(Originally posted 10/10/2019.) National Coming Out Day (NCOD) was founded on October 11, 1988 by Robert Eichsberg and Jean O’Leary to celebrate the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In these current turbulent times Coming Out continues to be [read more]
Originally posted Sept.6, 2014 Re-posted on the 10th anniversary of Robin Williams shuffling off this mortal coil. I’ve resisted writing this post because so many people have commented on Robin Williams’ passing- what could I add? The passing of Joan Rivers, a recent article about [read more]
“What is remembered, lives“ I Came Out in 1978. Before I turned 25 what we now know as hiv/aids erupted in gay communities across North America- and elsewhere. Large swaths of my generation (and others) passed on no, were sacrificed. They died. Often horrible, painful, [read more]
In 1982 Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips made their debut at San Francisco’s Valencia Rose Cafe as the musical break for Gay Comedy Open Mic Night. In 1984 they released “I Thought You’d Be Taller“- their first full-length album. For two decades they toured across [read more]
For most of my 65 years I’ve viewed the idea of a Bucket List as an incredibly over-privileged concept. A list of expensive (or at least time & energy intensive) dreams to be fulfilled before leaving this mortal coil, that presumes one has lots of [read more]
Originally posted 02/25/2011. Far from an in-depth piece, and only tangentially relevant to current events, I am fighting decades of white Canadian Middle class training to not brag, stand out, or rattle cages and re-sharing this little gem of mine.
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