![]() ![]() In a 2015 interview with Pride Source, Fierstein said, “I don’t believe in life after death, so whoever’s gonna remember me is none of my business, certainly. ![]() The book covers aspects of his life as a prominent figure in the LGBTQ+ community, including his community theater roots in Brooklyn, his nonconformist childhood and two seminal moments in queer history - the early gay rights movement in the 1970s and the AIDS crisis the following decade. Of course, there’s everything in between and everything that came before, and in his first memoir, “ I Was Better Last Night ,” Fierstein reflects on all of the above. ![]() Doubtfire”) on through “Kinky Boots,” the Tony Award-winning musical he wrote the book for. Harvey Fierstein is a bona fide gay legend across the board, from his illustrious stage and screen career (among his most memorable work: “Torch Song Trilogy,” “Hairspray” and “Mrs. ‘I Was Better Last Night,’ Harvey Fierstein One way? To simply exercise your reading rights by supporting these LGBTQ+ stories and authors. ![]() You can take action against these conservative groups relentlessly pushing their troubling censorship efforts. But now just happens to be a really good time to do so as parents pressure administrators to ban books with LGBTQ+ content from school classrooms and libraries. No matter what Republicans tell you, there’s never a bad time to get lost in a queer book. ![]()
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