I was born the youngest of four boys, boys spread out over a 14 year period. There was my two oldest brothers, then a big gap, then my next brother and then myself. It's in many ways like there were two different families, two whole different experiences growing up.

My older… Read full post »

It had been a rough year, my partner of 10 years had just passed away from AIDS. This was back in early 90s too when the deaths were grisly, long-drawn out, movie-of-the-week affairs. He'd been in and out of the hospital for three years, until he finally got sent home… Read full post »

With my current unemployment and things getting tight, I've hesitantly had to ask my older brothers for help with making the mortgage and paying bills. I've heard too that I've become the topic of some conversation in the family and realized that OMG I've become the very stereotype of the troubled… Read full post »

On the 40^th anniversary of Stonewall we were faced with what seems to be a rather questionable raid on a gay bar in Ft. Worth. The police say they were just answering complaints, others say it was just good-ole-boy homophobia. The details of the police raid keep coming out.… Read full post »

Last night there was a candle light vigil held in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park for those who have fallen in the recent violence in Iran. It’s interesting as an outsider (non-Iranian) to bear witness to the pain and suffering felt by this community. I feel though that as an… Read full post »

The ongoing protests in Iran have demonstrated just how powerful a force new media and social networking have become. Historically, when a dictator staged a coup or there was a government overthrow or revolution you sent a couple of soldiers over to take over the main state-run… Read full post »

Adam Lambert and newly visible boyfriend Drake Lebry were seen out on the town, dancing, holding hands, and people still, still, coyly seem to be wondering about his sexuality – huh? I just don’t get the mystery over Adam Lambert being gay. Has the whole country’s ga… Read full post »

I’d heard of this story and seen the pic, but once I found the video, it was even more shocking that I had even imagined. The old man sneaks around the barricades, runs and shimmies up the bridge structure, then after tricking the befuddled man into shaking his hand, sends him… Read full post »

As much as I thoroughly enjoyed the new Star Trek, I must admit that there was a bit of a jarring moment during Cadet Kirk’s disciplinary hearing before the Starfleet brass, when we learn that Tyler Perry (playing Admiral Richard Barnett) is now running Starfleet. Now we in Atlant… Read full post »

I’m always fascinated by the whole concept of cultural gatekeepers. The people behind the scenes that pull the strings and decide what the next big things are for the rest of us. The new fashions, the new books, the new TV shows. Now some of these decisions, especially on… Read full post »

I’ve finally retired Cleoren Tauren Warrior and all his various cohorts. I’ve kicked the WOW habit, it was tough and I wasn’t able to do it cold turkey. WOW, or World of Warcraft is crazy,  crack is whack, addictive, I’m sure there’s/… Read full post »

It started with a friend of mine suggesting “you should really talk to this person, you’d have a lot in common. I think you’d hit it off.” How many times have you heard that? Then there’s all the pressure leading up to the meeting. Which coffee shop do you meet at?… Read full post »

People never know how to react when I tell them about “the accident” – as in, is it really okay to laugh when someone tells you about their brother running over their head with a tractor? Many think I’m joking, then I go on about being in a coma for days… Read full post »