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Vada the omi – she’s one of the dolly bona sisters!
Gay men today rely less on specialized vocabulary than even when I came out 40+ years ago. Some of my early mentors taught me phrases like “friend of Dorothy” and “light in his loafers” to refer to myself and my kind. But these American gay-isms had their origin in the sophisticated and extensive lengths to…
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Are you an ally?
Have you ever had the experience of hearing a friend, a coworker, a religious leader, a politician, or even a stranger in line with you at the checkout of the supermarket say something derogatory about LGBTQ+ people, or just homophobic, and thought to yourself ‘I don’t agree with that at all?’ Seen on the news…
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Et tu, Brute?
You know, up until this last week, I was very proud of the governor of my state, Gavin Newsom. He has long held a place of the highest honor and regard in the gay community for being the first politician, in the entire country, to use his considerable authority as the then-mayor of San Francisco…
Your mileage may vary.