LGBTQ

Boyfriends Revisited

My series of poems about my exes is complete. I lived my Taylor Swift dream for a week or so. The entire front page is…

Work & Play

We met at work and threw off
years of friendship for what
we thought could be.

Blue & Gold

You probably cheated on me,
too cowardly to end things
you said, “I don’t want to be 
your boyfriend, but I still
want to date you,” late…

Age & Attrition

You lied about your age,
but not like most — 
you said no one believed
you, so you fibbed to avoid
the conversation. Younger 
when…

Besos & La Bufadora

You invited me 
to meet
your parents 
in Mexico.

New Versions

I haven’t done much on Medium since October, but I did manage to get married in January of this year as well as teaching through a…

A Faire & A Fortune

I totaled my car on
our second date,
but you picked me
up and drove me 
to renfest. A love 
of yours expressed
over chips &…

Love & Rollercoasters

We both felt something. We called it love. In some ways it was, but yours came with a question that never went away.

Maps & Shapes

I did not know the terrain, but I did know the shapes of our bodies:

The Seven Deceits of Homophobes

and four truths to help combat them