WENDELL RICKETTS
PUBLICATIONS AND ADDRESSES

Theatre and Performing Arts

A conflict of good intentions: Spookhouse Program Note, Theatre Rhinoceros, March 7-April 11, 1987.

A decade on the boards: Theatre Rhinoceros looks to the future. The Advocate (Advocate California), December 8, 1987, pp. 6-7, 18.

A short, happy dream: Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman comes to the Eureka Theatre. Bay Area Reporter, April 21, 1988, pp. 26, 36.

Active interference: Keith Hennessy at Josie’s [review]. Bay Area Reporter, December 9, 1993, pp. 42-43.

Al and Gertrude and Frank and Christopher: Theatre Rhinoceros offers musical double bill. [In Circles and Talking to the Sun] Bay Area Reporter, February 18, 1988, pp. 27-37.

As it is in Texas with Jo Harvey Allen. Bay Area Reporter, April 30, 1987, pp. 26, 44.

Bad girl. [Holly Hughes’ Dress Suits to Hire] Bay Area Reporter, October 6, 1988, p. 26.

Belabored reckonings: Diviana Ingravallo’s Through Our Blood. Bay Area Reporter, September 1, 1994, p. 33.

Can gay theatre grow up? (History of Gay Theatre: Part II). Bay Area Reporter, June 29, 1989, pp. 34, 45.

Can’t Keep A Straight Face: Gaiety marks San Francisco’s newest comedy outing. The Advocate (Advocate California), March 1, 1988, pp. 12-13, 15.

Completing a Circle. West Coast Theatre News, Spring 1987, p. 3. [On the Boards: Fierstein’s Spookhouse]

Does your mother know? Gay comedy is alive and well in 1987. Bay Area Reporter, June 25, 1987, pp. 51, 72.

Duo covers the rocky landscape of relationships: On the road with Keegan and Lloyd. Bay Area Reporter, September 9, 1988, pp. 25, 40-41.

Gay Oscars: AGLA Awards Chart Progress for Gay, Lesbian Entertainers. Bay Area Reporter, April 2, 1987, 14, 22.

Gay Theatre: Theatre Rhinoceros style—It’s not Championship Wrestling. Bay Area Reporter, September 25, 1986, pp. 26, 38.

Gender Agenda: Learning to count higher than two. [Hidden: A Gender] Bay Area Reporter, December 7, 1989, pp. 28, 52. [Go there]

Getting rid of psycho-baggage. [Colored Museum] Bay Area Reporter, June 9, 1988, pp. 31, 36.

Good Golly Miss Holly: Holly Hughes in World Without End. Bay Area Reporter, June 29, 1989, pp. 26, 30.

Heavy stories: The Medea Project [review]. Bay Area Reporter, February 24, 1994, p. 37.

Hot and Sticky: Holsclaw’s “first” play makes it onstage. Bay Area Reporter, May 12, 1988, pp. 26, 37.

Identity and illusion: Theatre Rhinoceros brings Genet’s The Balcony back to Bay Area. Bay Area Reporter, April 6, 1989, pp. 28, 32.

Inquisitive spirit: Kate Bornstein’s Virtually Yours. Bay Area Reporter, March 3, 1994, pp. 33, 37.

It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World: Holly Hughes in Solo Work ‘Clit Notes.” Bay Area Reporter, February 2, 1995, pp. 33, 42.

Lamentations for the fallen mighty: Rock fable as American tragedy. [I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine]. Bay Area Reporter, January 10, 1991, pp. 29, 38.

Lesbians and gay men on stage: A necessarily incomplete history. In L. Witt, S. Thomas, & E. Marcus, Eds., Out in all Directions: The Almanac of Lesbian and Gay America. NY: Warner Books, 1995, pp. 95-106.

Life of the Party finds a new life at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House. Bay Area Reporter, November 20, 1986, pp. 26, 37.

New theatrical visions in Contra Costa County: Colleen Dewhurst at Saturday opener. Bay Area Reporter, February 4, 1988, pp. 23, 30.

Political Theatre: Amerika vs. Ladies Against Women. Bay Area Reporter, February 26, 1987, p. 26.

Pulp and Circumstance: Lesbian pulp novels of the ‘50s set to song and dance. Bay Area Reporter, June 11, 1987, p. 26.

