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Pride 2017- First Thoughts

June 18, 2017

LGBT Pride, Columbus, OH, 2017 was held this weekend. It sounds trite to say “things sure have changed since my first Pride celebration, back in Toronto, in 1978“. It is true… sort of. Many things [read more]

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Pride, Protest, Party

May 29, 2016

June is celebrated in much of the ‘western world’ as Pride Month (or Day, Weekend, or Week). Most often identified as “LGBT Pride” – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans. Sometimes with Q for Queer. There are [read more]

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Outdated OutQ

June 19, 2015

02/11/2016: Yesterday Derek posted a link to rumours of OutQ’s impending demise. The news was confirmed over night: Advocate News Article. Also see the following thoughtful pieces from today: Romaine Patterson on Facebook; Derek Hartley; [read more]

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Nimoy, Tovey and Stereotypes

March 2, 2015

Leonard Nimoy worked hard to escape a future limited by his being typecast as Mr. Spock; arguably the most iconic character from the Star Trek universe. He struggled to express other aspects of his personality, [read more]

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Fey Gay Tops

January 5, 2015

Just had a short discussion on The Book of Face regarding a recent article at Queerty.com entitled

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Nearly Straight

March 23, 2011

Another of my essays for a college-level English class; this one addresses the new image of gay men in mainstream media. You can read it as a pdf file here. It builds on some themes [read more]