During my morning Twitter read today I read a post from Broadway World which was the text of a letter from Larry Kramer that is distributed to audiences at the conclusion of The Normal Heart performances. I read the play a few years ago–and see it with Will for the first time next Sunday. To say [...]
What a tremendous difference a year can make. This past Saturday was the first Braking the Cycle training ride. Last year, this same ride was difficult and scary for me (you can read about that here). This time it was nothing but fun. It was good to see that I maintained some good strength over [...]
Last night I was at the Barnes & Noble in Tribeca for the first stop on the book tour Dan Savage and Terry Miller are on for It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. Yesterday also happened to be the book’s release day. It was an inspiring evening as [...]
12Mar11
Making the Boys
Crayton Robey’s documentary Making the Boys covers far more than the genesis of the play and movie versions of Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking The Boys in the Band. It’s also a look at Crowley’s life and a time capsule of gay history from the 60s and 70s. Crowley started in the entertainment business working on the [...]
Among the many tweets that flew by my screen this week was this from Outsports: “Gay high school athletes blog to make difference: “Three kids. Three time zones. One mission …” That’s the tagli…” Since I’m working my way through writing a novel where two high school athletes come out, I had to see what [...]
24Dec10
2010 Top 10
Over the past week I’ve looked back over 2010 and it’s been an amazing year. I’ve done some things I never imagined myself doing, got involved in some new causes and had a lot of fun. Here’s a look at 10 things (and three honorable mentions) that made 2010 great and memorable for me: 1) [...]
