Tales of West Hollywood

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Rock Island High School, Senior Year Younger gay guys are often shocked to discover that I used to date girls. "Are you bisexual?...

When I was growing up in Rock Island, the adults always asked "Is there any girl at school that you like?" but never "Wha...

Verne, Mark, and a guy I don't remember Rock Island, May 1977 During my junior year at Rocky High (1976-77), most guys were obsess...

Not Ralph in underwear Rock Island, December 2001 I've heard lots of homophobic statements over the years, ranging from the ig...

When I was sixteen years old, I was selected to join 500 Nazarene teenagers from around the world in Fiesch, Switzerland for our Internat...

When I was growing up in Rock Island, most boys were obsessed with being "men," doing exactly what men were supposed to do and ...

When I was growing up in the Nazarene Church, twice a year, in the fall and the spring, we had a "revival": a full week of screec...

Rock Island, May 1977 When I was in high school, Verne the Preacher's Son was my kind-of boyfriend (at least when there were no gi...

When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, the Nazarene church was very strict: no movies, no dancing, no eating out on Sunday, no shopp...

Rock Island, August 1975 "All entering sophomores invited to try out for junior varsity football," Dad reads from a brochure t...

Rock Island, May 1978 My brother Ken wasn't the only one who seemed to "know" in the winter and spring of 1978, my senior y...

Rock Island, September 1977 When I was growing up, every Nazarene Preacher had a hobby-horse, some sin or social problem that he screamed...

Washington, Iowa, August 2003 The class I hated the most in high school was Public Speaking.  I didn't mind the speaking -- it was r...