In a week, I’m flying to New York for a “kick off the new year” vacation.

It’s really a double-duty trip: I’m flying up to see a play of mine being performed in a reading series, too. So it’s(...)

I’ve had an unexpected response while watching the big stories unfold in the past weeks — the Adam Lambert debacle, the Mercado murder, the Ugandan anti-homosexual laws, the New York marriage(...)

Fun week, no?

On the one hand we’ve got Carrie Prejean, whose 15 minutes of fame feel longer than “The English Patient,” throwing a temper tantrum on “Larry King Live” for King’s audacity to(...)

I just watched the video you made concerning the victory of anti-marriage equality advocates in Maine.

And though we’ve never met (a product, no doubt, of some great(...)

Tomorrow, Maine voters go to the polls to decide the fate of marriage equality in the state. Advance polling says the vote will be very close, and it will all come down to voter(...)

The desktop image on my office computer is a flowchart. At the top, in a bubble, is a simple question: Are you happy?

If you answer yes, the chart points you to a simple directive: Keep doing(...)

I’m a bear.

I’m a 6’2″, broad-shouldered fella over a certain weight (and if you think I’m going to tell you exactly how much I weigh, you are out of your ever-loving mind), bearded and firmly(...)

I get accused sometimes of being a prude.

On the one hand, the moniker fits: I do have conservative notions about sexual appropriateness. I believe monogamy is possible. I think the fact we(...)

If you normally read my pieces here and roll your eyes at their effusiveness that borders on the cloying, let me apologize right up front. I’m probably going to piss you off today.

Everyone(...)

This time, I was on a date.

Apparently Edward(...)