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Rerun

February 2, 2013

(First posted two years ago; still applicable) One of the reasons I decided to leave Toronto almost twenty 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 [read more]

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Pink Triangle Day 2013

January 10, 2013

Celebrated in Canada [unofficially] since 1980; Pink Triangle Day is dedicated to honouring love in our lives. As Harold writes at PinkTriangleDay.com, “Pink Triangle Day was never intended to be a gay/lesbian copy of Valentine’s Day. Rather its focus was to celebrate the wide ranging [read more]

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NCOD 2012

October 3, 2012

Two 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 at another site of mine that has some poetry and stories. This year in [read more]

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The Death of Hyacinthus

October 2, 2012

My studies in Digital Photography at Columbus State Community College are almost done. In fact this semester I am not taking any photography or design courses. I am taking Writing For The Web as a Communications course along with courses in American History, Classical Mythology [read more]

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Open Letter to SiriusXM

September 15, 2012

02/11/2016: Premature Death of OutQ Last night Derek posted a link to rumours of OutQ’s impending demise. The news was confirmed over night: Advocate News Article. Also see the following thoughtful pieces from today: Romaine Patterson on Facebook; Derek Hartley; Periscope archived on Katch.me; DNR’s [read more]

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Am I A Relic of the Past?

June 22, 2012

In April the NY Times ran a story questioning whether Judy Garland was still a gay icon. The discussion/ debate has continued at various web-sites, from The Village Voice, Vice magazine to Huffington Post. What follows is my (slightly edited) response to a post at [read more]