Pushing the limits in a “Brave New Whirl.” [Arnold Iger and Paul Kwan] Bay Area Reporter, August 16, 1990, pp. 29, 44.

Respect and homage: The Sanctified Church honors Zora Neale Hurston. Bay Area Reporter, March 31, 1988, p. 26. [Go there]

Scully goes Gray [Patrick Scully review]. Bay Area Reporter, January 27, 1994, p. 35.

Self-hatred or proud history: The Boys in the Band come back. Out/Look, Summer 1990, pp. 62-67.

So what is sexuality, anyway?—Theatre X’s “History of Sexuality” turns sexual categories upside down. Bay Area Reporter, June 2, 1988, pp. 26, 31.

Solo Pomo: Djola Bernard Branner’s The Sadie Series. Bay Area Reporter, March 10, 1994, p. 33.

Stonewall linked gay politics, gay theatre. ((History of Gay Theatre: Part I). Bay Area Reporter, June 22, 1989, pp. 88, 95.

Terrific¾and gay as pink ink. [Review: March of the Falsettos/Falsettoland] Metroline, October 18, 1991, pp. 42-43.

The boys are back in town: Theatre Rhino revives Boys in the Band. Bay Area Reporter, January 11, 1990, pp. 25, 30.

The human condition: Timothy Mason’s Bearclaw has a lesson for us all. Bay Area Reporter, November 13, 1986, pp. 24+.

The Vampire L’Esbian: Bones and Ash at Center for the Arts. Bay Area Reporter, April 11, 1996, p. 39.

Theatre Rhino debut: From Prussia with Love—Baron von Steuben and the dear love of comrades-at-arms. Bay Area Reporter, September 7, 1989, pp. 27, 48.

They’re Young, They’re Queer, They’ve Got a Script: SF’s Drama Divas. Bay Area Reporter, June 27, 1996, pp. 68, 70.

Too much of a good thing: The Dresher Ensemble’s Pioneer. Bay Area Reporter, May 9, 1991, pp. 35.

Well, Joan meant well. [Joan Baez Christmas Concert] Bay Area Reporter, December 24, 1987, p. 26.

Why critics love to bash Cats. Bay Area Reporter, June 9, 1988, p. 32.

You might as well laugh. [Life of the Party] Bay Area Reporter, September 25, 1986, pp. 26, 38.

Dance

The Art of the Matter: Deborah Slater’s A Hole in the World. Bay Area Reporter, October 19, 1995, p. 43.

Better off Dead? David Rousseve’s Whispers of Angels. Bay Area Reporter, February 29, 1996, pp. 33, 39.

Black Choreographers Moving: Fair to Middling. Bay Area Reporter, February 9, 1995, pp. 33, 39.

Counting on Problems: No Pain, No Gain for Choreographer Stephen Petronio. Bay Area Reporter, March 16, 1995, pp. 33, 38.

Creole dreamer: David Rousseve [review]. Bay Area Reporter, March 31, 1994, pp. 37, 41.

Eclectic Moves: ODC/San Francisco “Dancing Downtown.” Bay Area Reporter, June 2, 1994, p. 35.

Esoteric ensemble: Margaret Jenkins Dance Company [review]. Bay Area Reporter, February 10, 1994, pp. 33, 38.

Footloose: Halprin Retrospective Kicks Off 10th Edge Festival. Bay Area Reporter, March 7, 1996, p. 43.

Footworks: Men Dancing XIV [review]. Bay Area Reporter, September 21, 1995, pp. 33, 43.

Getting it together: Choreographer Robert Henry Johnson. Bay Area Reporter, August 11, 1994, pp. 33, 43.

Going Through the Motions: Tharp! is Less than the Sum of its Parts. Bay Area Reporter, September 26, 1996, p. 43. [Go there]

Goode redux: Joe Goode Performance Group [review]. Bay Area Reporter, May 19, 1994, p. 30.

Joint Motion/Improvisation. Contact Quarterly 24.1 (Winter/Spring 1999): 62-66.

Leeward dance concert: “Dark visions.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 9, 1985.

Luminous Threads: A Collaboration Dances Halfway Around the World (Anita Ratnam/Joy Harjo). Dance Alloy Interchange, Fall 1997, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 18-20.

Movers and Shakers: EdgeFest Program Features Work by Jenkins, Mann, and Jones. Bay Area Reporter, March 14, 1996, p. 49.

