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A Personal History of Exercise, Machismo, and Charles Atlas Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man May 19, 2022 0Were you a 97-lb. pencil-necked bag of bones? When you went on the beach, did bullies with massive pecs kick...
Architecture Creates You Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man April 21, 2022 0In the mid ’80s, I spent two miserable years editing a gigantic, regional home and garden magazine in Houston, Texas....
A Fear of Passion Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man February 17, 2022 0When I was a young homo of eight years old, the woman across the street scooped me up and took...
The Death of Democracy Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man January 20, 2022 0Bad news for old people: fascism is arriving before you die I used to tell friends that a short-term future...
Tips for Eating Out from a Former Food “Critic” Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man December 2, 2021 0I’ve written a restaurant dining column for Creative Loafing, “Grazing,” for more than 30 years. For most of that time,...
A History of Bodily Autonomy Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man November 4, 2021 0In 1970, my friend Dina and I met up around midnight at the Majestic Diner. I had talked my father...
Pride and Death Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man October 8, 2021 0Nothing makes an old gay person more annoyed than death. We have better reason to resent it than straight people...
Be Nicer to All the Sad Young Men Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man September 10, 2021 0When I was 21 and just out of college, I took a newspaper job in a Southern Gothic town. I...
On Flamingos and Aging Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man August 5, 2021 0Before dementia, there are flamingos and nosiness. Long before clinical dementia overtakes the brain, aging has mental effects that change...
The Consolation of Amnesia and Nonexistence Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man July 8, 2021 0The worst part about getting old is dying. Freud said the reality of death makes life inherently tragic and that...
Hating Sports Makes You a Real Man Cliff Bostock Old Gay Man May 7, 2021 0We are all aware that gay men are stereotyped as being unathletic at birth. While straight boys pointlessly throw balls...