fiction and musings from a gay black dude with delusions above his station
c. 1998 Honey, let’s go to City Hall? Why? So we can register as Domestic Partners with the City of Oakland. Oh! What a lovely idea! c. 2000 I just got laid off. Oh no! Well, my employer grants domestic partnership benefits. If we become state registered domestic partners, we can sign you up for…
Dear Mormon Temple of Oakland, Hi. You don’t know me, but we’re neighbors. As such, I thought I’d give you some neighborly advice in regards to marriage equality – you know, that whole gay marriage thing that you got so exercised about five years ago. You remember, right? Five years ago this month, after the…
When Barack Obama won the 2008 election, I took to the streets. I wanted to see reactions to this historic moment. I drove to Jack London Square and found a full-on street party. In fact, driving from Oakland to Berkeley I saw people literally dancing in the streets all over. It was a day for…