On the Move: Bill T. Jones and Company Still Around, Looking Good. Bay Area Reporter, March 14, 1996, p. 48.

Step Lively: Robert Henry Johnson Company in Cowell Fourth-Season Opener. Bay Area Reporter, July 18, 1996. [Go there]

Susanne Linke: Rühr-Ort, Bay Area Reporter, February 3, 1994.

Urban Renewal: High Risk Group, Pearl Ubungen Dancers. Bay Area Reporter, October 5, 1995, pp. 38, 41.

Virtual Dance: Dance Resources on the World Wide Web. DCA News (Newsletter of the Dance Critics’ Association), Summer 1996, pp. 6, 15.

Vital movement [Bay Area Dance Series review]. Bay Area Reporter, February 17, 1994, p. 36.

The Whole Union of the Two: Mark Taylor and David Dorfman Collaborate in Point of Origin. Dance Alloy Interchange, Winter 1998, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 2-3.

Words from the Front: The death of Rudolf Nureyev has refocused attention on AIDS in the dance profession. But why are so many industry leaders tap dancing around the issue? Spin, May 1993, pp. 71-73. [Go there]

Features and Interviews

A new challenge: Kenneth Dixon takes over reins at Rhino, hopes to provide new angles for Theatre. Bay Area Reporter, October 8, 1987, pp. 26, 38.

Boys will be boys: Felice Picano talks about gay adolescence and being grown up in the 80s. Bay Area Reporter, November 6, 1986, p. 26.

Budget Gringostroika: Hanging with the Homies in a Havana ‘Hood [Report from Cuba]. Bay Area Reporter, June 15, 1995, pp. 56-57.

Controlling the black image: Mapplethorpe model Joe Simmons perfects a sexual iconography all his own. Bay Area Reporter, February 14, 1991, pp. 33, 45.

Conversations with Anthony Bruno. Soul Survivor Program Note, Theatre Rhinoceros, May 20-July 15, 1989.

Escape from Peyton Place: Sam Harris finds happiness on the other side of the rainbow. Bay Area Reporter, June 13, 1991, pp. 33, 42.

Gay to queer: Emergence of a political comedy. 10 Percent, Winter 1992, pp. 44-47, 72-73.

Gay Spirit: An expansion of our world or another test of the one, true faith [Mark Thompson]. Bay Area Reporter, August 27, 1987, pp. 26+.

Harvey Fierstein on Spookhouse. Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 1987, pp. 26+.

Is the theatre ready for Holly Hughes? The creator of “dyke noir” is having a fabulous time being herself. The Advocate, February 14, 1989, pp. 44-45.

“Jewelle Gomez” and “Jim Grimsley.” Entries in Claude J. Summers (Ed.), Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present. New York: Routledge, 2002. [Online at: http://www.glbtq.com/literature/gomez_j.htmlhttp://www.glbtq.com/literature/grimsley_j.html]

Keegan and Lloyd: Fashioning private lives into performance art. The Advocate (Advocate West), September 15, 1987, pp. 18-19.

Lighting fires for the next revolution: Playwright Leland Moss reflects on the evolution of a new gay culture. The Advocate, August 16, 1988, pp. 60-62.

Making virtue of his necessities: “Mother of Gay Comedy” Tom Ammiano finds applause from sea to shining sea. Bay Area Reporter, March 22, 1990, p. 31.

Mark Spicak: Bodybuilder. [Gay Games III Profile] The Advocate, August 14, 1990, p. 42.

Maud’s last stand: Rikki Streicher closes “the world’s oldest lesbian bar” and an era ends. The Advocate, September 12, 1989, pp. 50-51. (Reprinted in M. Thompson (Ed.), Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1994, p. 353.

Not-So-Funny Pages. [Out of the Inkwell/L&G comic strip artists] Theatre Rhinoceros Sixteenth Anniversary Program, September 1993-June 1994, pp. 12-16.

Of myths and men: Performance artist Keith Hennessy explores the mysteries of the male. The Advocate, September 11, 1990, pp. 64-66.

Taking black moms off the pedestal (gently): Djola Bernard Branner’s Sweet Sadie. Bay Area Reporter, October 20, 1994, p. 40.

Talking Truth: Boys in the Band author Mart Crowley on his “Gorgeous Little Monster.” Bay Area Reporter, February 8, 1990, p. 35.

