Facts are Such Inconvenient Things
July 25, 2024 Some years ago, I wrote a glowing review of Outrages by Naomi Wolf, a book that traces developing homophobia in...
My Gay Voice
March 23, 2018 My voice has always been one of the more distinctive things about me. Many of my earliest memories involve people...
A Book Launch at Cafe' Lafitte in Exile, And Why It Matters
November 10, 2017 In a little less than a week, on November 16, 2017, Out for Queer Blood will have its official book launch at a gay...
Commies and Queers
October 19, 2017 Joseph McCarthy is chiefly remembered for his attempts to expel Communists and Soviet Operatives from positions in the...
Looking at the Past through Faux-Colored Glasses.
October 12, 2017 The story of Fernando Rios is, at heart, the story of sexual activity and sexual hypocrisy in the 1950’s. There was a...
Deja Vu
October 5, 2017 When I was researching Out for Queer Blood , I spent weeks reading newspapers from the 1950’s, and then I would come...


The Murder of Fernando Rios
September 28 2017 Fifty-nine years ago, on September 27, 1958, three young men in New Orleans were wandering the French Quarter, looking...
Starting Over at Sixty: Part 1
Septmber 19, 2017 I’ve had two committed, long-term relationships in my adult life: the first ended after twenty years, the second is...


Inaugural Blog
August 8, 2017 You could call this my Mission Statement. When I started my first website several years ago, it was primarily to...






