Metro Weekly

All posts by Sean Bugg

  • We Go On

    I'm sure every generation believes that its own time is the scariest time to be alive — from Depression babies to World War II to...

  • Baby makes three? Kelly Osbourne would “love a baby” with her gay BFF

    “I’m fed up with straight men — I’d love a baby with my gay best friend Nate. We’d be the perfect parents and my mum...

  • White House Conference on Bullying: President and First Lady’s Opening Statements

    Today’s White House conference on bullying is underway. First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama opened the conference this morning, addressing an audience of...

  • Living by Example

    I am an early-adopting technophile in many ways — iPad, iPhone, Xbox, Playstation, ad infinitum — so much of my life revolves around various devices....

  • Freedom To Hate

    Some people make me sick. Case in point, any member of the Fred Phelps clan who has been involved in the Westboro Baptist Church's ongoing...

  • Steve Davies is first pro cricket player to come out as gay

    “If I am brutally honest, I’ve never enjoyed touring because of my secret and having to conceal my sexuality. My friendships with the guys would...

  • The Big Small Screen

    While I love movies, I actually rather hate movie theaters. I realize that many people enjoy the communal experience of a movie — sharing in...

  • Boy Does World (Excerpt) III

    When I was twenty-five and at the height of my twinkie powers, the idea of settling down seemed romantic but unlikely. The idea of getting...

  • Boy Does World (Excerpt) II

    As a faithful reader of Miss Manners, I've anxiously awaited her pronouncement on one social phenomenon that affects me so directly: trick etiquette. However, she...

  • Boy Does World (Excerpt) I

    I realized over cocktails one night that my life had undergone a radical change of heretofore unknown proportions: I no longer joke about dildos. I...

  • Right Turns

    There is, of course, the old canard that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged. Just from my personal experience, though, I know that...

  • Word Play

    Being the good uncles I imagine us to be, my husband and I took our 10-year-old nephew out to dinner at the mall this past...

  • Great Expectations

    Because I've been doing this long enough, I tend to approach annual political events like the State of the Union speech as a bit of...

  • Across the Threshold

    It can sometimes feel a little awkward to celebrate a victory achieved by something not happening. But even though the Supreme Court's decision not to...

  • On the Wright Track

    Life after coming out may be liberating, but that doesn't mean there won't be some speed bumps along the way. When Chely Wright came out...