I met John Lewis on Halloween 1984 at a "sweater bar" across from the Museum of Natural History. He was dressed as Gene Kelly in On the Town.

"Hello, sailor," I said, pleased with my repartee.

He yawned. "That's the third time I've heard that tonight." He inspected...

"I'm not interested in that kind of love," he said. "If that's love, you can have it."
--Raymond Carver, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"

The August before last, I got sick again.

I have a peculiar form of epilepsy. I don't...

Linebacker Manti Te'o isn't the only man with a dubious online love interest. I have an imaginary Facebook boyfriend, too. I'm pretty sure mine is an actual person. Felipe and I both like to post YouTube videos in an invitation-only Facebook group for gay men who are into...

Dear Jodie Foster,

Good to see you at the Golden Globes. Your acceptance speech was not what I'd expected.

Jodie, come out, or don't come out. Whatever. I'm not that invested either way, and I'm not interested in your being a role model for my gay kids. But please don't...

OK. I'm going sexist for a moment in order to discuss two successful professional women's hair and clothes.

How Michelle Obama appeared during her speech at the Democratic National Convention was crafted to distinguish her in every way from Ann Romney.

Obama's slightly imperfect hair (I became obsessed with my...

Unlike Anderson Cooper, I didn't want to wait until I had a contract with the largest cable network in the United States -- and millions and millions of dollars in the bank as a result -- before I came out.

My career in journalism, born of a desire to...