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The other man in my life
Two years ago this month, I met Alfie. I had just broken up with Kelly and needed a little rebound fling. Alfie was a bit hairy, and sometimes he snored in bed, but he was a good kisser. He had a habit of eating things that he picked up while we were walking. And then there was the day he killed his first bird. I scolded him, threatened to kick him out if he didn’t change his ways. He didn’t....
The other man in my life
Two years ago this month, I met Alfie. I had just broken up with Kelly and needed a little rebound fling. Alfie was a bit hairy, and sometimes he snored in bed, but he was a good kisser. He had a habit of eating things that he picked up while we were walking. And then there was the day he killed his first bird. I scolded him, threatened to kick him out if he didn’t change his ways. He didn’t....
A Reading From the Book of Irony
So the latest news out of the Vatican concerns a gay prostitution ring organized by one of the pope’s elite group of ceremonial ushers. According to Reuters, “among four people arrested last month in the corruption probe was Angelo Balducci, a member of an elite group called ‘Gentlemen of His Holiness’, ushers who are called to serve in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on major occasions...
It Will Come
“Every NOW is labeled with its date, rendering all past nows obsolete, until—later or sooner—perhaps—no, not perhaps—quite certainly: it will come.”
–Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man
My partner and I recently saw A Single Man, fashion designer-cum-film director Tom Ford’s visually rich adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood classic 1964 novel. It presents “a day in...
Coming Out With A Twist
At Christmas, I received from my sister’s redneck boyfriend a book with the helpful title, Coming Out Straight. I first thought of leaving it in the bathroom as emergency tissue paper. But, as it sat under the tree for a few days, it got me thinking: what if there was a way I could reverse the sexuality I had come to realize was part of my very being? What if I could free myself from the straitjacket...
Coming Out With A Twist
At Christmas, I received from my sister’s redneck boyfriend a book with the helpful title, Coming Out Straight. I first thought of leaving it in the bathroom as emergency tissue paper. But, as it sat under the tree for a few days, it got me thinking: what if there was a way I could reverse the sexuality I had come to realize was part of my very being? What if I could free myself from the straitjacket...
Serenity Now
Welcome to new contributor, brought via Kentucky, Chris Hemming!
I am officially middle-aged.
I didn’t want to believe it. I resisted thinking about it for a while (years, Chris, they’re called years). But there it was, staring me in the face on my last birthday. Friends came over for a pizza party, with board games afterwards. That was my first clue: pizza and Tabu. When your idea...
Serenity Now
Welcome to new contributor, brought via Kentucky, Chris Hemming!
I am officially middle-aged.
I didn’t want to believe it. I resisted thinking about it for a while (years, Chris, they’re called years). But there it was, staring me in the face on my last birthday. Friends came over for a pizza party, with board games afterwards. That was my first clue: pizza and Tabu. When your idea...
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