The differentiation of Drosophila germ cells is a useful model for studying mechanisms of cell specification. We report the identification of a gene, stonewall, that is required for germ cell development. Mutations in stonewall block proper oocyte differentiation and frequently cause the presumptive oocyte to develop as a nurse cell. Eventually, germ cells degenerate apoptotically. Stonewall is...

Stewart Stonewall, MD, a star surgeon, stormed into the OR dressing room, threw his surgical cap and mask in the general direction of the trash container, and sputtered, “Dammit! I told them I’d need a resident to help with that case, but no! Dominie said they all had more important things to do. She’s sure Miss High-and-Mighty since they made her residency director. I’m going to go tell Master...

Seit den 1990er Jahren werden die Ursprünge der deutschen Schwulenbewegung in Stonewall Riots 1969 New York verortet, was historisch jedoch nicht Fall war. Erst ab 1979 bezogen sich Demonstrationen auf Stonewall. In begannen Straßenparaden und Pride-Festivals, mittlerweile LSBT*I*-Rechte einfordern. Gleichzeitig starteten queere Proteste linksalternative Gegenveranstaltungen, Transformation Eri...

A Review of Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall. By Anna Lvovsky.

THE Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson was one of the earliest known victims of a respiratory complication after surgery, dying of pneumonia 10 days after an otherwise successful ether anesthetic in 1863. Despite subsequent advances in anesthesia and surgical care, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) still are a significant problem in modern practice. This commentary examines why ...