![]() ![]() But the inside of her home held even more power for me. Phyllis’ house is located near the top of Castro Street in San Francisco, which Gayle Pitman She answered the phone on the first ring, and within two and a half minutes we had an interview scheduled for later that week. What would I say? It sounds so ridiculous now, but I felt like a groupie who feared rejection from her favorite rock star. I got her number out of the phone book (who uses the phone book anymore?), but I put off calling her for weeks. I don’t think most people know Phyllis’ story, but she and Del Martin were like the goddesses of the San Francisco lesbian community. I interviewed about a dozen people, one of whom was Phyllis Lyon. In 2012, I started working on a research project that explored the lives of LGBT/queer people who existed on the edges of their communities in some way-because of their race, their age, their gender status, their disability, or other factors. I asked Gayle to share her inspiration for the new book and a bit about her journey to publication for this manuscript. Congratulations to member Gayle Pitman! Gayle’s new book, When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community(illustrated by Christopher Lyles) , was published this month by Magination Press. ![]()
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