A Dem Win is Not an LGBTQ Win
I bend the knee to Joe the Dragon Slayer. While I thought it was shameful the way Democratic establishmentarianism resulted in hardly anybody’s first choice becoming the presumptive nominee, there was only one ...
The End of the Beginning
Throughout the onset of global plague, the collapse of our economic order, the imposition of social distancing and elimination of public gatherings, I’ve appreciated all that has happened thus far as if it will...
I Prefer to Be Gay
The Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court were supposed preview the theo-fascist order the nominee seeks to impose on the country, but wound up only revealing how much eff...
As Seen on TV
Although our society increasingly feels like it is about to shatter, there remains bipartisan, cross-cultural unity in the paranoia many Americans feel toward LGBTQ folks. My social media timeline — which almos...
Mourning RBG, Our Constitutional Bodyguard
I’ve heard the voice of death four times this summer: during farewell calls to my aunt and father figure who were in the last days of lives abbreviated by cancer, in the final goodbye from a friend who would at...
A Gay Salute to ‘Sisogyny’
I’d bottom for Megan Thee Stallion. I’m not sure if the chart-topping rapper’s kinks stretch to those limits, but my current celebrity fantasy is the two of us being alone and hearing her whisper, “Bend that as...
The ‘Cancel Culture’ Con
A phony pandemic has swept across our country in 2020, one that allegedly can strike anyone at any time, although you couldn’t name more than a handful of actual victims. It’s supposedly a novel malady, but it ...
40 is the New 60 for Snapchat Chasers
My last boyfriend once predicted that my biggest fear would become my fate, and his forecast seemed all the more ominous because it felt accurate. Nothing since has re-routed me from that projected destiny, alt...
Eulogy for Our Angriest Forefather
Larry Kramer is dead, which is news that HIV, Kramer’s critics and even some of his friends have been pining to receive for more than 30 years. The gay writer’s name is not as recognized as those of other LGBTQ...
Harvey Milk’s Fortuitous ‘Last Dance’
Harvey Milk would’ve turned 90 years old this week, although the pioneering LGBT activist and politician probably wouldn’t have reached that age even if he hadn’t been assassinated. While his death and the subs...
New Normal, New You?
Since mid-March, I’ve felt a bit guilty anytime I write a social media post that doesn’t make my friends cum. While many might cringe at my raunchy homosexual schtick during ordinary times, I’ve hoped my one-li...