by SouthpawSteven | May 4, 2012 | Articles, LGBT, Writing
09/03/2023 UpdateI wrote the below article in May 2012, and it is interesting to go back and read it 11 years later and see how my views have changed now that I’m older. I was 34 years old at the time I wrote this, so I will go through this piece and add new notes in...
by SouthpawSteven | Sep 3, 2010 | LGBT, Stories, Writing
Gary is a simple yet complicated young man who is only 18 years old with brown hair, brown eyes, a round face and an average build. He’s never been one to befriend people easily because he moved around so much during his childhood. Call him slightly damaged if you...
by SouthpawSteven | Jan 10, 2005 | LGBT, Poetry, Writing
I will survive your stares and glaresYour hateful words, your jokes unfairI will outlast your prejudice viewsYour damnation of me will not come trueA proud gay man, that’s me Tie me to a fence, shred my clothesTake my dignity, take my soulYou’ve...
by SouthpawSteven | Mar 1, 2001 | LGBT, Poetry, Writing
I saw you standing there in the darkSo perfect, so statuesque, my heart stoppedThat figure so perfect, so still, so trueDid I meet a person like you? Are you human, I ask myself?Someone so beautiful, I’m beside myselfYou’re still standing there in the dark Not a woman...