Author Archives: Anthony

Glee is Brilliant Television

I write this response to highlight and draw attention to the most sublime television I have seen in over a decade.

First off, I want to say that I love this show. Every scene between Kurt and his dad is kind, hopeful, thoughtful, loving and insightful. If any of us had ever had an adult this supportive and nonoppressive, things would be quite different. However, I want to address the concept of duality or, more appropriately,… Read More »

The Self Esteem Our Precious Young Boys Need to Thrive

To all the boys who may or may not be queer. The boys picked last in sports but first for the latest in fashion, entertaining, and tasteful decorating. The boys who couldn’t catch a football but instead could clean a bathroom until it sparkles and offer serious, heartfelt care to a sick sibling. I salute… Read More »

Did I Sign a Youth Death Sentence?

I am a cowardly murderer. I stood by watching the hate and homophobia of the world devour our youth and did nothing to prevent it. I could have spoken up. I could have screamed. I could have demanded they take me.

Six Dead Kids Who Needed More than Safety

Whenever I have worked with young people, the issue of safety is obsessively focused on. You can’t touch them (unless it is in front of other people and even then it’s frowned upon). You can’t be too involved or concerned and above all you can’t share any personal information that would provide real world insight… Read More »

40+ and Refusing to Be Dismissed

Within the gay community, there seem to be two factions, old and young. I want to specifically address these issues even though I know someone will bitch and say we have more issues than this, or this is too simplistic, or we’re far more complex.

In Praise of Good Men

In an effort to make sense of so much of the craziness that goes on, everybody would like a scapegoat. Someone to blame everything on. I have read a great deal of feminist literature. I love me some bell hooks and actually met and talked with her once on a subway when I lived in… Read More »

My Deepest Apology to Our Beautiful Youth

I would like to sincerely apologize for being an elder within the community and not doing my part.

Turn Off the Social Networking and Really Interact

I hereby declare a moratorium on technological advances. In the sometimes witty and always stylized series Sex and the City, Carrie gets dumped via a Post-It note. I found this both hysterical and troubling at the same time.

Should Cruising Be Considered an Unacceptable Risk?

I was 36 the first time I had sex in public. I had no idea this was an option. I kept hearing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in my head, “How long has this been going on”. I truly thought people went to the park to read, the restrooms to pee and the malls to… Read More »