Just over four years ago I wrote “Yes, there will come a day when we should be blase about people coming out- when most of the world will be blase about it.. but as our current struggles clearly show, we are not yet there.” While [read more]
Three 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. This year in addition to re-posting that link I want to quote from some [read more]
Yesterday I celebrated my 55th birthday. Actually at about 4:30 yesterday I completed my 55th year here on Earth and started my 56th trip around the Sun. This morning, as I contemplated the next half (or 1/3 more likely) of my time here, I also [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]
Sometimes it is true that “for every two steps forward there is one step back“. In spite of growing acceptance (not just tolerance) of gay and lesbian citizens, there are some uptight reactionary religious bigots who continue to attempt to force their Neanderthal beliefs and [read more]
This morning I saw the following tweet from The Advocate: “Meredith Baxter’s New Family Ties: One of America’s best-known TV moms comes out of the closet” with a link to their interview with her. Over the next few hours I spotted some response tweets: “Meredith [read more]
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