Poetry
In Pursuit of a Dream Revised
In Pursuit of a Dream, my small chapbook of poetry from the 1980s is out of print. Most of the contents of that book, along with 8 pages of selections written this century, are now [read more]
queer
LGBTITQQ2S
Joe Bracco; Songwriter and Musician
Joe Bracco, born May 2, 1960 on Long Island NY, is but one of the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of bright talents lost to AIDS; he passed away March 3, 1991 in NYC. I did [read more]
Designs I Like
My Mental Health Designs
May is #MentalHealthMonth I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal [read more]
Family, Identity
Living Past Sixty Six- Big Deal?
Living to 66 is not that surprising for most Can-American white cismales of (sometimes) middle-income. I Came Out in 1978. Before I turned 25 what we now know as hiv/aids erupted in gay communities across [read more]
LGBTITQQ2S
World AIDS Day
“What is remembered, lives“ I Came Out in 1978. Before I turned 25 what we now know as hiv/aids erupted in gay communities across North America- and elsewhere. Large swaths of my generation (and others) [read more]
LGBTITQQ2S
What Makes a Man, a Man?
Originally posted 02/25/2011. Far from an in-depth piece, and only tangentially relevant to current events, I am fighting decades of white Canadian Middle class training to not brag, stand out, or rattle cages and re-sharing [read more]
