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Triptych
All selection © Copyright 2011 by Brian Gryphon
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Moving On
Moving On by Jason Beilchick Growing up gay in rural Pennsylvania, Jason adopted a ‘Goth’ appearance to survive high school. Mourning the loss of his father to cancer just as he entered his teen years, Jason wrote out much of the material collected in this [read more]
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Nearly Straight
Another of my essays for a college-level English class; this one addresses the new image of gay men in mainstream media. You can read it as a pdf file here. It builds on some themes and concepts presented in What Makes a Man, a Man? [read more]
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Girlfriend
A certain number of gay men refer to each other as girlfriend; often as the first word of a sentence such as “Girlfriend; you will not believe what I saw last night!” Many people find it grating, some consider it misogynistic, and others just giggle. [read more]
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Lest We Forget
One of the reasons I decided to leave Toronto some fifteen 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 I had lost so many, too many, [read more]
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My Manifesto
This is not so much a political manifesto as it is a statement of ‘lifestance’ I am a male, Caucasian, born in Canada in 1958. I am queer. I am gay. They are not necessarily [read more]
