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HAPPY CAMPERS
Baby Boomer LGBTQ+ Memoir

HAPPY CAMPERS

In January of 1979, I moved into a studio apartment after an ugly break-up with my partner, Geoffrey. The moment I saw the small jewel box of windows perched on top of an old Victorian, it felt like the right place to be.

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COMING UP … COMING OUT
LGBTQ+ Memoir Sexuality

COMING UP … COMING OUT

This is the story of my coming out. In telling it, I have tried to recreate the voice of the eighteen-year-old Ralph whose formative years were steeped in an alcoholic home. Although I was insecure and scared, I projected a cocky, superior persona to the world. Before college, I had successfully avoided facing difficult feelings and, despite my cynicism, I was a romantic at heart.

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Peeking Into The Closet
Baby Boomer LGBTQ+ Memoir

Peeking Into The Closet

In her book, Shameless, A Sexual Reformation, Nadia Bolz-Weber writes that she navigated her sex life “without any wisdom from my elders.” I had the same experience because most of my gay elders were deep in the closet.

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