Apr 19, 20221 min read

Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 2)

PODCAST—EPISODE 26: Dastan Kasmamytov, a 30 y.o. Krygyzstani, is an LGBTQ activist and founder of Pink Summits, a mostly queer...

Mar 8, 20221 min read

Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 1)

PODCAST—EPISODE 25: Growing up in the central Asian nation of Kyrgystan, Dastan Kasmamytov had no idea he'd ever become an LGBTQ activist....

Jan 24, 20221 min read

Stirrings

Each of us can recall our earliest awareness of affectional and then sexual attraction to others. Gay men often have a clearer...

Jan 11, 20221 min read

Andy Tobias: Noted LGBTQ author and former Democratic Party Treasurer

PODCAST-- EPISODE 24: Andy Tobias' journey from being the "Best Little Boy in the World" (the title of the best-selling coming out memoir...

Dec 5, 20213 min read

Dating a Married Man

In the summer of 1999, when I was 27, I was visiting a friend in Mexicali, Mexico. One day while I was there, he suggested we go to...

Sep 6, 20211 min read

Kevin Jennings: LGBTQ Activist, Author, and Historian

PODCAST— EPISODE 23: Kevin Jennings grew up in a southern trailer park, son of a homophobic itinerant Baptist preacher, was the first in...

Aug 7, 20211 min read

Jim Fouratt: From Civil Rights to Gay Rights

PODCAST— EPISODE 22: Jim F ouratt has been in the right place at the right time: he co-founded the leading anti-Vietnam war group in the...

Jul 14, 20211 min read

Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 2

PODCAST—EPISODE 21: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...

Jun 23, 20211 min read

David Mixner: Longtime Civil Rights, Anti-war, and LGBTQ Rights Activist

PODCAST—EPISODE 20: David Mixner has been an author, political strategist, and civil rights activist for more than a half-century. He was...

Jun 16, 20211 min read

Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 1

PODCAST—EPISODE 19: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...

Jun 1, 20211 min read

Paula Harrowing: British queer activist

PODCAST—EPISODE 18: Paula Harrowing, a 49 y.o. British queer activist describes what it was like coming out into London's vibrant and...

May 9, 20211 min read

Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 2

PODCAST—EPISODE 17: Michela Griffo talks about the battle for LGBTQ civil rights from the first NYC Pride March in 1970 onward, the...

Apr 25, 20211 min read

Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 1

PODCAST—EPISODE 17: Mike talks with Michela Griffo about her life as an early and active member of the National Organization for Women in...

Apr 25, 20215 min read

The Gay Bachelor

COMMUNITY: In my humble opinion, Colton Underwood, the TV bachelor who recently came out as gay, is no role model for gay youth...

Apr 14, 20212 min read

I Feel Ya

STORY: The evening was warm and moonless. The only light was the odd firefly bobbing about as we three slipped into the cool waters of...

Apr 11, 20211 min read

Dave Kopay: First NFL Player to Come Out of the Closet

PODCAST—EPISODE 16: Mike talks with old friend, Dave Kopay, who in 1975, was the first prominent athlete to come out and the first male...

Apr 6, 20212 min read

Jolly Roger!

BAMMER47: I recently was sent an article on the concept of matelotage, a common rite among pirates and some other sailors on the open...

Apr 6, 20212 min read

Re-introducing Hook-ups Post-COVID

BAMMER47: How do you expect to recommence hooking up, or at least having sex with someone outside your COVID pod, once conditions permit?...

Apr 6, 20212 min read

The One that Got Away?

BAMMER47 (1976): Have ever felt like you missed a golden opportunity for a relationship with the person you were meant to be with? The...

Apr 2, 20212 min read

A Typical Manhattan Evening

STORY: 1981—After my intense three-month affair with Bill Masi, a successful male model, had run its course in early 1981, we became...