When I first came out and started learning about gay life in the 1990s, I had a couple of eye-opening experiences. One concerned how little cooperation and socializing there were between gay men and lesbians (something I only recently found historic roots for in After Stonewall). The second came from my naive assumption that most…
A Single Man
(This is a copy of a review posted on Goodreads.)I wavered between assigning A Single Man four stars or the benediction of the full five, but I think it’s going to stick with me. It succeeded on so many levels that I had to give it my full endorsement. I may have just come to…
Hamlet’s BlackBerry
(This is a copy of a review posted on GoodReads.) It’s been a couple of months since I read this, but I think my impressions of it are intact. I picked it up after hearing an interview with the author and learning the topic was one which has been on my mind for years, how…
Coming Out Under Fire
(This is a copy of a review posted on Goodreads.) This is a compelling and readable book resulting from an important project, one of those we can be grateful were completed while the veterans were still alive to give first-hand accounts. I enjoyed watching “Bob and Jack’s 52-Year Adventure”, with its description gay life in…
Not quite dead, but…
A few days ago, a friend mentioned that he and his partner were inspired by “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”, a documentary about people trying to improve or restore their health using “juice fasts”, periods of eating only or mostly juiced fruits and vegetables. I watched it, and felt the same inspiration (you’d have to…
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