Aaron Fricke
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Aaron Fricke (born January 25, 1962) is an American
Court case
Shortly after he
The case set a precedent that has been used across the United States to establish a legal right for students to bring same sex partners to school proms and other school social events.[4]
Writing
Fricke later wrote of his experience in a book, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story about Growing Up Gay.[5] He later collaborated with his father, Walter, on Sudden Strangers: the Story of a Gay Son and his Father,[6] a book about their relationship and of the elder Fricke's coming to terms with his son's homosexuality. That book was published shortly after Walter Fricke's death from cancer in 1989. In 2012 and 2013, Boston Children's Theatre presented a play based on the book, adapted by Burgess Clark. The play received national attention for its anti-bullying message.[7] BCT became the first children's repertory theater in the United States to portray gay rights issues with this production.[8]
Mr. Fricke's archive includes correspondence and the period of writing the two books, is held in the San Francisco Public Library.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Chicago Tribune: Private matters now get taken to the prom Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine (payment required for full article)
- OCLC 56041942.
- OCLC 7675638.
- OCLC 22951971.
- ^ "Boston's Children's Theater: Reflections of a Rock Lobster". Archived from the original on 2013-03-01.
- ^ Administrator. "LGBT Anti-Bullying Pioneer Aaron Fricke". www.outwordmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ San Francisco Public Library: AARON FRICKE PAPERS 1980-1991