This blogging thing is seriously feast or famine with me. Either nothing comes to mind (in which case people start calling me McLeod) or it all comes flooding out. I do want to preface this one by saying that I’m feeling bluntly honest about quite a bit today, so consider yourself warned. The bad words […]
My E-mailed Response to Rep. Sally Kern
This was my response sent to Rep. Sally Kern after listening to her speech on gays that was posted on YouTube over the weekend. It didn’t strike me at first to actually post it here, but since it’s still in the news and people are talking about it, I figure it couldn’t hurt. I didn’t […]
Beware Bony Bawling Blond Bobs (A Little Update From Moi)
Did you notice something was once again right with the universe when you woke up this morning? Your soul felt a little warmer, you weren’t losing consciousness and waking up with the feeling you’d been mind-controlled to do evil things or perhaps your pet(s) started coming around you again? Yes, that’s right. My husband’s Hong […]
Cancer, Strippers, Health Insurance & Me…Oh, My
I had dinner with friends late last week and “the question” finally managed to work its way around the table; how’s your life going? Being that we all actually know each other, it’s not the kind of question that one can blow off in that way we all do when passing by somebody who could […]
Living Proof That Gay Men Aren’t Always The Smartest
There’s a stereotype about gay men being one of the richest demographics and also the most intelligent. The Religious Right would most likely argue that case now, but I’m here to tell you that it’s probably not true anyway. I’m living proof. Okay, follow me here…
Lance Bass Comes Out, But Is He The Chicken Or The Egg?
When fans heard Lance Bass announce to the media and essentially the world that he was gay, what do you think was the first thing that went through people’s minds? If you happen to be me–and you aren’t–I immediately imagined Lance and Darren Hayes meeting up at the same resort on their honeymoons. If you […]
The G-Files
First published in The Third Coast Magazine, Volume 4, Number 6 (Grand Rapids, MI), August of 1998. A good friend of mine told me a few months back that he had come out to his boss at work. While his boss spoke of his belief in equality for all people, gay or straight, the man […]
