Social analysis of high school.

I have often thought about how the élite at my high school was rather atypical for US public high schools. This has led me to think about just what is a typical social order of a US public high school (assuming there is any sort of typical-ness to high schools in the first place)? Let’s [...]

My Coming Out Birthday!

Today, May 14, is my “coming out birthday.” It marks not the first time I ever identified as queer or gay to myself or to another person, but the first time I thus identified to another person with the intent of publicly continuing to do so. The past 9 years have been rambunctious, chaotic, delightful, [...]

Towards my coming out birthday.

… There is, though, one tradition that I am may have finally shed, and gladly! For 10 of the past 12 springs – and 7 of the past 8 – I have had the stupidity and immaturity to fall for yet another Unavailable Guy (UAG)….

What “queer” means to me.

Or, My Worst Queer Nightmare.
It’s pretty quiet at my job, since finals have descended. Not surprisingly, after a month of dealing with all manner of life-logistics consequent to my stepfather’s death, I simply don’t have the stamina to focus on the writing I need to do. So I’ve been totally absorbed by this article in [...]