Jan 10th, 2007
Every t-shirt a story. (2 of 5)
Here’s another COLAGE shirt. This one was from about 1997 or earlier.
Front:
Back:
Stefan Lynch posted an online diary (before they were called blogs) about a cross-country trip he took on a bike in 1997. One of his stops was Colorado Springs, where he checked out the headquarters of the very homo-hostile organization Focus on the Family.
Stefan’s site includes a photo of him wearing this shirt, posing with a Focus on the Family greeter who was smiling and obviously unaware of the shirt’s fine print.
Stefan wrote:
Chilled by the smiling, gleaming, anti-septic and organized Focus on the Family welcome center, one small part of the giant Focus complex surrounding me, I thank Brenda (my meeter) and have my picture taken with her.
“Did you have a good time, Stefan?” she asks.
“Very educational, Brenda, thanks.”
“Make sure to come back again and Godbless.”
I nod and think to myself “Me and a hundred queer families, Brenda…”
Read more about Stefan’s visit to Colorado Springs in his online archives here.