Sea and Symphony for Sebrina Alfonso
I loved interviewing the lesbian conductor of the South Florida Symphony, and her partner. (See how the comma after symphony is really important there? Sebrina does not conduct Jacqueline!)
View ArticleLet the conclave begin. My predictions.
Just published is my prediction for the papal election. My short list of 5 names, including info about which cardinals are gay and which ones would be good for women and gay Catholics.
View ArticleThe new garden at Cumberlinda
It's important to know what is in your dirt. Here, I wrestled with roots from the maples we just had removed and I am finding rocks and chunks of pavement from an old patio or path about eight inches...
View ArticlePlease support my SMARTRide
https://www.thesmartride.org/smart-ride-10/2580/ As a gay tour guide and travel writer, I have been on a bike more often this year than ever before in my 62 years. Unless the knees give out before...
View ArticleShould we judge Pope Francis?
http://southfloridagaynews.com/articles/should-we-judge-pope-francis/126931I hope you non-Catholics will find my reflections helpful. Catholics often presume that everyone understands the...
View ArticleIf you liked The Devil Wears Prada, you'll love INSIDE
My SFGN review of INSIDE, a steamy new novel by Charles L. Ross.
View ArticleMy Predictions For 2014
I nailed some biggies in my predictions for last year. We've got 365 days to see how I do this time around.Here is what I see.
View ArticleThe Lovable Gay Landliners
Tonight I attended a “landliners” cocktail party. This is a descriptive I have come up with for gay men in their 70s and 80s who have some begrudging usage of modern communication but can’t quite part...
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“How is everything at Breakdown Academy?”I looked up from the dirt newly emptied of the last of the beets. I was about to plant one hundred garlic cloves (and ten daffodils that I couldn’t resist at my...
View ArticleCan The Self-respecting Gay Vote Republican?
My opinion about gays voting Republican, online and in print in South Florida Gay Newshttp://southfloridagaynews.com/…/column-can-the-self-respec…
View ArticleOn Our 32nd Anniversary
There are at least twelve thousand justifiable reasons to end a marriage, a love affair or a friendship. Men never quite measure up to your expectations. There are at least twelve thousand ways in...
View ArticleThe Bee Or Not The Bee
When you talked merrily about your tendency to hoard, describing stacks of magazines you’ve acquired by dint of subscription, I didn’t laugh. I’ll tell you why. Suddenly grave, I thought of a close...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Is No Kennedy Catholic
For the last fifty years, Roman Catholic politicians have been talking “ChristianLite” when invoking God. That changed in the last Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucus, when Marco...
View ArticleWhere Were We?
So, where were we?Where were we before weird candidates for President became our primary source of entertainment? I know there had at one time been a coliseum filled with crazed Romans who liked this...
View ArticleHillary Clinton On The Reagans' Response To AIDS
Want to learn about the Reagan/AIDS backstory in your weighing the inaccurate remarks and apology made by Hillary regarding Nancy and Ronald Reagan's response to the epidemic? Do these four easy...
View ArticlePope Tevye And The Fiddler On The Roof Of St. Peter’s
My Analysis Of Pope Francis’ Exhortation Amoris LaetitiaThroughout two years of anticipation for Amoris Laetitia, few hoped it would open the door to same-sex marriage in the Catholic Church, while...
View ArticleF2M Trans Mark Angelo Detransitions Back To Maritza
The trans community can be hostile, volatile and downright dismissive when one of their own embraces an opinion that might be used to support the arguments of their oppressors. That is why...
View ArticleA Pope Who Loves Women
There is a refreshingly heterosexual aura on Pope Francis. He seems to be a man with a healthy and mature appreciation for real women. This sets him apart from most of the hierarchy comprised of men...
View ArticleThe Month Of DisMay
A cold May had my fingers numb as I pried bricks from a section of path that had become a roller coaster. Some burrowing critter may have tunneled during the winter below the path, causing the brick to...
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