COLUMNS and ESSAYS

the loft where time stood still - the new york times

will smith and hitler - the huffington post

shorty hall - the huffington post

dashing mideast democracy - the huffington post

israel's endless wars - is it all in the numbers? - the huffington post

the chief defect of w - a cautionary verse - the huffington post

sir ian mckellen and 'backlot mountain' - the huffington post

the cartoon crisis - the huffington post

what i know about fear - the stranger

my straight neighbor - newsday

high school showers - the advocate

gay priests should come out - the advocate

transgendered like me - the advocate

jackie o and maurice - newsday

broadway musicals and the gay gene - the advocate

the gay whines - newsday

on divorce - newsday

who's the butchest of them all - the advocate

the dead marched on washington - newsday

larry kramer as prophet - cassell press

on teenage suicide - the advocate

My journalism career began when I founded OutWeek Magazine in 1989 (I had been a musician and producer of live shows before that).

I served as OutWeek's editor-in-chief and co-publisher for two tumultuous years, during which time the brave little magazine forever altered the shape of gay journalism.

After that I became a weekly op-ed columnist for NY Newsday, and began writing for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Scientist, The LA Times, Out, The Advocate, The Village Voice and many other publications too numerous or embarrassing to mention.

I received the GLAAD Media Award as Outstanding Journalist in 1995.