MT HAVE HAPPENED COLORADO. WE ALL CLAMOR TO GREET HER.I MANAGE TO THST MY FLOWERS TO HER HANDS, BUT SHE QUICKLY HANDS THEM OFF TO SOMEONE AS WE HEAD TO BAGGAGE CLAIM. SHE TALKS ANIMATEDLY TO HER PARENTS AND WALKS BETWEEN THEM AS WE HEAD DOWN THE NURSE, BUT SHE DO NOT LOOK FOR ME. AT BAGGAGE CLAIM, SHE STILL HAS NO TIME FOR ME, AND I AM EMBARRASSED. TO SAVE FACE, I GO TELL HER TO TCH UP WH HER FAY AND I WILL LL HER LATER. I LL THE NEXT DAY. SHE DON’T ANSWER BUT HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WILL LL ME BACK. SHE DO NOT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I LL REPEATEDLY, LEAVG AWKWARD MSAG WHICH ARE NEVER RETURNED. EVENTUALLY, I UNRSTAND THAT WE ARE NO LONGER “WE.”.I AM HEARTBROKEN, HUIATED, AND UGHT PLETELY OFF GUARD. IT DAWNS ON ME THAT SUE’S PARENTS SENT HER TO MP HOPG SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THAT WH A FEW WEEKS AWAY SHE WOULD GET OVER ME … AND THEY WERE RIGHT. WHILE I AM TROUBLED AND DISAPPOTED, I REGNIZE SUE HAS CHANGED SO RADILLY THAT MAYBE ’S FOR THE BT. THE SUE I LOVED SO ARLY IS EHER GONE OR NEVER EXISTED AT ALL. IN ANY SE, I MOVE ON. RILIENCE IS ONE OF MY STRENGTHS.I BELIEVE LOVE WILL E AGA. AFTER ALL, I HAVE BEEN LOVE WH THREE DIFFERENT GIRLS. WHILE I STILL LOOK AT MEN SOMETIM, I AM MORE NFINT THAN EVER THAT THAT WAS A JT FOOTNOTE TO MY LIFE. AFTER THIS DRAMATIC LOVE-AT-FIRST-SIGHT, HOW ULD I THK OTHERWISE?A FEW YEARS LATER, AFTER I AM MARRIED AND TULANE LAW SCHOOL, I SEE A WEDDG ANNOUNCEMENT THE TIM PIYUNE CELEBRATG THE UNN OF SUE WENTWORTH AND CHARL WEIL. MORE RECENTLY, A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY STILL LIVE THE AREA, SHE IS NOW SUE WENTWORTH AGA AND THEY LIVE SEPARATELY AFTER APPARENTLY HAVG HAD ONE SON. SOMEHOW THE IA OF THEIR DIVORCE RELIEV ME. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WH A FAILED MARRIAGE. HAD WE MARRIED, WE TOO WOULD HAVE DIVORCED. THE SUE I KNEW SEEMED STED FOR BETTER.BUT THEN, I NEVER REALLY KNEW SUE, DID I? THAT SUMMER WOULD BEE A LANDMARK OTHER WAYS. NEIL ARMSTRONG’S WALK ON THE MOON AND HIS WORDS THAT SUMMER NIGHT WOULD GO DOWN HISTORY. SO, A SMALLER WAY, WOULD WOOD STOCK NATN, A CULTURAL TONE OF PEACE AND LOVE NOT LIKELY TO EVER BE REPEATED, AND A SYMBOL OF EVERYTHG THE NSERVATIVE RIGHT HATED AND WOULD FIGHT FOR S TO SUBDUE. NOTABLY, HOWEVER, THE DIVERSY AND CLIVY OF 1969 WOODSTOCK, LIKE THE SUMMER OF LOVE OF 1967 BEFORE , DID NOT EXTEND TO GAYS AND LBIANS, MUCH LS OTHER SEXUAL MORI, ALL OF WHOM WERE STILL OUTLAWS. AT THE END OF JUNE 1969, THE STONEWALL RTS EXPLOD MANHATTAN’S WT VILLAGE WHEN LBIANS, DRAG QUEENS, AND OTHERS FOUGHT POLICE HARASSMENT THE CY’S GAY BARS. IF EVEN MA THE NEWS NEW ORLEANS, I MISSED . IT HELD NO RELEVANCE FOR ME, ANYWAY, BEE I WAS NOT GAY.CLICK BELOW FOR CHAPTERS AVAILABLE SO FAR →

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