Reluctant Rebel

 Some thoughts for PRIDE MONTH though I'm thinking a month may be pushing it. I was a late bloomer, or should I say a late boomer. I cam...

I have to stop looking up nostalgic things and people from my past on the internet.  I looked up "Smalltown Boy" on YouTube, onl...

 World AIDS Day was December 1, and I've had an opportunity to read posts here and there about those whose lives were lost and the Reaga...

As I described in my memoir, I went through therapists like Kleenex. Fortunately I didn't have electroshock or other draconian "tre...

Went to Pride Festival in Santa Fe with Denise and the dogs, Benni and Gilbert (our house guest while his dads are away). New York it a...

I'm not going to write much except to say Thank You to all the pioneers of Gay Liberation and LGBT  Movement for Equality. I'v...

Matthew Shepard's ashes were interred this week at the National Episcopal Cathedral. A bright spot because the interment is not only f...

AIDS researcher and activist Dr. Matilda Krim dies at 91. So many young people probably never heard of Dr. Matilda Krim, but her name was ...

Here is an article for World AIDS Day for Will Kohler at "Back2Stonewall" about St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City.

Reposting this from one year ago. Let us not forget those who lost their lives in a senseless act of hate and violence. And also keep in m...

A beautiful, joyous symbol that has been adopted all over the world to proclaim our pride. Especially dear to those of us who...

Me, Bob, Leon at the AIDS Quilt Washington DC 1987 P.S. Bob, in the photo above was the subject of Chapter One of my memoir; he was lovi...

NYC's first Gay Liberation Day [Pride] Parade Celebration. Thanks to all those LGBT folks for marching ahead of us, so young and cute! ...

Link: Malcolm Boyd, a pioneer for LGBT rights and an Episcopal priest, has passed away at the age of 91. If anyone is interested in LGBT hi...

It is time to repair the damage (if that is even possible) caused by ex-gay therapies and religious "ministries" that have caused...

Thanks to Russ for posting this. Important reminders of the tremendous obstacles we faced in our collective struggle for our rights and d...

Thanks to Wicked Gay Blog for this video. I have not had time to view the entire video, but I am posting it now rather than later. I...