I was raised during the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. Paradoxically cisgender people who were homosexual were still regarded as suffering from a mental disorder. The lifting of culturally oppressive classifications has us moving as a society ever so slowly towards the celebration of gender and sexual diversity, and expressions of gratitude toward these important contributors to building a brighter future. 

I was not a stranger to traumas suffered at the hands of a culture that did not feel kindly towards a boy who sought to integrate and express identifications with male and female role models.  I’ve written this song hopeful that my journey towards self-acceptance may be one others young and old may learn and grow from.

With A Wave And A Kiss

The  bedrock of our wealth as a country is layer upon layer of cultural treasures  imported during waves of immigration from every continent. In recent years a nationalist fervor  swept across  Europe and reached  our shores in 2016.  Our  naturalized  citizens and  those who aspire to this status have in  this  political milieu been sadly  forgotten for their contributions to making our country great.  Worse  yet  many have  been persecuted  in spite of their patriotic and heroic battles against  Covid-19 that has threatened us with economic collapse.  This is my tribute  of gratitude to them.

LIBERTY'SGIFTS

My parents were descendants of Anti-semitism.  Sadly this legacy of persecution that continued to victimize them was they defended against by targeting other persecuted racial minorities.  I wrote this song to atone for their sinful hearts and actions and to make amends for having done so little earlier in my life to protest such injustices as racism.

Mitchell Milch