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A Gay Author and Activist writes about his life, being gay, gay activism, and gay images in the media, as well as issues of concern to Jews, people over forty, and writers.
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TWO'S BRAVE BATTLE
TWO [Truth Wins Out] executive Director Wayne Besen has issued the following press release:"I am proud to announce that Truth Wins Out has finally moved into its new Manhattan office! For the past three years, I had run the organization out of a smal...
Attack of the Self-Hating Homos
Okay, you've heard of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Attack of the Giant Leeches, but have you ever been subjected to an attack by a self-hating homo? As much as I'd like to think that SHH's are a dying breed, they still exist. Most of them are in t...
What An Ass!
I ran across a post about Freedom to Marry Week -- Mombian has a list of them with links -- that really boggled my mind with its stupidity.Seems there's this bi-identified gal who's angry that the term "gay marriage" somehow excludes bisexuals.What?F...
"Family" Men
The number of supposed "family men" who fool around sexually with guys is probably legion, but because there's only an occasional Jim McGreevey "scandal" outing these guys most of the public still thinks if a man's got a wife and kids he's straight.N...
Dealing with Getting Older
A friend of mine looked over the crowd at Ty's bar one night and said, "Everyone here is over the hill.""Speak for yourself!" I told him.Everyone knows that it's no picnic growing older in a society thatmostly scorns and demeans older people, sometim...
Beware of SCB's!
Many gay men will at some point in their lives have an encounter, experience or relationship of some kind with an SCB. SCB stands for Straight/Conflicted/Bisexual. An SCB is a man who flits around the gay community and gay men for one reason or anoth...
Of Hollywood, Gable, and Gays
It always used to bug me the way some critics, readers and fans would cry out in a decidedly homophobic manner if a biographer dared suggest that one of their favorite film stars was gay or bi. It always seemed especially egregious when the star in q...
"Flex Sex" -- Say What?
Okay, now it's getting a little ridiculous. We've had bisexuality and so-called sexual fluidity, then post-gays, non-gays, and retro gays, but the level of discussion has recently (and hopefully temporarily) descended to something called "Flexsexuali...
Who's Gay, Who's Not, and Who Cares?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING GAY ANYWAY?Imagine this; a fairly common situation. You're sitting around with some friends, maybe all gay, maybe mixed gay and straight, and somebody wonders -- in a perfectly nice way -- if somebody you all know might possib...
Self-hating on the Downlow
I just saw a short 2007 documentary called On the Downlow on LOGO. It is not to be confused with a 2004 film of the same title (about two male gang members in love) nor a TV series that looked into the same subject. NOTE: I've illustrated this post w...
The 24th Day: A Gay Misfire
LOGO has been showing a 2004 film called The 24th Day a lot lately. It comes off to me as a film that exploits gay and HIV subject matter, throws in some interesting tidbits, but doesn't really know what to do with them, mostly due to the insufficien...
Post-Married Homosexuals
Click here and you'll see my post on "Married Homosexuals," homosexual men who marry women. Today I'm going to discuss homosexual men who come out of the closet, divorce their wives, and become post-Married homosexuals.In some cases these men (and th...
Seriously In Denial
While surfing the net I came across an article in the online edition of U.K.'s New Statesman. A guy who called himself "Howard Lake" told of "My Night in a Gay Sauna." He sort of describes himself as being what we might call "bi curious," but comes o...
Not-so-Gay George, Gay Pride, and Gay Rights
The other night I ran into a man I've known for quite a few years -- I'll call him George. George and I are "bar friends" -- we run into each other once in a while, don't necessarily know that much about each other's personal lives, don't exchange p...
