Florida Agenda

By Susan Reichart-Wanko A small boy with blond hair and blue eyes comes home from school with unusual enthusiasm.  The cause, no doubt, is the nearing of Christmas and the anticipated arrival of Santa.  Not always anxious to show me what’s in his bookbag, the remains of a peanut butter sandwich or a test paper […]

I was raised with faith – Roman Catholicism that is. When I was figuring out my sexuality, I was lead to believe I was going to burn in hell before I even got out of bed for having desires. Back then, they weren’t even desires – hell, I was 8 or 9 years old. Do […]

By Christian Alexander I was raised with faith – Roman Catholicism that is. When I was figuring out my sexuality, I was lead to believe I was going to burn in hell before I even got out of bed for having desires. Back then, they weren’t even desires – hell, I was 8 or 9 […]

By Christian Alexander Since I was a child, I have always been intrigued with the visions that were presented before me on television and in the movies. The actors portraying their parts were more than merely reading lines. They were embodying the persona of the part they were playing. Some convincingly; others, not so much. […]

By Christian Alexander It’s just another Thursday in an otherwise unremarkable week. As per my routine, I’m wearing a pair of sweat pants complete with bleach stains and a drawstring waist sans the string, a ratty T-shirt with a hole in it and I have my pink rubber gloves on that I wear when cleaning […]

By Christian Alexander Photo: Jamie Lee Curtis in “Halloween” Inspiration is a flash of lightening. If you don’t catch it at just the right time, you don’t get the energy from it. As a writer, that charge sometimes comes in all encompassing waves of joy, hope, love, pride, fulfillment, and all sorts of physical and […]

By Christian Alexander The stars at night really are big and bright, deep in the now-wounded heart of Texas. antibiotics no prescription So I could see why upwardly mobile gay couples would want to make a home there. Minus a small populous of narrow minded, backward cowboys, it could be a very nice place to […]

By Christian Alexander Photo: A wall covered in graffiti and a painted sign in Portugal. “Mais Amor Por Favor” means “More Love Please” in Portuguese. Most of us awake to begin our day in our beds, safe under our sheets. Some start the day arising from the living room couch, remote control still in hand […]

By Christian Alexander I may have sounded more than a bit cynical when it comes to medication, the doctor’s who prescribe them and the pharmacies that distribute them, but I have reason to be. I have been told by more than one doctor that if I didn’t take their medications for my HIV, I wouldn’t […]

By Christian Alexander If you are watching television for any length of time, eventually you will come across the obligatory drug commercial.  These advertisements seem to offer a needed answer to any medical or mental problem you can think of. Depressed?  Take this new pill! High blood sugar … we’ve got you covered … hell, […]