Aaron Belkin | Professor, Author, Executive Director
Aaron Belkin | Professor, Author, Executive Director
Theater | Love Alone - a solo play
Winston Wilde, Therapist
Description: In an endeavor to continue the legacies of author Paul Monette and his husband Roger Horwitz, The Monette-Horwitz Trust has honored and recognized individuals and organizations worldwide for their significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, especially in work toward eradicating homophobia. Paul Monette and Roger Horwitz were committed to bringing about an end to homophobia both through their individual activities and through their union.
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Among his many accomplishments, Jonah Scott Mendelsohn , actor, singer, and writer, and graduate of Vassar College, recently adapted Paul Monette's 1988 poetry collection Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog, into a solo stage play in New York City. Mendelsohn's timely effort keeps Paul's work alive and gives voice back to a lost generation of the first decade of the HIV/AIDS crisis. In the Preface to the book Paul wrote, "When I began to write about AIDS during Roger's illness, I wanted a form that would move w
We are in a time of crisis for our Queer youth, especially if they are gender nonconforming or trans-identified. The Monette-Horwitz Trust is pleased to honor Desmond Napoles, the "Drag Kid," for their willingness to be out, proud and to fight for acceptance and change. Their stage name "Desmond is Amazing" says it all: sa way of being, a way of living, and an assertion. Desmond wrote a children's book and launched a clothing line to exemplify self-expression. We celebrate Desmond's bravery — and fabulousne
Dr. James A. Mikokis is a Nehiyo family physician of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada. An internationally recognized leader of Indigenous and transgender healthcare, Dr. Makokis operates from a platform he calls " Brave Advocacy ." Makokis has served on numerous commissions and addressed the United Nations on Indigenous health and Covid-19. Makokis and husband Anthony Johnson (Dine/Navajo), made history as the first Two-Spirit couple to win "The Amazing Race: Canada" (2019). The Monette-Horwit
Aaron Belkin | Professor, Author, Executive Director
Aaron Belkin | Professor, Author, Executive Director
Theater | Love Alone - a solo play
Winston Wilde, Therapist