Gay Preacher Boy

Pastor takes young queers (and non-queers) to higher places.

Queer Window There's a new pastor in town, and boy, has he seen his share of hell.Sitting across from me at Starbucks, decked out in sneakers, T-shirt and bed-head, Wes Mullins looks like your average Pearl-diver. ... More

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 Byron Beck

Red Dress Commando

Queer Window gets freaky at the gayest party of the year.

Queer Window It was near midnight when I lost my underpants. Well, I didn't really "lose" them. I just sort of slipped them off from under my dress.I had a good excuse for covering my frame in an ill-fitting knit ... More

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Byron Beck

Reality Check

Ex-PDX-er lives it up with rich bitches and other a-holes.

Queer Window Reality TV has hit a new all-time low.WB's Survival of the Richest, which premiered Friday, is a contest to see if seven poor schmucks can live with seven rich assholes without igniting a class war. T ... More

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Byron Beck

Our Neighbor

On life, death and who takes care of the dogs.

Queer Window Our next-door neighbor, Ross Jon Hamilton, is a really cool guy. So cool, in fact, that this paper made him a "Best of Portland" back in 2003. That's when we recognized the then-50-year-old former Jak ... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Byron Beck

Daria's Bitch

On my knees in the name of fashion—and dogs.

Queer Window It isn't every day I get a chance to sniff a woman's butt. But more on that later.On March 9, Daria O'Neill (one of radio- and television-land's loveliest ladies) and I were hosts of "Boutiques Unleas ... More

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Byron Beck

Mean + Gay= British!!!

Gay U.K. lords and "ladies" invade U.S. television.

Queer Window "I want my BBC!" BBC America, that is.Move over, Patsy and Edina. The days of watching bleeped-out versions of AbFab on Comedy Central are over. The U.S. cousin of the bawdy BBC, is the place to be if ... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Byron Beck

My Dinner With Rachael Ray

Food Network darling lights a fire under Family Supper.

Queer Window Rachael Ray was late for dinner.When P-town's coolest foodie couple, Naomi and Michael Hebberoy (ripe, clarklewis, Gotham Bldg. Tavern), invited me and my partner, Juan, to dine with one of television ... More

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Byron Beck

Slip Sliding Away

This year's Winter Olympics wins the gold in guilty pleasures.

Queer Window Once upon a time (in the early '90s), I busted a nut atop a Canadian Olympic ice dancer who was in town for an all-star skate show.Oh, the memories.Of course, with my intimate knowledge of the inner w ... More

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Byron Beck

Judgment Dazed

Being a "Simon" can get you kicked out of coffeeshops.

Queer Window Judgment Day: The day God decrees men's fates according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.Our national obsession with "reality" television has ensured that instead of just one day of judgmen ... More

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Byron Beck

Le Freak, C'est Sheik

Another pro-queer, anti-war singer-songwriter tells all.

Queer Window Forget wine, women and song. Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik is into gay men, politics and electronic music.OK, so he's still crazy about vino and the ladies, but things have started to change, at leas ... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Byron Beck