My Florida Manifesto

{Cross-published from the Jeremy Gloff Homepage} I got picked on a lot in high school. I am not angry or bitter towards my peers who relentlessly insulted me. I get it. I was different. They didn’t take the time to get to know me. It’s a social norm for one...

Five Reasons Why the Internet Sucks

It was an affair that started out deliciously well. Before me stood a machine that enabled me connect with anyone, everyone, all the time, everywhere. As a kid who grew up listening to records alone in my bedroom I felt electrified by the possibilities the internet...

Who Are We Once We’ve Outgrown Pop Culture?

{Appeared on TheNewGay.net, August 2nd, 2010} My earliest heroes were female pop stars. Deborah Harry. Pat Benatar. Stevie Nicks. Chrissie Hynde. As a child I was not interested in action figure or Barbie dolls. In first grade during show and tell my classmates...

The Golden Girls – And Then There Was One

{Appeared on TheNewGay.net, July 6th, 2010} There’s an uneasy feeling in my stomach as I realize we are down to one. Estelle left us. Bea is gone. This week Rue made her way to the other side. We are dangerously close to living in a world without the Golden Girls and...

Let’s Retire The Word Slut

{Appeared on on TheNewGay.net, June 28th, 2010} It’s 2010.  Women have been allowed out of the kitchen. Blacks are allowed to sit in the front of the bus.  I’m gay and I’ve even kissed a man in public!  But when will a person have the freedom to be sexually active and...