Well, He's . . . Sensitive
‘You oughta get yourself some hormones, honey!’ — said Jessica Tandy’s character in ‘Fried Green Tomatos’, Ninny Threadgood. My hormones are all outa wack. I know: that’s something a woman would say. Women are allowed to have screwy hormones. Us guys are supposed to drift through life on a constant testosterone high. I assure you, … Read more
So this is the year of the gay wedding. Bravo. The gender-bias of our marriage code has been one of the greatest inconsistencies of the American journey in recent years. So some day soon there won’t be a schism between ‘You should marry who you love,’ and ‘Marriage means one man and one woman.’ Some … Read more
My brother is a Christian. He used to be an alcoholic . . . but one divorce and a 12 step program later, he’s hopelessly addicted to the lord. He’s just as screwed up as he ever was but the chances of his destroying anyone else’s life through drunk driving is greatly diminished. I guess … Read more
I started this blog 25 years ago. I was old: 50; but I had an interesting perspective on gay life. You see, I didn’t come out until I was 40, and that was at the height of the AIDs crisis, so I didn’t get to experience the wild permissiveness most gay men experience when they … Read more