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David Velasco Bermudez
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
S.V.A. Executive Committee
David Velasco Bermudez was born in Manhattan, New York, at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital on the 27th of January -- a wild Acquarian -- at the beginning of the new decade tin 1940! He was the first of his Puerto Rican family's children to be born in America! David's father Frank Bermudez was a Pentecostal minister whose church was on Lenox Avenue at West 116th Street in Manhattan. Although born in Manhattan, David grew up in The Bronx, NYC, on Simpson Street....... [more to come]
Wedding Day: Dave Bermudez & Bob Isadore on June 27, 2004
Note: Appropriately married on "Stonewall Day"!
[Photo taken in the Gay Marriage State of Massachusetts]
"Reverend" Bob Isadore presiding over the 2008 Gay Wedding
of Dennis McLain and Ernie Von Thaden in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Note: Cape Cod Bay is the beautiful background!
[Photo by David Bermudez]
From Stonewall Club to Stonewall Float: David Bermudez (right) with spouse Bob Isadore
[Parade photo by S.V.A. Official Photographer Hal Weiner]
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Stonewall Message from David Bermudez on Gay Pride Weekend 2009
To Williamson Henderson, Founder & Director,
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
Happy Anniversary to all of my STONEWALL Brothers & Sisters,
June 27,1969, seems like yesterday! The blue 1969 Stonewall Cadillac
convertible looks the same. Yet, it has been forty years since the loss
of Judy Garland and, now, exactly forty years later, the loss of another
Gay favorite icon Michael Jackson! I remember well that hot Friday night
when the New York City police raided the Stonewall. We all have our
personal stories of what happened. Even the convertible does. It was
grabbed by the cops, driven away and impounded. One thing is for sure:
the world has never been the same since!
Over the years, many may have lost touch with each other but the spirit of
STONEWALL will never fade. We as veterans must continue to tell our
story, the true story of STONEWALL. Too often we hear stories or accounts
of that historical night from people who think they know. But you had to be
there as we were to really know what happened. So it's our job to keep the
STONEWALL Veterans Association alive -- and the Stonewall spirit flaming.
Keep the fight alive for us veterans and for the next generation.
On this 40th anniversary, we join each other in pride and in remembrance of
our friends who are not here. I and my spouse Bob look forward to seeing
all of you in Manhattan this Saturday at the STONEWALL reunion of vets!
Happy and Gay 40th Anniversary!
David V. Bermudez
A proud STONEWALL Veteran
Another Request for Stonewaller David Bermudez
Dear STONEWALL V.A.,
Years ago, my "bucket list" really included meeting a Stonewall Vet! Well, I finally did! Forty years ago, while driving along the hills of Western New York, I heard a brief radio announcement commenting on the Stonewall unrest. I was in the wrong place at the right time. Since that time, I envisioned the day I would meet a real Stonewall warrior. At the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in Braintree, Massachusetts, on December 10th, 2011, I had the distinct pleasure to hear from an authoritative, non-hearsay Stonewall Rebellion source: David Bermudez's words on Stonewall. When I subsequently attended a Taunton Men's Group meeting, located in a Boston suburb, I recounted the experience. The entire group would appreciate listening to Mr. Bermudez's Stonewall veterans presentation. To my astonishment, one Gay man in the group never learned about "Stonewall"! How can we contact Mr. Bermudez? Does he reside in Boston? Would he be willing to speak to our small group that meets on Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.? Thank all of you in the SVA for keeping Stonewall alive!
Thank you,
Ettore "Terry" Mortarelli
5 January
2012
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[Friday night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday evening, July 3, 1969]
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