Abigail Garner
Oct 7th, 2006
Oct 7th, 2006
Fenceberry History
Columnist Deb Price wrote a nice piece honoring the legacy of Aleta Fenceroy and her partner, Jean Mayberry.
For their devoted fans, the Fenceberrys became town criers, telling us far more than we could learn from the occasional gay article in our hometown papers. Or, to put it another way, Fenceberry readers — whether a New York City gay-rights attorney or a closeted college student — had been like the blind men touching the elephant, each knowing little more than what was within reach. The Fenceberrys’ daily dispatches were quite literally eye-opening, revealing the enormous size and growing strength of the gay-rights movement.
Read the article:
‘Fenceberrys’ sustained gay network
by Deb Price, October 2, 2006
Detroit Free Press