40 years later, the hope and the hurt of 'St. Elmo’s Fire'

40 years later, the hope and the hurt of 'St. Elmo’s Fire'

I remember exactly where I was in July of 1985, 40 years ago, when I first saw the film St. Elmo’s Fire. It was at the South Hills Village Theater in Upper St. Clair, near Pittsburgh. I had just begun a one-month internship in Congressman Austin Murphy's district office in Washington, Pennsylvania. It felt, at the time, as close as I’d ever get to Washington, D.C.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's ema…