''I love your hair,'' the Compliment Guy told me one recent day. It wasn't a good hair day or anything; in fact, that morning I...
''Do you remember what day this is?'' my girlfriend breathed into the phone. So I raced through my mental Rolodex. It wasn't our anniversary, or...
Mother's Day is fast approaching, and I will be spending the earliest hours of this year's holiday transporting the VIP I call Mom to my...
Yep, I spent Passover weekend in a pig barn in Ovett, Mississippi. Not kosher, you say? Ah, but I was onstage, emceeing the show, content...
Are there two words in the English language more beautiful than the harmonic, lilting combination of April 15th? A linguistic pair as enticing could be...
I recently came out to over one hundred kids at my old high school. I was invited to do so as the loyal and enthusiastic...
When these words appear in print, the world as I know it will have become a bit bleaker. A veterinarian will have made a house...
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum just concluded its powerful, four-month exhibit on Nazi persecution of homosexuals. And now, with both Passover and Hitler's birthday landing...
Over the weekend, our friend Linda boarded a plane en route to Iraq, decked out in her Army gear and ready to serve her country....
On March 5th, D.C.'s monthly Drag King Night at Chaos celebrated its three-year anniversary. ''This is the world's longest-running drag king show, '' organizer and...
In college, my friend Monica looked after my pets one weekend when I was away. I returned to my dorm room to find a note...
Sometimes I feel like I'm in between Iraq and a hard place. But seriously, folks -- for lesbian feminists, the question of women in the...
A few weeks ago, Olivia told me in no uncertain terms that girls can't marry girls. Tempted though I was to pat her down for...
With all the drama over terrorism and airport security since September 2001, it's easy to forget that plain old-fashioned homophobia can also ruin a good...
A few months ago, I had occasion to take issue on these pages with an action of my hometown city council, which voted against a...