Apr 1, 20211 min read

BAMMER and Me: Joel Tucker, The Backstreet Cafe Shooting

PODCAST—EPISODE 15: Mike interviews Joel Tucker twenty years later: one of six survivors of the horrendous Backstreet Cafe shooting in...

Jan 12, 20193 min read

“We Rebuke This Spirit of Homosexuality!”

STORY: I had looked into those blue eyes many times before. When he would jump on me to wake me up whilst still in just his briefs,...

Jun 17, 20181 min read

The Pope Announces That Gays Cannot Be Considered ‘Families’

COMMENTARY: in 2018, Pope Francis, speaking to the Forum delle Famiglie, an Italian lay movement representing Catholic families, stated...

Jun 9, 20184 min read

The Lavender Line – Quarter Stories 11

STORY: Sunday was my favorite day to go out. Friday and Saturday shifts were over. I could go out on my own down to the Quarter and hang...

Jun 7, 20181 min read

Speaking in Code

STORY: My second buddy was a florist who lived at home. I’d bring him to Ray’s and my house where we’d dangle our feet in the pool, and...