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Felice Picano (1944 - 2025) / On Kissing Elder Gay Poets
Ian Young called me this afternoon to tell me Felice died "peacefully and not alone." I'm proud to have called him a friend. When last I...
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Mar 12, 20252 min read


Turning to the Old Gods
I've long held Allen Ginsberg in high regard as a queer elder. I've read "Howl" and the early poems and the final poems. I've seen him as...
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Feb 28, 20252 min read


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Feb 24, 20250 min read


The Struggle
I'm struggling with social media these days. It sure seems like there are a lot of "bot" accounts that are designed to make us upset /...
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Feb 21, 20252 min read


Sons of Abraham
My grief grows with the years. I count seventeen Octobers come and gone, imagine a green-eyed boy with hair the color of straw, ...
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Feb 20, 20251 min read


They Say The Music You Hear At Fourteen Is the Music of Your Life
Small town anywhere a mother is driving her son to the party because that’s where the boy is the boy that makes him feel like a bird just...
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Feb 20, 20251 min read
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