Columns

Scott Kramer, LCSW, is another New Yorker I’m proud to call a dear friend. Five years ago we bonded over stories about HIV, as...

Lean On Me A trusted tool, an ugly reminder by Hank Trout It’s tiresome manipulating a cane in one hand and an umbrella in the other. It...

Dancing in the Dark Maybe I should be writing this editorial next month (the June issue is all about LGBTQ Pride after all!). But importantly,...

An obituary in The New York Times in the middle of February was where I first learned of Patricia Nell Warren’s passing on February...

If anyone is in tune with politics (at least in the Mid-Atlantic region) you should know the name Brian Sims . Brian Sims is...

Another Failed Relationship Another Lesson Learned In my last column, I mentioned a trip I was taking to Baltimore to visit yet another guy I had...

Yep, that’s my friend’s legal name! Bobbee tells yours truly that a transgender person has the right to change their name. Her family called her...

Saltwater Rain In the end there is only love It’s 8:30 a.m. It’s a cold winter morning in the city that they say is full of angels....

Just*in Time by Justin B. Terry-Smith Here we are in April, the month where a lot of us think about Easter and Easter egg hunts. As...

Lazarus Lite My miracle-free rock ‘n roll resurrection by Hank Trout Leon Russell, not Jesus, brought me back from…well, from not-quite-dead-but-damn-close. I started to use a wheelchair a...