COMING DISTRACTIONS: Later tonight I’ll probably post a very long exchange about coming out, complicity, and resistance; plus also, famous authors’ ill-advised text messages. Later this week I hope to have posts about what I mean by gay identity/”gay as a genre,” and possibly more on sublimation vs. repression. And, you know, whatever else staggers over the threshold. Meanwhile, if you’re in the DC area I recommend Woolly Mammoth’s current show, “Gruesome Playground Injuries.” It’s very stylized and even gimmicky... Read more

DISPUTED MUTABILITY ON THE DAY OF SILENCE. A hard but necessary read. …I tried to escape when I could. I joined the art club (even though I don’t have an aesthetic bone in my body!) so that at least one day a week I wouldn’t have to take the bus home. I set up chairs for band practice during recess time so I wouldn’t have to go out with the other kids. I stayed inside whenever I could. When I... Read more

MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND THE CIA DETAINEES. Read more

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE MAGAZINES? Here, have a list of things which are not true of me! 1. I am “asexual.”2. I have a “low sex drive.”3. I’m a virgin.4. I was sexually abused, ever.5. I was raised “without a moral compass.”6. I only like synth pop/disco/the Smiths, and have no time for hard rock or punk. There. Does that help? Read more

“SHE SHOULD JOIN A SILENT ORDER.” My favorite response so far to the NYT article! Read more

“You see, Prince, to be a philanthropist is nice, but not very.”–General Epanchin, in The Idiot Read more

READ MY BOOK FOR MONEY! The one thing I forgot to post last night, which I’d meant to put up once the NYT piece came out, is that I am seeking transgendered readers for a novel. The working title is New Wineskins; the protagonist is FTM, and since I’m not, I really want to make sure the portrayal is resonant and not cliched or harmful. I’m paying standard editing rates of $2/pp, which works out to about $218. I can... Read more

“Listen, Prince, I stayed here last night, first, out of particular respect for the French archbishop Bourdaloue (we kept the corks popping at Lebedev’s till three in the morning), but second, and chiefly (I’ll cross myself with all the crosses that I’m telling the real truth!), I stayed because I wanted, so to speak, by imparting to you my full, heartfelt confession, to contribute thereby to my own development; with that thought I fell asleep past three, bathed in tears.... Read more

IN WHICH I AM PROFILED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. If you came here from that article, please check out the posts below! Read more

IF MY HEART WERE A HOUSE YOU’D BE HOME BY NOW: More welcome mats for new readers! If you’re in the DC area, you might check out the Always Our Children group at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. It’s named after the US bishops’ document for parents of gay children. We have support groups on the second Sunday of every month, from 3.30 to 5.15, usually in the conference room you reach by going down some steps on the left side of... Read more