Family, Identity

The Price of Freedom

November 27, 2025

See my March 2026 update. Regular readers and visitors to my various social media accounts (these days I’m primarily on Insta) know that my husband and I are working to move to Canada. As I’m a Canadian (actually, dual) citizen I can sponsor his application [read more]

Brushing Fame

Janis Ian: My Eternity In Facebook Jail

October 3, 2019

When Ms Ian asked for volunteers to share her writing, I jumped at the opportunity. My respect for their work is deep; my young queer self identified with the songs of Ms Ian almost as much as Romanovsky & Phillips – and regular visitors to [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

Religious Freedom and Social Contracts Old and New

April 8, 2015

At the founding of the USA the concept of Religious Freedom as used in the US Constitution was clear and focussed. In contrast to European countries with Established Churches and stipulations such as ‘No Catholic may ascend to the British throne’ the new country would [read more]

Politics And More

I Have A Dream

August 27, 2013

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up [read more]

Politics And More

The Language of Freedom

February 6, 2013

Word of the Day: “homogrifying” adj; colloq. [1] the act of encouraging queer people to live an open life; possibly a merger of ‘homosexual’ and ‘gratifying’. Ex: “moving to NYC has been a homogrifying experience” [2] Causing fear in uptight people they may have repressed [read more]

Politics And More

Real Balance in the Budget

February 17, 2011

TO: Members of Congress and The President of the United States As the fight over the federal budget starts to heat up, it is important that decisions about what programs should be funded and what departments can have their budgets safely reduced be made on [read more]