American Queer

This is the season finale of American Queer

in this episode I talk about coming of age in the late 80s and discovering my sexuality in an unaccepting world and what I learned from it

In this episode I recall a close high school friend who gradually became a republican

in this episode I talk about a phase of life where I was searching desperately for meaning and happiness, and found it on a mountain in Tennessee

My fundamentalist upbringing taught me that happiness was for the after life. A village on the Amazon River taught me otherwise.

in this episode I talk about my time in a small Indiana college town and the unusual way James Dean helped me accept myself

in this episode I talk about the fundamentalist christian men who influenced my view of sex and sexuality

In part 2 of this episode I recall a three-person relationship I was once in and what I learned about myself in it.

In this 2 part story, I talk about an unusual relationship I was once in. Subjects include monogamy, polyamory, and heteronormativity.

In this episode, I talk about the year I spent in Los Angeles and a relationship that would change me forever

In this episode I talk about how music led me into the church and changed my life forever.

In this episode, I talk about the period of my life where I was involved with the new defunt "pray away the gay" organization Exodus Ministries

In this episode I talk about my first love and first heartbreak

In this episode I talk about leaving my conservative fundamentalist home town for the liberal university world and how it changed me. The featured song is from Indiana Queen's 3rd album "Summon Without Sorrow." 

This episode talks about some of my early struggles with coming to terms with my sexuality in a small town in the early 90s.