Theatre Rhinoceros: 1986-87 Season Shines. The Advocate (Advocate West), November 11, 1986, pp. 8-9.

What do we want from Edward Albee? Bay Area Reporter, February 28, 1991, pp. 29-32.
 

AIDS: Activism & Community Issues / AIDS & the Performing Arts

A hands-on education: Buzz Bense makes safe sex a serious business. The Advocate (Advocate California), May 22, 1990, pp. 2-3.

AIDS Onstage. Dance Ink, Fall 1993, pp. 12-17.

Artists against AIDS. [Review] Metroline, October 4, 1991, p. 38.

Bill T. Jones is “Still/Here”: Get Used To It! Bay Area Reporter, February 23, 1995, pp. 33, 40.

Condoms and kids and all. [New Conservatory’s Inner Circle] Bay Area Reporter, May 28, 1987, pp. 26, 36.

Creating in Crisis: Making Art in the Age of AIDS (catalog interview with Micheal Milligan/essay). Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, May 27-July 1, 1994, pp. 32-37.

Dancing with the Enemy: Local Dancemakers, Joffrey Bio Address Impact of AIDS on the Dance. Bay Area Reporter, October 17, 1996, pp. 48-50.

Fool’s Gold: HIV is a multimillion dollar industry, and drug companies, government scientists, and treatment activists all want a piece. QW, November 1, 1992, pp. 45-49, 68-69. [Go there]

Healing metaphors: The theatre of AIDS. West Coast Theatre News, Summer/Autumn 1987, pp. 8-9, 17.

In Praise of Brats [OpEd on Disruption of Project Inform’s 10th Anniversary Dinner]. Bay Area Reporter, June 8, 1995, p. 6.

Inside the AIDS mafia: Are “professional activists” selling out the AIDS-activist movement? QW, October 25, 1992, pp. 45-49, 70-71. [Go there]

Intimate Intimacies. [Review: Michael Kearns] Metroline, October 18, 1991, p. 41.

Journey of a lifelong seeker. [Leland Moss obituary] Bay Area Reporter, February 1, 1990, pp. 25-6.

Leland Moss builds on The AIDS Show to bring catharsis to Theatre Rhino. Bay Area Reporter, January 14, 1988, pp. 25, 53.

Living on the edge: Long-term “survivors” of AIDS. Out, April 1994, pp. 100-102, 128-129. [Go there]

Michael Callen: Let History Judge—A Belated Appreciation. Bay Area Reporter, April 4, 1996, pp. 69, 80.

Ojos Que No Ven: Brilliant new AIDS video from Latino AIDS Project. Bay Area Reporter, September 17, 1987, pp. 26+.

“Party” boys confront life in the 80s. [Life of the Party at Kennedy Center] Washington Blade, September 29, 1989, p. 31.

Passing continues Rhino’s commitment to AIDS plays. Bay Area Reporter, January 12, 1989, pp. 26, 30.

Politician, heal thyself. (With the AIDS Cure Act in Trouble, Who Will Cure the Curers?) AIDS Info BBS, April 1998.(http://www.aidsinfobbs.org/articles/morestuff/029)

Quisbies at the Kennedy Center. [West Coast Theatre Festival] Bay Area Reporter, March 3, 1988, pp. 18-19.

Something magical about this play: Least of my Children. Bay Area Reporter, May 25, 1989, p. 30.

Talking Dance/Talking AIDS: Members of the national dance community speak up. Dance/USA Journal, Spring 1992, pp. 6-14.

Teen AIDS play: New Conservatory Children’s Theatre airs the issue with The Inner Circle. Bay Area Reporter, April 23, 1987, pp. 26+.

Tumbling down a different rabbit hole. [Quisbies] Washington Blade, June 10, 1988, pp. 1, 17.

Walking a tightrope: Group produces AIDS plays for kids. [Get Real!] Bay Area Reporter, January 25, 1990, p. 27.

Warning: Everything you know about AIDS may be wrong. Moderator and Panelist at Wexner Center Symposium, “AIDS: Images and Analysis in the Arts and the Media,” May 8, 1993, Columbus, OH.

What gays need back in their lives: Soul Survivor. Bay Area Reporter, May 18, 1989, p. 30.

