We In Lewes - The Podcast

06/11/2025

Here’s your chance to hear Kevin Mallinson in person! Kevin was featured in episodes 41 and 42 of We in Lewes. As part of the Historic Lewes Speakers Series, Kevin will discuss his book “Alarm in the Firehouse” and the verbal and physical homophobic assaults he endured while in the Key West Fire Department (unknowingly becoming America’s first openly gay professional firefighter).

To listen to the podcasts, visit bit.ly/WIL-Mallinson-2.

For more info on the event, visit
https://www.historiclewes.org/event/historic-lewes-speaker-series-alarm-in-the-firehouse-workplace-discrimination/

Historic Lewes Speaker Series – Alarm in the Firehouse! Workplace Discrimination In the early 1980s, Kevin Mallinson, an openly gay man, joined the Key West Fire Department. Over the subsequent

05/31/2025

Episode 42 of We in Lewes is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Kevin Mallinson, PhD and is now available at bit.ly/WIL-Mallinson-2.

Mallinson took the lessons he learned as a fireman to a career as a working nurse and professor, earning an Associates Degree in Nursing from the Florida Keys Community College, his BSN from the University of Miami, and both his MSN and PhD in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The second episode of Mallinson’s podcast focuses on his work with LGBTQ+ communities; persons with or at risk for HIV; the Nurses SOAR (Strengthening Our AIDS Response) program in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini, also known as the Kingdom of Swaziland; and lessons learned from his Fulbright Scholarship in Southern Africa.

Pic is Dr. Mallinson orienting American nursing students in Swaziland. (Photo: Jennie Farnsworth)

05/23/2025

In the early '80s, Kevin Mallinson was hired by the Key West Fire Department, unknowingly becoming the first openly gay professional firefighter in the U.S. To force him out of the department, Kevin became the target of unrelenting homophobic assaults. However, never backing down from who he was, he learned to disarm his attackers with intelligence, humor, and a commitment to non-violence.

Episode 41 of We in Lewes features Dr. Kevin Mallinson, PhD and is now available at bit.ly/MIL-Mallinson.

Kevin’s book, “Alarm in the Firehouse: A Memoir of America’s First Openly Gay Professional Firefighter,” is available at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, biblion in Lewes, and at the Lewes Public Library. Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout or biblion. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Order your book at bit.ly/BB-Mallinson.

05/13/2025

Episode 41 of We in Lewes features Dr. Kevin Mallinson, PhD and is now available at bit.ly/MIL-Mallinson. Kevin discusses his experiences being the first openly gay firefighter in the country. After joining the Key West Fire Department in the early 1980s, Kevin became the target of unrelenting homophobic assaults, including attempts that could easily have ended in his death. Never backing down from who he was, he learned to disarm his attackers with intelligence, humor, and an ironclad commitment to non-violence.

Kevin’s book, “Alarm in the Firehouse: A Memoir of America’s First Openly Gay Professional Firefighter,” is available at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, biblion in Lewes, and at the Lewes Public Library. Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout or biblion. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Order your book at bit.ly/BB-Mallinson.

04/29/2025

Episode 40 is live! Listen as Richard (Dick) Bryan discusses his life in Lewes, one that has has mirrored the transition of the area, from agriculture to an economy based upon personal services and real estate. Visit bit.ly/WIL-Bryan

04/19/2025

Come tell us what you love about Lewes. Or what you love about We in Lewes, the Podcast. Or both! Our mobile studio will be set up from 10-2 today outside at Half Full on Second Street in Lewes. And while you’re there, visit the Lewes Tulip Sale at Bank Street Plaza benefiting Lewes in Bloom.

04/18/2025

Hope to See You

04/09/2025

Episode 39 has just released and features Ed Zygmonski discussing the history of Lewes in Bloom and what it takes the 450-member non-profit to plant, maintain, and water 18 public gardens around Lewes.

Lewes in Bloom Co-Chair Ed Zygmonski discusses how a volunteer organization made Lewes an internationally recognized site of beauty

04/09/2025

It’s April and the 16th annual Lewes Tulip Celebration is in full bloom. Listen as Lewes in Bloom co-chair Ed Zygmonski explains the process of planting 31,000 tulips bulbs and another 5,000 spring bulbs, maintaining 18 public gardens and nine installations around Lewes. Visit bit.ly/WIL-Zygmonski for episode 39 of We in Lewes.

12/03/2024

Check it out! Josh is a Native of Lewes. This is his story, in his words.

.Having grown up in Lewes, Josh shares what led to his opening the first and still only clothing store in Lewes catering to men and the route he took to build a successful business whose worth is far more than just its financial success. It’s a st...

03/29/2024

Don’t forget! Tomorrow 10:30am Canal Front Park The Amazing Easter Bunny Bonanza. 10,000 eggs