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Brushing Fame

Why I Push Guts

February 7, 2013

The question has been raised as to why I am such an advocate for Kristen Johnston’s opus Guts. For those who have managed not to hear about it, the book is “a surprisingly raw and triumphant memoir that is outrageous, moving, sweet, tragic, and heartbreakingly [read more]

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LGBTITQQ2S

Rerun

February 2, 2013

(First posted two years ago; still applicable) One of the reasons I decided to leave Toronto almost twenty years ago was the overwhelming sense of loss I felt. The first ‘real’ relationship had ended, the job I thought would be my career was gone, and [read more]

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Designs I Like

Pink Triangle Day 2013

January 10, 2013

Celebrated in Canada [unofficially] since 1980; Pink Triangle Day is dedicated to honouring love in our lives. As Harold writes at PinkTriangleDay.com, “Pink Triangle Day was never intended to be a gay/lesbian copy of Valentine’s Day. Rather its focus was to celebrate the wide ranging [read more]

Family, Identity

My Current Identity

December 17, 2012

My name change (see #14 at 100 Details About Me) 31 years ago today wasn’t a way to distance myself from my youth so much as it was looking forward. Actually, there was a fair amount of separation involved; much of my youth was decidedly [read more]

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LGBTITQQ2S

NCOD 2012

October 3, 2012

Two years ago in recognition of National Coming Out Day (October 11th in the US; October 12th in Great Britain) I decided to add my Coming Out story to the intertubes at another site of mine that has some poetry and stories. This year in [read more]

Designs I Like

The Death of Hyacinthus

October 2, 2012

My studies in Digital Photography at Columbus State Community College are almost done. In fact this semester I am not taking any photography or design courses. I am taking Writing For The Web as a Communications course along with courses in American History, Classical Mythology [read more]