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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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Rum Dump at the Stonewall Inn
I've reported in the past how utterly disappointed I was in the "new" Stonewall Inn -- to put it mildly -- the historic bar where began the modern-day Gay Rights movement. (There was a movement even before the Stonewall rebellion, let's make that cle...
Things Change -- But Not That Much
The straight people who went into gay bars twenty years ago are often very different from the straight people who go into gay bars today.Twenty -- or even ten -- years ago the straight people (unless they wandered into the wrong bar) were generally a...
Doo Wop at the Stonewall -- or Not
OR HOW THE GAY COMMUNITY WAS HOOD-WINKED BY THE STRAIGHT OWNERS OF THE STONEWALL So exactly how gay-owned is the new Stonewall Inn anyway? While reviewing and updating my piece about being pounded on by an inebriated, supremely hideous straight guy a...
Gay-Bashed at the Stonewall Inn
I've gone to the new "gay-owned" Stonewall Inn almost every week on one night or another since it opened in early 2007. I was very excited when it opened and made sure to be there on the very first day (I wanted to be the first customer but got there...
Gay-Friendly Closet Cases
A bartender at the newly reopened Stonewall Inn in New York City informed me that although he certainly "fooled around" with men, he had a girlfriend and that was that. "We’re very happy," he told me." I know that’s not what you want to hear."Wel...
Where Pride Began?
How's this for irony? During Gay Pride week in New York, I saw an ad in a gay magazine for the recently reopened Stonewall Inn. The slogan for the bar is "Where Pride Began." So you can imagine how surprised I was to read the following line in the ad...
