Hell’s Kitchen, summer 1981, New York City. Just a few steps away from my apartment simmered Tar Beach. I roasted in the sweltering humidity, slathered in a con...
Pie, pie, me oh my
Nothing tastes sweet, wet, salty, and dry
all at once, oh well it's pie!
The Pie Song, from the movie
Michael (1996)
National Pie D...
The Oscars matter. Do I hear “OK, Boomer” coming from millennials?
OK, Milly, start a Twitter account. (No dis intended.) Last year, you unleashed your media...
Thanksgiving is upon us, which begs the question, what do we give thanks for? Then gift-giving celebrations demand we thank givers. Our attitudes about apprecia...
Everyday Courage in the Face of Everyday Horrors: American Queer Life
Bran thought about it. “Can a man still be brave if he is afraid?”
“That is the only...
For thousands of years, religions damned, persecuted, and murdered LGBTQ people. In February, the United Methodist Church continued that exclusion, albeit less ...
For thousands of years, religions damned, persecuted, and murdered LGBTQ folks. In February, the United Methodist Church continued that exclusion, albeit less v...
Because the politics of religion—the unholy alliance of officeholders and pious institutions—seeks to deny LGBTQ people equal rights, our lives continue to be a...
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair
Bring me a higher love
-Higher Love, Steve Winwood and Will Jennings
As a Denver DJ in the m...
Beady, red eyes zeroed in on his head; razor-sharp claws reached and clenched, and as sharp teeth were about to bite his throat.Joe woke up, crying out.
His e...
Rick Kitzman is a Colorado native and a survivor of the AIDS epidemic in New York City during the eighties. He's been a corporate trainer, Human Resources director, and a club deejay (Studio 54 in New York, The Ballpark in Denver). He is a published author: The Little Book on Forgiving for Science of Mind (published by DeVorss & Co.), and winner of the John Preston Award for his short story The Lady in the Hatbox in Best Gay Erotica of 1997.
He currently contributes to OUT FRONT with opinion articles ranging from political injustice to the Oscars. He has a great partner who treats him like gold and says "he's adorbs and funny as heck!" Rick thinks tweets are for twits. "One word: Trump... just sayin'..."
