Prism & Pen

Carrying the torch and naming the ones who came before me.

The heroic, biting humor displayed by the gay community during the AIDS years was nothing short of miraculous

Hidden Lives and Bold Hearts in New Park

Gay and lesbian adventures on Taco Tuesday

Love Like This: My journey to love and family

Recycled hatred and the new current targets

My joy, which died last November 5th, was resurrected from the dead today

The next steps in a long journey

How do you remember a place you’ve never seen?

The lovebirds

Let’s break down gay, rhetorical hedonism

Here are my pictures and memories

Sometimes it’s fleeting, but it’s almost always there.

It’s not just a policy shift — it’s a warning

A short fiction story for Pride Month

Something is changing about Pride month here in Italy…

Why Mark Bingham’s courage on 9/11 matters and why we should remember all of who he was.

The haunted

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 8 June 2025

Pondering reasons why it took me so long to come out

When Pride doesn’t feel like a party: This one’s for those still standing at the edge of the room.

I fought against everything not to turn out like the ‘A Low Down Dirty Shame’ character. Nowadays, I’d be proud for the comparison.

An insult to Harvey Milk just in time for Pride Month

A poem exploring Sapphic romance

A Pride Month story when LGBTQ+ Pride is under siege

‘How Long Till My Soul Gets It Right?’

What Pride is and what it should be