Tag Archives: Gay

What I Love About Being Gay And Out

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Exaggerated truth is what humor is all about. Because of my cynical but fun tongue-in-cheek piece on coming out I’m going to to pull back a bit and explore the other side of the truth. I love being out and I love … Continue reading →

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The Newly Gay Study Guide 2012

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

If you were as closeted or as Mormon as I was, coming out and immersing oneself in the company of other gay men, many of whom have been out since their early 20′s, can be a daunting feat. This post … Continue reading →

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One More – I Wish I’d Said THAT!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Here’s one more thing I wish I could post on my Facebook wall but I won’t. From the Advocate article: “We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people,” he said on April 13. “The same … Continue reading →

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Some Of My Best Friends Are Gay

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

“I’ve been encouraged by the support of many friends including gay friends, incidentally.” – Kirk Cameron As soon as I read this I wracked my brain trying to imagine if I had any so-called “friends” who would agree with little … Continue reading →

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Gaydar Gone Awry

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Act I Background: I work remotely most of the time and see co-workers several times a year at team meetings or customer trainings. The traveling trainer, a midwestern woman in her late 40′s, and I had just completed a morning … Continue reading →

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Choices – We’re not All the Same

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City fame recently got flack because she implied that homosexuality is a choice for her. I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Eccentric

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

As anyone who has read much of my blog knows, I like weirdness and appreciate eccentricity in others. By mere definition it could probably be said that all gay men are eccentric if by that we mean nonconventional. Even by the … Continue reading →

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FAQs: On Being Gay, a Non-believer, Mormon, a Father

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Feel free to ask me more questions and I’ll put them here too…   How can you still pray if you don’t believe in God? I still sing Christmas carols but I don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore. What was … Continue reading →

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Born This Way?

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Born this way? Who cares? It seems like a totally irrelevant discourse to me.  What follows is a response to another blog post suggesting that LGBT activists get it all wrong with their approach to gay marriage and gay rights.  … Continue reading →

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Is It Worth It?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

One of my favorite bloggers Invictus Pilgrim recently posted a question from one of his readers.  I tried to comment on his blog but I think my comment was too long so I decided to answer here.  First, the original … Continue reading →

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