I'm Not A Pollyanna Sort Of Kumbaya

Christmas Can Have A Real Melancholy Aspect, 'cause It Packages Itself As This Idea Of Perfect Family Cohesion And Love, And You're Always Going To Come Up Short When You Measure Your Personal Life Against The Idealized Personal Lives That Are Constantly Thrust In Our Faces, Primarily By Tv Commercials.

My Husband Terry And I Are Mostly Monogamous. . . . There Are Times — Certain Set And Limited Circumstances — When It Is Permissible For Us To Have Sex With Others.

Actual Gay People Can Make Many Others Feel Uncomfortable And Paranoid Because They Don't Know And Can't Articulate What Makes A Person Gay, And They Worry That Maybe They Themselves Are Gay.

The Truth Is Often A Mixed Message

Don't Mistake Being An Asshole For Being A Man.