http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25034438
I used a reference to this song in my story 'Uniforms', but this is a more detailed account of it. This shows what happens when someone is unpersoned, made 'not one of us'. It was the lynch mob in the USA, but it is the state in Iran where gay men are concerned.
We're just past the Day of Remembrance. I think this puts it into focus.
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Interesting post
thank you. That quilt is amazing.
Angharad
Angharad
Essential Listening
A memorable performance, one which future generations will surely revere when they chronicle the slow progress the 20th century made towards equality. Thank you for linking to it.
I Remember
First hearing the song (Billie Holiday version) when I was a teenager some time in the fifties and the shivers that it sent through me. I didn't know much about hatred then,
Joanne