It's Woodstock, 1969, and Laramie Pruitt is anxious to feel some peace and love after the recent Stonewall riots in his hometown. While he's grooving to some great music at the festival, Laramie meets a handsome young man named Sullivan “Sully” Conyers. They get along well together, and Sully even tolerates Laramie's tendency to get on his soapbox about social issues and Big Brother. When Laramie learns that Sully is gay, it leads to a tryst later that night and clandestine kisses under Sully's tarp during a rainstorm. Things are great, but as always, Laramie's mouth gets him into trouble, and drives Sully away. Laramie knows he was wrong, but in a sea of half a million people, how is he supposed to find Sully and apologize? Thankfully, Laramie finds Sully on the last day of the event and he gets a second chance at love.

Woodstock Gave Me You

Yes, times were changing, and there was a lot of conflict in the world. But just for a little while, we could all forget our troubles.


A chick next to me was naked. All she wore were her glasses and a chain of daisies in her hair. She waved her arms above her head, no inhibitions in sight. Smiles wreathed her face and you couldn’t help but grin along with her. I’d smelled a lot of marijuana around me, and she was probably stoned.


In the few hours I’d been here, I’d gotten used to seeing the human body—in all its sizes, colors, and shapes—bare. Some things I’d rather nothave seen.


People kept on arriving as night fell. There were thousands upon thousands of men and women around me. It was a veritable sea of humanity. Sullivan and I decided to pool our stuff and shared blankets in order to not to get trampled upon, or lose our belongings.


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