Why do we gay people send such a seismic rumble through society, religion, and our families?  Certainly in such a sexually permissive world as ours, one more variation on a sexual theme shouldn’t be grounds for concern.  So why does being gay cause such negative reactions?

Deviation from gender conformity is the surface source of homophobia in the norm.  The femininity in gay men and the masculinity in lesbians challenge the norm’s strict gender compliance.  But at a deeper level, it is neither gender variation nor even divergent sexual behavior that actually alarms the norm.  Continue reading →

Times of change in our lives can be unnerving.  Sometimes change comes subtly.  We hardly notice things are different until one day we realize our lives no longer make sense.  At other times change can be convulsive and even violent in its turbulent transformation.  We wonder if we’ll survive. Continue reading →

When the time is right, we come out and live true—no matter the consequences.  We emerge into the open with our new creation—a new idea, new art, an honest website, a daring scientific hypothesis.  But most importantly, we emerge as a new variation of humanity, aligned with truth.  This is how I define Homo veritas.  With ecological and economic collapse looming, the time for morphing into this new way of being human is quickly becoming a necessity. Continue reading →