Ramon's Gay Life Blog September 2006 Archive

Darryl Brown wants to be the inspiration for the next rock star. He's not grooming screaming vocalist through his urban gay magazine, Ballroom Rockstar, but the next generation of community, ... Read More

Violence is never the answer, but try saying that to the many glbt people gay-bashed each year. I've never been violently attacked, but I have been verbally assaulted several times- ... Read More

October is LGBT History Month in the U.S. LGBT History Month is celebrated on Valentine's Day in the U.K. Even though some believe celebrating the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual ... Read More

The pulse of gay culture can always be found on the street. Not in the concrete and sidewalk sense of the word, but in the lives of every day glbt ... Read More

The Center for Disease Control is now recommending that all Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 be routinely tested for HIV. The announcement may seem odd, as it's ... Read More

In an emotionally charged interview with Diane Sawyer, American Idol runner-up and recording artist Clay Aiken skated around the issue of his sexuality. "What I do in my private life ... Read More

27-year-old Alberto Linero and 24-year-old Alberto Sanchez tied the knot in what is believed to be the first gay marriage of two same-sex members of the Spanish armed forces. ... Read More

After Jim McGreevey's 2004 gay confession it became obvious why the then New Jersey Governor offered little if no resistance to the passage of the New Jersey Domestic Partnership Law. ... Read More

Madonna didn't invent voguing, but she was definitely inspired by the dance move made popular by the Harlem gay scene that also coined the term and gave voguing its roots ... Read More

Brad Pitt joins a growing list of celebrities taking a stand for human and gay rights. When asked when he and bisexual partner Angelina Jolie will marry he said, "Angie ... Read More

Conservative Jewish leader, Rabbi Jerome Epstein, is preparing congregations nationwide for a lift on the ban of gay rabbis. Epstein, the executive vice president of the United Synagogue of Conservative ... Read More

No one likes to be lied to by their boyfriend or enter into a relationship based on deceit- especially one that involves a partner that's not exactly who he presented ... Read More

Judy Garland has been described as the "Elvis of homosexuals" and for good reason. The dichotomy of Garland's unstable personal life versus the facade of her well-manicured professional life has ... Read More

How can we forget September 11th-- a day forever marked by mourning, controversy and remembrance? Five years later, heroic stories of survival and loss seem commonplace in the news, on ... Read More

I remember looking up at the clock every 30 seconds during school anticipating the lunch bell so I could hide in the hallway rush. I wasn't out in high school, ... Read More

Dear Mona Lisa, Me: 37, ftm. Have been married, and was abused. Have only recently come to understand I'm ftm. I've been feeling an aversion to the idea of being penetrated ... Read More

They say money is one of two topics that will surely ruin a relationship. I disagree. Money only becomes a problem when one person or both people enter into the ... Read More

Dear Ramon, I am a heterosexual male who has just started a new job. My supervisor is a gay male with a permanent partner. I want to establish a ... Read More

The late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, continues to make headlines years after his death. On August 25, 2006, a group called Zanzibar's Association for Islamic Mobilization and Propagation asked the ... Read More

Some would say gay acquaintances are easy to come by, but finding quality gay friends is another story. Meeting other gay men is hard enough, but it seems especially difficult ... Read More