My friends tell me that I was being naïve from the word go about my college professor. Many say that they have already given in to the professor. Apparently he is not that difficult to handle and he tends to leave you alone after a few times. The whole . . . read more
Fine weather friends: Good riddance to bad rubbish I consider myself to be something of an expert on “fine weather friends”. My mum used to talk about them from the time I was a kid and they have passed through my life. I just did not reckon that Andre would . . . read more
Women Wearing Slutty Dresses: Keeping Would-Be Rapists in Their Place “You filthy ho. Come suck my dick” They were ugly words spoken by a smartly dressed man who could have been an accountant at a prestigious company. He had that studious and slightly confused look that I have always . . . read more
Survival story of one of the homeless LGBT kids. When you’re young, you tend to take a lot of things for granted, especially if you live in a so-called normal environment. You’d always assume there’s a roof over your head, you’d have something to eat . . . read more
Who gets state welfare benefits and why? This is a question that has troubled the community as well as the social workers that have to explain everything to just about everybody. Over time a negative stereotype of “welfare queens” has been allowed to germinate with largely ineffective counterarguments. Notice the . . . read more
Why do straight men assume (automatically) that I fancy them all? Sorry guys; I have my tastes. It is a never-ending source of irritation for me when straight men assume that just because I am gay, I am literally panting for him. Some go as far as telling you . . . read more
In love with a violent man - At first everybody was sympathetic. Even those who disapproved of my “lifestyle” felt that it was a bit much that I should be treated this way. Jamie is a rollercoaster of personalities. There are so many of them that I do not even know . . . read more
To say that I was ecstatic when gay marriage was finally recognized in the Supreme court. Massachusetts was ahead of time in terms of accepting LGBT people so this was just an added bonus. One of the tricky bits had been about bringing my long-term boyfriend Marx from Ukraine . . . read more
Mixed Race: Shunned for Dating Outside My RaceBigotry is Not the Preserve of White People My name is Sheila. I am 31 years with a fantastic job as a sales officer for a loan company. I married to Frank who is 35 and we have three beautiful children (Frank Jr . . . read more
Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries – Truman Capote
We are born of love; love is our mother – Rumi
Where there is love there is life – Mahatma Gandhi
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life – Leo Buscaglia
