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BAMMER and Me: Joel Tucker, The Backstreet Cafe Shooting

PODCAST—EPISODE 15: Mike interviews Joel Tucker twenty years later: one of six survivors of the horrendous Backstreet Cafe shooting in...

Jul 9, 20191 min read

BAMMER and Me: Author David Nimmons Discusses Gay Community

PODCAST—EPISODE 3: Mike interviews Dave Nimmons on gay male bonding and how gay men can find meaningful ways to connect and create...

May 4, 20193 min read

A Brief Encounter (Istanbul 2015)

STORY: A good friend once told me, “Never trust a married man. Just by being involved with you, lying is part of who he is.” Sexual...

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Soothsayer

STORY: “Ya know, I can see it all. You and that girly little voice…You’re gonna’ grow up to be a faggot.” I was 12, on the verge of 13,...

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“We Rebuke This Spirit of Homosexuality!”

STORY: I had looked into those blue eyes many times before. When he would jump on me to wake me up whilst still in just his briefs,...