Wearing a chambray dress and purple sun hat, a two-year-old girl entered my local drycleaners holding onto the side of an empty a stroller pushed by her mom. “Get the... read more →
Let' say you're the straight mom or dad of a young child who happily tells you they're gay. Do you know how you would react or respond? My latest column... read more →
A PRIDE PARTY WITH A VIEW My last week of Pride Month reached some new heights, starting with a Penthouse Pride celebration to benefit It Gets Better. Photographer Levi Foster,... read more →
In his inaugural year, the 45th president of our country has issued proclamations for June as National Home Ownership Month, National Ocean Month, and Great Outdoors Month. But in a... read more →
“I have a Harry,” a young dad in Minneapolis-St. Paul told me last month, as I signed a copy of my book for him. I’d heard that before and knew... read more →
Last night I went to bed with George Takei. And Abraham Lincoln, too. The two men, along with 21 other influential queer figures from the Roman Empire to present... read more →
Mistie Bonet, Miss Toto, Tarah Cards, and Kimberly Clark were among the fabulous drag royalty I cheered at the inaugural Bushwig South festival of queer culture, experimental music and love in... read more →
No Mother’s Day brunch for me this year. Nope. My day will start literally at the stroke of midnight, where the NYC drag explosion known as Bushwig will be in... read more →
Last week Monday I shared with parents at a PFLAG NYC meeting some of my experiences raising a gender nonconforming son in the early ‘90s, a couple of decades before the... read more →
Three of these things don't usually go together: Catholic school, nuns, eyeliner, and dress codes. Borrowing from the Sesame Street song, I'm sure you know which one doesn't belong here, especially... read more →
