SPECIAL NOTE: Today I am ending my ‘Gay Video of the Week’ series. I will continue to post similar content and videos but no longer on a steady weekly basis. I hope you’ve enjoyed this series. In the future, look for this and similar posts in a new category ‘LGBT RIGHTS’ which I’ll start up soon. All month Gay Video of the Week has focused on coming … Continue reading Out in TV & Movies
Today Gay Video of the Week continues with a month-long celebration of coming out. October 11 was “National Coming Out Day.” Last week I featured videos that LGBT people have recorded to document their Big Reveal, the moment they came out one or both parents, siblings and important close friends. You can go back and watch them. The videos last week showed the immediate reactions — but … Continue reading So Now the Family Knows
Today Gay Video of the Week continues with a month-long celebration of coming out. October 11 this week was “National Coming Out Day.” Last week I focused on big-name celebrities and other well-known LGBT people. This week I present a collection of videos that mostly not-so-rich-and-famous people have recorded live at the moment they came out. A few are known in limited circles such as … Continue reading Mom… Dad… I’m Gay!
Introduction Today is National Coming Out Day. To mark the occasion, I’m reprinting here an item that a Facebook friend, Matthew Ryan Thompson, posted on his timeline last October. I first met Ryan in 2017 on an ill-fated flight from Philadelphia to Cleveland by way of LaGuardia in New York City. No we didn’t crash, thank God — just the opposite actually. We couldn’t get … Continue reading Off My Chest & Into the World
Each Saturday this month, Gay Video of the Week is celebrating “National Coming Out Day” — which is officially tomorrow, Sunday, October 11. I’ll have a special post tomorrow so come on back! We Are Everywhere! A rallying cry of the LGBT movement — “gay liberation” in my day — is “We Are Everywhere!” And we are. LGBT people are not a class or a … Continue reading Out & Proud: From Star Trek to Walking Dead
In 1988, October 11 was designated as “National Coming Out Day,” though it’s really international. I will be celebrating Coming Out this entire month on Gay Video of the Week. Be sure to come back every Saturday. I also have a page dedicated to Coming Out Stories that you can find on my website. The Importance of Coming Out Concealing one’s identity can be horribly … Continue reading Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!
The presidential debate between Trump and Biden on Tuesday night was a dumpster fire next to a train wreck. It’s all the talk now on cable TV, but really more was revealed than what most commentators are focused on. To me the debate exposed vividly the total bankruptcy of the two-party system. The two parties and the system they serve — the employers and their … Continue reading Book Review: ‘In Defense of the US Working Class’
