The Fix
Why be a sad little white blob when you could be a happy little pink blob?

Alcoholism, AA and the Medical Industry: Nationwide Malpractice

One Road Diverged: Same Sex Desire & the Closet of Homosexuality
Peter Gajdics reflects on the conflation of same sex desire and homosexuality.

On Change
The question is not just whether we should change, but if we can.

My Horrible New York Times Review

Adventures in Cultural Literacy
We know what it means to be literate. We sort of know what it means to be cultural. But what does it mean to be culturally literate?

Anxiety Paints a Self Portrait
Is it still a disorder if it's part of who you are?

What I Want To Be When I Grow Up: Me, My Gender and I
Is psychiatry's ongoing treatment of "Gender Identity Disorder" a backdoor maneuver to prevent homosexuality? Some think so.

How to Write, Or Not

Comfort Words
An internal dialogue, a struggle with the self, and a moment of hushed joy.

The Double Meaning of ‘D. R.’

Drawing Out the Sting
When those who’ve wronged us do not take responsibility for the harm they’ve caused, how is it possible to release them, the hope for their contrition, their remorse, from our lives?

It’s Kind of Like Creative Herpes
On the humble glories of the writing life. The solitude. The contemplation. The tenderness. The angst. The persistent itching. The burning irritation.

Prisoners
We can be both prison guard and inmate, yearning for escape, but feeling locked inside ourselves.

Surviving Homophobia in a Therapeutic Cult
Gajdics spends six years in a psychiatric cult, then sues his former psychiatrist for treating his homosexuality as a disease.

Build a House, Burn it Down