First published by Notre Dame Magazine. In 1995 the doctors told me I would probably be dead of AIDS by April 1997.

For religious zealotry, economic inequality, and other key ingredients of radicalization, no other region in the world compares to the Middle East.

According to journalist Liz Highleyman (“Past Out”), gay “motorcycle clubs, a mainstay of gay culture since the 1950s, ushered in a new brand of queer masculinity and gave rise to today’s leather/SM community.” The first gay motorcycle club, the Los Angeles Satyrs, began in 1954 and is still in existence.

Do you have a favorite bathrobe? I have two and I love them equally. They feel great, and I think I look good in them. They complement my gray hair.