Flashlight in the Closet

“When I was first a 20-year-old civilian employee at the Pentagon, and later an Army buck sergeant there, closing at Arlington National Cemetery was maybe 11 p.m. I could pick someone up at Lafayette Park across from the White House or almost anywhere in DC. Ninth Street in DC was great for that in those days and always plenty of GIs. I preferred young, rough Marines back then. I’d drive my companion to the cemetery where we’d simply park and walk among the various monuments and stones to a comfy secluded spot and get to know each other. A friend of mine who worked in the same section at the Pentagon, upon seeing me undressed at his apartment one night, swore he could read the imprint “Rest In Peace” on my back.”

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Hollywood Role Model

You may not have heard of him, but Michael Kearns earned the right to be known as a role model–in spite of having worked in Hollywood. In gay porn.

“While I find it flattering, I don’t feel like a role model. I’m just living my life. But I do think it’s important, on a number of levels, to let gay men know it’s okay to adopt and it’s okay to turn fifty. And, most importantly, life doesn’t end at age 32 as some within the gay community would like the rest of us to believe.”

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