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Posted Oct. 12, 2007,
Interview with Steve Gdula, Author of Wearing History: T-Shirts from the Gay Rights Movement
By Ann Magnuson
Since October is GLBT History Month, I thought it fitting to talk to my D.C. writer-pal Steve Gdula, whose current book, Wearing History: T-Shirts from the Gay Rights Movementis now out (from Alyson Publishing and available in bookstores nationwide.) Until Steve sent me his book I had completely forgotten that people used to express their rage and sorrow over the AIDS crisis (sometimes with deeply rich black humor) by literally wearing their politics on their sleeves! In these rather politically-anorexic times, Wearing History is a book worth taking a good hard look at. Plus it's often quite funny. Steve is curently on a national book tour reminding folks that the personal is still poltical. He took time out to do a quick email Q&A with me.