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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Give a gift that declares your pride and reminds the world that love is to be honoured and celebrated. Pink Triangle Day is an unofficial Canadian holiday celebrated on February 14th each year. It was declared at the annual meeting of CLGRC (the Canadian Lesbian [read more]
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