Written 9 December 2010 and featured on The Blogmocracy.com, 17 March 2011 http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/03/17/st-patricks-open/ I was strangely apprehensive when my roommate suggested we meet a friend of hers at The Shannon, an irish Irish pub, not one of the higher profile ones in Berlin which cater mostly to visitors of the city but a deeply “green” […]
“Two Spirit”: Tradition, History and Future
Update: The term “Two Spirit” since its agreed creation in the 1990s, like other Native concepts and beliefs, has been appropriated and misunderstood by non-Natives. It is a term for certain Native American people, and misappropriating or using it for others disrespects Native traditions whether the person intends to or not. It is not a […]
Interview with Mel Keegan, “Master of Gay Thrillers”
After sneakily perusing a couple of gay erotica books as a curious teenager, despite the definite arousal effects of such racy faire, I had been a serious reader and lover of books since a young age and the former did not keep my attention. As exciting as they could be in momentary flashes, in the […]
Cold Memories: Germany, January 2004
The air of the small room was noticeably cooler than my skin. In fact, each breath was a steaming stream of pale blue. The only sound was the soft “tick-tick-tock” of the ancient grandfather clock standing between the two floor-to-ceiling windows at the foot of my bed. It was a narrow bed, piled deep with […]
Observations and Questions of Christianity and Gays
“Hell will hold no surprises for us.” It might be a rather chancy way to begin a thought piece, but when watching Hellboy the film the other night, as I typed a quote I thought profound “Hell will have no surprises for us”, I began to describe the characters. Rasputin was the one to […]
Red Haircrow 
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