Boy in Bushwick

This story seems to continue to spark conversation and even gossip as the facts of what happened in the famed Meatrack become more and more ...

This sign appeared on a bulletin board in Cherry Grove last Sunday after reports of arrests inside the Meatrack began to circulate wildly ac...

A sudden illness kept me in bed for a majority of the past weekend here on Fire Island, but I did have enough energy to purchase two wigs, a...

The debate over whether transgender people are actually included within the LGBT acronym the leaders of the movement for [gay and lesbian] r...

The question of whether marriage for same-sex couples is an issue on which the broader movement for lesbian and gay (and transgender) rights...

Fire Island was, in many ways, an escape for New York's theatre elite as far back as the late 1800s. Oscar Wilde and Christopher Isherwo...

With Pride month in full-swing here in New York, a number of random thoughts continue to go through my mind as I sit in my apartment in Bush...

This sailboat battens down the hatches as a powerful squall line descends upon Cherry Grove on Sunday, June 8. Another weekend has passed an...

The New Hampshire primary, which took place on January 8, seems like a arguable distant memory. The think overcast that hung over Fire Islan...

Another quiet weekend has passed here on Fire Island, but gays and lesbians across the country continue to gear up for the frenzy of parties...

As activists continue to applaud the California Supreme Court for ruling in favor of nuptials for same-sex couples, New York Gov. David Pate...

Life is often marked by personal and professional milestones and today marks seven years since I came out to myself. I made that fateful dec...

With jubilation over last Thursday's landmark California Supreme Court decision, a recent ruling on the integrity of "Don't Ask...

This leatherman ( he repeatedly requested Boy in Bushwick omit his actual name from this blog ) serenades an all too eager crowd at the Ice ...

The collective movement for LGBT rights and its allies continues to rejoice in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling earlier...

New York has experienced a bumper crop of political scandals this season with former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation after his trysts w...

I write this blog from the Fire Island News office in Ocean Beach on this cool and increasingly cloudy Sunday afternoon. A cool ocean breez...

The question posed in the headline is one I have asked myself over the last few days upon my return from New Hampshire on Tuesday afternoon....

It's a beautiful Monday afternoon as I sit outside Quincy Market in Boston having lunch between meetings. I brought my cats to my parent...

As this writer prepares to leave for New Hampshire tomorrow to attend an awards ceremony at the University of New Hampshire, I am proud to r...