It's Not Just the Police

Have I ever mentioned in my blogs that it's not just police in the "police project"?  At the beginning, fire chiefs and firefighters were also involved; and I believe some military people have been involved in giving advice, as well.  But it's mainly the police and fire people, as far as I know.  And the fire people had been sort of asked to keep an eye on things and to not let the gay issues get too far out of hand....  [This was many decades ago.]  But it seems the fire people have also had an interest in supporting gay issues, since that time.  But there has been some conflict between the police and fire people at some times.  [I don't know!?--We're working on things.] 

They Wanted Sympathy and Support...

Have explained in Waterlily Story II that the police specifically wanted support from someone like my late, ex-husband--who had a drinking problem....  As long as they're not personally harmed by them, people often like alcoholics and want to help them.  And the police knew that their gay rights project was sort of half-serious.  It's been a serious effort, in some ways, but it has also seemed to be on the back burner some of the time.  And the police groups have been deliberately spread out in order that it would be hard to shut them down if they were ever exposed before they wanted to be.  It's been kind of helter-skelter, in my opinion!  But we've made progress...and I can only hope something will be settled soon?  [And the people who know about the police project have been very tolerant overall, it seems.--And most people don't know the whole story--only bits and pieces of it....] 

They Had Permission

When I got married in the late 1980s, my husband was working with police through his job.  He became quite good friends with some of them, at the time.  And it seems they wanted to know if he approved of the fact that they were scouting me for the police project...?  My husband told me some stories...and they were stories...and he also wanted to know if I approved?  Neither he nor I really knew what to expect from there...!  My husband knew more than I did but he didn't tell me everything.  But he basically got my permission to proceed--and I'm sure the police thanked him for his support!? 


There was also a particular psychiatrist who advised the police for several decades.  It seems he started in the early 1980s?  He has since retired, to my knowledge, and the police have used various other psychiatrists. 


So, the police weren't working entirely on their own.

Videos of Michael Jackson and Friends

Have written in my first two blogs about Michael Jackson and a couple of videos--"We Are The World," from 1985; and "We Are The World 25," from 2010.  For some reason, I'm not able to post the Links here.--I'd have liked to.  But people can Google them for themselves, if they wish.  The videos are about 7-10 minutes long, each. 


If people would also like to know what else I've written about Michael Jackson and his work, they can go to my first two blogs.