For hundreds of years, a myth has persisted about the first time tall ships landed in the Americas. Native people, so the story goes, did not fear the looming ships at first because they couldn’t register what they were.

“A Prince of a Boy” reminds me of another great gay autobiography: “The Best Little Boy in the World” (1973), which Andrew Tobias wrote under the pen name “John Reid.”

A scapegoat is a person blamed for the mistake of others. Its source is the Bible.

I have a good job, I stay in shape, I’m active, I have a good circle of friends, I don’t think I’m ugly, but I get dumped a lot. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but I’ve been through all the apps and I feel so depressed. Am I ever going to find my person? I have gone through so many first dates, one-night stands and being ghosted, and it’s exhausting.