What’s with This “O.G.” Nonsense?

I am giving it a different meaning when it refers to me

from a newsletter announcing an event in which I am participating [SFGMC = San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, of which I was a founding member in 1978; GALA Choruses = Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, which I founded and for which I served as its first board president] screenshot by the author

I’ve been hearing quite a lot of references these days to people who have been in founding roles or originators of organizations as being an “O.G.,” which is supposed to stand for “Original Gangster.”

I’m old enough so that when I hear the word “gangster,” I think of people like Bonnie…