COMMENTARY

Raves, rants and reviews of importance to the LGBT community

Reflections on BOYS IN THE BAND

COMMENTARY: Brian Hutchison, Charlie Carver, Zachary Quinto, Robin de Jesus, Jim Parsons and Tuc Watkins in Los Angeles, during the...

Pride and Protest: LGBTQ Pride Meets Black Lives Matter (June 28, 2020)

COMMENTARY: The Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality took place this past weekend and was a spirited,...

Black Lives Matter – Why We March

COMMENTARY: As we approach the 2020 LGBTQ Pride commemoration on Sunday, the focus in most locations will be on supporting the Black...

Comparing the AIDS Crisis to COVID-19: AIDS Veterans Weigh-in

COMMENTARY: BAMMER hosted its first Zoom webcast “Reflections on the AIDS Crisis in the Age of COVID-19” on Saturday evening, May 9th,...

What “Ordinary People” Thought About Gays – 200 Years Ago

COMMENTARY: We can change the past by what we choose to remember. Too often historical narrative is controlled by the status quo, those...

Gay Life in Brooklyn in the 1800s – New Exhibition Opening

COMMENTARY: When someone says gay community in NYC we think of Greenwich Village in the 70s and Chelsea in the 90s, but Brooklyn in the...

Holding Our Ground at Mardi Gras

COMMENTARY: Just a week before Mardi Gras in 2019, two of New Orleans' most popular gays bars were getting harassed. According to Bobby...

Who Exactly is Our Tribe? The Evolution from Gay to LGBTQ

COMMENTARY: When I was coming out in the late ‘70s, I was part of a large community that included men of different ages, races,...

Barbra “Babs” Siperstein, R.I.P

COMMENTARY: Barbra “Babs” Siperstein, a founding member of Bammer.co‘s Advisory Board, passed away on February 3, 2019, due to cancer....