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Bathhouse Raids

February 5, 2026

On This Day Originally shared 10 years ago February 5, 1981, 11 p.m. Squads of undercover (under towel?) ‘peace officers’ raid four gay bathhouses in downtown Toronto. Over 300 people were charged with crimes ranging [read more]

Family, Identity

An Update

January 30, 2026

The latest information on our efforts to move (back) to Canada. We’ve received an update from the Canadian government indicating (although not promising) my husband’s application to become a legal Permanent Resident of Canada (with [read more]

Family, Identity

What’s My Gender?

January 27, 2026

An interesting question. To the extent I think about it, I identify as male– although with the understanding that I am very much a GNC: Gender Non-Compliant male. As a sexually-active gay man with a [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

LGBT History Months

January 25, 2026

June is celebrated in many countries around the world as LGBT Pride Month (or, perhaps a Pride Week or Pride Day that month). Of course there are some locations where another month is selected- whether [read more]

Designs I Like

Looking Good For the Autocracy

January 24, 2026

Sure, the world (or at least democracy in the USA) is about to implode. Whether you’re getting ready to protest, gathering to build community, or escaping this mess (at beach, bar or bearcave) you can [read more]

Designs I Like

Bespoke Digital Gryphon Designs

January 21, 2026

My poetry, art & design are licensed to selected Production Partners, as I don’t have the resources nor the space to stock dozens of designs on dozens of colours of dozens of styles of apparel- [read more]

Designs I Like

Altar Cloth or Bandana

January 20, 2026

I recently ordered samples of my kaleidoscope designs as bandanas from Fourthwall– a new Print on Demand partner. They might also make a great altar cloth, if my artwork and the available sizes, work for [read more]

Designs I Like

Turning Pain Bright

January 15, 2026

Spinning pain into joy I started my TeddyBear Tears Kaleidoscopes series (“deceptively bright expressions of pain and anger over repressed childhood trauma“) in 2017. I don’t know if my resistance to a palette of only/mostly [read more]

Designs I Like

Digital Gryphon Memberships

January 13, 2026

I dun did a thing. My sense is that folks who use that well-known Patron website are looking for regular, or at least, moderately frequent exclusive new content. That doesn’t match where I’m at, mentally [read more]

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