My daughter Stella and I have had a front row seat to the protests ignited by the murder of George Floyd. Our balcony overlooking 8th Street and Broadway is 12…
I read about Jaws being "The Movie" of Quarantine 2020 in The New Republic recently. The article paints parallels of the shark ruining summer, destroying the economy and the people…
May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. May we who have the luxury…
Never underestimate what a child can learn from having a pet. I was 8 years old when I learned how to navigate a toxic relationship. My teacher was a bird.
Tim is the first friend I made as an adult. He is the Will to my Grace, the Rupert Everett to my Madonna and the Harry Potter to my Hermione…
I met Tim at a dinner party for the Riviera Gay and Lesbian Association in Nice, France in 1998. I had just moved to the Cote d’ Azur without knowing…
Once upon a time, I tried way too hard to find a husband. I nearly got myself killed. Before anyone was on Tinder or swiping left, I was single. For…
If men had babies, the entire world would have an established comfort level about what goes down in the delivery room. Telling your birth story would be a rite of…
On my sixteenth birthday, my Granddaddy gave me a legendary and character building set of wheels. A baby blue 1969 Oldsmobile 98 with a 454 rocket engine was my all…
My mother is wild. By wild, I do not mean anything nefarious. I am talking about someone who is untamed and unapologetically herself.