ADRIAN RAVAROUR
VANGUARD, THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
In 1965, Adrian started the organization Vanguard. Vanguard was possibly the first gay, youth activism group in America. Vanguard organized the “Street Sweep” demonstration where its members cleaned up trash in the dirty streets and was a catalyst for the Compton Cafeteria Riots and the Doggie Diner Sit-In. All three of these events happened three years before Stonewall.
PUBLISHED ONCE IN 1970
First Sin
I wonder if the
First sin was
Looking away
pretending
I did not
Love you
Us
My eyes
look
To see
to touch
to hold to be
Us
This Is My Map
This is my map
My way out
of here
I've taken the clues
on how to move
and gone
Running through circles of sun
Running through circles of sun Breathless at dawn
though still running
Singing pools whisper Aum
as we dance on
Auras spindle and weave leaving star drenched
shivering trails of love
forming our world
We wander
Running through circles of sun Running through circles of Running through circles Running through
Running