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Sunday, July 18th, 2010From the book Confessions of a Mormon Boy: Behind the Scenes of the Off-Broadway Hit: The first thing I did when we got to Utah, after finding a decent apartment for my little family, was to join Evergreen International. That’s the official unofficial ministry for gay Mormons. I wanted to start associating with other strugglers [...]
Oxy-Mormon Baby
Sunday, July 18th, 2010I was born to be a writer. Look at this picture of me. As you can see, I’m naked. I’m writing at the typewriter. My favorite drug of choice by my side–a bottle of milk. And there are the scriptures. Sex. Drugs. Religion. From the beginning I was an Oxy-Mormon. I will endeavor to bring [...]
Diva Addiction
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Our diva’s cannot save us. I’m sorry. We love our divas. Our diva’s love us. But if we are expecting our glamorous straight women to win our rights for us as gay men, we are not living in reality. We are merely submerged in fabulous. Diva oblivion. I was there when Lady Ga Ga descended [...]
MISSIONARY POSITION — Trailer
Saturday, July 17th, 2010Here is a trailer we just put together for my new solo play Missionary Position which will soon play the New York International Fringe Festival. The following mini-scenes were filmed at Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles.
The Penetrated
Saturday, July 17th, 2010I read a book called Homophobia. It helped me understand the last 3,000 years of homophobia. This has historically been a patriarchal society where the penetrators are the ones who are venerated and have the power. To be the one who is penetrated (female) is to be a second class citizen in all ways. And [...]
Excommunication — Ten Year Anniversary
Friday, July 16th, 2010Today marks the ten year anniversary of when I was tried as a homosexual and formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sandy, Utah (a suburb of Salt Lake City). I have posted the my excommunication letter in this blog and it is re-printed exactly in my book Confessions of [...]
Mr. and Mrs. Kucan
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010I was recently performing Confessions of a Mormon Boy in Las Vegas where I went to Junior High and High School. My ninth grade English teacher was Mrs. Kucan. She was the first person in my life to suggest that I might have a natural affinity/propensity for the stage. She suggested I might like to [...]
Ask Mormon Boy
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010A few years ago I was writing a monthly column in a Salt Lake gay newspaper called The Pillar. The column was called “Ask Mormon Boy”. It was an opportunity to answer questions from the gay community here in Salt Lake City. The idea was to syndicate the column nationally. I am thinking of bringing [...]
Smalltown, USA
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010I love how simple and wholesome Salt Lake City is. But I’ve been running across a lot of people with small-town ideas and attitudes here. And I’m not talking about the Mormons. I’m talking about a lot the gays struggling to live here themselves. I’ve seen a lot of the world and I feel I’ve [...]
Reconciliation
Monday, July 12th, 2010I went to the Reconciliation pot-luck last night. What a good time. So many good stories being told from many points of view. And the food was terrific. I just hope I didn’t offend anyone when I drank coffee after dinner! I don’t believe in the Restoration anymore. It has helped so much to let [...]
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