Queer Window The celebrated ’79 film Being There featured Peter Sellers as “Chance,” a quiet man who lives the life of a gardener, unfettered by the outside world until he becomes a prophet of so ...   More

Queer Window When I asked U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) last week if he was the most dangerous man in Washington, D.C., his response was classic frank talk: “Yeah, you could say that. I have nothing to lo ...   More

Queer Window The following tale is a difficult one for me to tell. Not because it’s so awful, but because it happened to a friend whom I now consider family: Jean Ann Van Krevelen, executive director of Casc ...   More

Queer Window Last Tuesday Terry Bean, one of Oregon’s most influential power brokers, gay or otherwise, sent me and 50 of his closest friends an impassioned email endorsing Barack Obama for president. In th ...   More

Queer Window I know this dude. He’s big, black and used to frequent our local gay bars late at night. And, on rare occasions, I think he still does. Always shirtless and wrapped in huge chains, he reminds me ...   More

Queer Window “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked…and shaven?”—With apologies to Allen Ginsberg David Beckham does it. So do a lot of gay ...   More

Queer Window When I was looking for folks to profile in last week’s Habitat, I stumbled upon an unusual Internet offer. The message read, “NUDE Computer Repair, Setup & Training.” What followed t ...   More

Queer Window Juan and I finally became domestic partners the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 6. And while it wasn’t the “gay marriage” that conservatives fear will someday and in some way destroy all ...   More

Queer Window Driving up to the Multnomah County Building on Monday morning, my partner, Juan, and I had already decided we’d wait until at least Tuesday to get “domestically partnered.” We assume ...   More

Queer Window I blew it. Years ago I nabbed a hard-to-get interview with the diva of all divas, Eartha Kitt, but I never had a chance to share it with readers. That is, until now. When I spoke to her in ’02 ( ...   More