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Ron DeSantis Getting Nervous About Censoring Books Decrying Censorship?
Not All Of Florida Is Like The Panhandle We had no choice in high school. Classics like 1984 and Brave New World were part of the...
Howie Klein
Feb 21, 20245 min read
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A Couple Of Books That Changed My Life-- Jean Genet's Thief's Journal & John Rechy's City Of Night
A Young Man Seeking Liberation Through Transgressive Experiences Once I got an inkling I was gay, I was never for a moment interested in...
Howie Klein
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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Tim Scott And George Santos Are Both Gay Republicans— But VERY Different Gay Republicans
When Santos’ Performance Was Over Virtually No One Clapped Early this morning, in the silliest story of the day, Axios writer Alex...
Howie Klein
Aug 31, 202311 min read
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Why Is Homoeroticism So Profoundly Connected To Fascism? Meet GOP Polemicist "Bronze Age Pervert"
Yesterday, I nearly read Politico Magazine’s issue about masculinity. But I didn’t. I had just seen an article, “Making A Gay...
Howie Klein
Jul 17, 202316 min read
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45 Years Ago Today, Drag Queens Led The Fight For Our Dignity And Humanity-- The Fight's Not Over
The now-legendary, iconic Stonewall riots were spontaneous— and successful— and began on June 28, 1969 in Greenwich Village, and...
Howie Klein
Jun 29, 20233 min read
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Pope Says Homosexuality Is A Sin, Not A Crime… Gee, Thanks?
Maybe ChatGPT Has A Different Perspective? That's a very old picture. Yesterday, Pope Francis was interviewed by Nicole Winfield from the...
Howie Klein
Jan 25, 20237 min read
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Do North Dakota Republicans Think They Can Make Homosexuality Disappear By Banning Books About Gays?
Putting Librarians In Prison... A GOP Thing If there is one state I would never want to live in, it would probably be North Dakota. What...
Howie Klein
Jan 19, 20236 min read
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Freakish Homophobia Splits The House Republicans
Yesterday, the House voted, once again, to codify same sex marriage, this time using the exact same wording the Senate did when it passed...
Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20224 min read
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Amsterdam-- As Good A Place As Any To Come Out, Right?
I’m writing my coming out story for my memoir and it’s practically turning into a book on it’s own… and I’m just getting started. Trying...
Howie Klein
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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Despite Ugly Evangelical Opposition, Cubans Voted To Legalize Same Sex Marriage Over The Weekend
I was only 11 when Fidel ousted fascist dictator and American puppet— also Mafia puppet— Fulgencio Batista. My grandfather used the...
Howie Klein
Sep 27, 20223 min read
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Otto
I hadn’t thought of Otto in a long time. And then two things happened that brought him to mind. The other day, my friend Jimmy reminded...
Howie Klein
Aug 29, 20224 min read
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There Are Gays In Our Nation's Capital-- Straights Too
Personally, I was lucky with the gay thing-- everyone in my life was as accepting of it as I was: family, friends, God, colleagues......
Howie Klein
May 25, 20225 min read
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Are There More Gays Now? Or Just More Honesty?
Lindsey Graham has still not publicly admitted-- weird word to use-- that he's gay, or, to update the parlance, a member of the LGBTQ+...
Howie Klein
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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You Feel Normal? Or Like An Outlaw? Just Askin'
Jean Genet's classic Thief's Journal, set in 1930s Europe, was published the year after I was born. Reading it as a young man, I could...
Howie Klein
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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