Over the Top!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Max

I’ve had a longtime goal of publishing 100 times by my upcoming birthday. Happily, my recent Greenpeace piece (“Greenpiece”?) put me over the top! 101 publications: 47 articles/editorials; 18 poems; 13 essays/creative non-fiction; 10 zines; 8 reviews; and 5 NYT Metropolitan Diary entries. What fun!

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My 9/11 Story

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Max

In the early hours of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was asleep on Amtrak, traveling down the Hudson after a long weekend at my parents’ place near Albany, going back to my home in New York. Continue reading →

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Bert and Ernie’s Big Love

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Max

Why do we speculate on the love lives of puppets? Because it tells us so much about ourselves.
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A Few Rainbow Connections

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Max

Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending the opening reception for the new Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. And I’ll be commemorating what would have been Hunt’s 60th birthday with a public event later this month!

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Does Gay Marriage Endanger Queer Community?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Max

Please enjoy my eyewitness account from the Stonewall Inn on the night gay marriage came to New York state, “Does Gay Marriage Endanger Queer Community?” While gay marriage is a great step forward for many families, let us never forget that we are family.

And a bonus article! Has Dan Savage’s fatphobia finally gone too far?

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Chaz Bono and the Rapture

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Max

The Bilerico Project has a new look, and I have some new articles out!

“Reluctance About Chaz Bono,” explores Bono’s recent media bubble, and received a lot of attention, with over 2,000 hits and over 50 comments!

And in honor of the rapture that wasn’t, “Let’s Celebrate Non-Judgment Day“! Or at the very least, let’s watch the Blondie video for “Rapture.” “Don’t stop, do punk rock!”

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