When a star dies: Michael Bennett’s great deception. Bay Area Reporter, August 6, 1987, pp. 26+. (Reprinted, San Diego Update, August 19, 1987, p. A-17).
 

News and Investigative Reporting

Feds blocked gay march plans. Bay Area Reporter, December 31, 1987, pp. 1-2.

Food Bank opens new location Saturday. Bay Area Reporter, March 31, 1988, p. 19.

Grief is transformed in a tapestry of love: Names Project Quilt unveiled in D.C. Bay Area Reporter, October 15, 1987, p. 14.

Major campaign starts for 1991 Civil Rights Act. ACLU News, 55(3), April 1991, pp. 1, 3.

Mystery of the D.C. March’s numbers. San Diego Update, January 20, 1988, pp. A-5, A-6.

No entry for SF’s “Inner Circle”: AIDS education play gets thumbs down from City schools. Bay Area Reporter, September 24, 1987, pp. 26-27.

Press Passes: Why did Time, Newsweek ignore national march? Bay Area Reporter, December 3, 1987, pp. 14-15.

Problems beset local hot spot. [Zoning disputes at The Woods] San Francisco Sentinel, April 20, 1989, pp. 11, 13.

Law, Politics, and Social / Family Trends

Adoption and foster parenting for lesbians and gay men: Creating new traditions in family. In F. W. Bozett and M. B. Sussman (Eds.), Homosexuality and Family Relations, special issue of Marriage and Family Review, 1990, 14(3/4), pp. 83-118.

Alive and Well. [Student Health Handbook], University of Hawaii Student Health Service, 1979. (With Pat Masters)

Contraception: All birth control methods are not created equal. Ka Leo o Hawaii, October 4, 1985, p. 4.

Gay men and lesbians as foster parents. Invited presentation for National Child Welfare Resource Center, 1992 Party Line Teleconference, February 27, 1992, Portland, ME.

Homosexuals can have healthy family life. [On the Agenda: Should Homosexuals Adopt Children?] Potomac News, March 4, 1989, p. A-6. (With Roberta Achtenberg)

Lesbian and gay families: Creating new traditions in law. San Francisco Barrister, 7(10), December 1988, pp. 19-23. (With Donna J. Hitchens)

Lesbians and Gay Men as Foster Parents. National Child Welfare Resource Center, Edwin S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, University of Southern Maine, 1991. [Go there]

Slicing America’s pie more accurately. Ka Leo o Hawaii, March 8, 1985, p. 5.

The adoptive and foster gay and lesbian parent. In F. W. Bozett (Ed.), Gay and Lesbian Parents. New York: Praeger Press, 1987, pp. 89-111. (With Roberta Achtenberg)

Thou shalt have no sex before its time. Ka Leo o Hawaii, February 25, 1985, p. 5.

Triangle Project: Placing homeless gay youths with supportive gay parents. The Advocate (Advocate West), July 21, 1987, pp. 12-14.

Well, gee, Wally: Are promiscuity and sexual abandon gone for good? Ka Leo o Hawaii, February 27, 1985, p. 5.

You Are What You Learn: Education Re-Draws the Map of Inmates’ Lives. Sheriff’s Star Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 9, January 2002, pp. 6-7

Lesbian/Gay Community Issues

A Bunch of White Guys Sitting Around Typing (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 2.3, December 1995/January 1996, pp. 1, 8. [Go there]

A straitjacket of rhetoric: Reflections on the dialogue at Out/Write ‘91. Bay Area Reporter, March 14, 1991, pp. 35, 48.

Activism meets academia: Jonathan Katz looks at Queer culture in new City College class. Bay Area Reporter, January 16, 1992, pp. 27, 38.

Ah, youth! [Boys Party] Bay Area Reporter, October 15, 1987, pp. 26, 45. [Reprinted, Manifest Reader, 1, Spring 1988, pp. 60-1.]

And the Winner Is ... Leather Title Contests Exposed (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 2.5, March/April 1996, p. 4. [Go there]

Are ‘abusive’ tops innocent until proven guilty? (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.3, December 1994, pp. 1, 10.

Are Uniform Fetishists Fascist? (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.1, September/October 1994, pp. 1, 3.

Blood Brothers (“The Smutty Little Lit ‘Zine for Men Who Boink Men”), Issue 1.1, Summer 1996. [Go there]

Don’t Top With Your Mouth Full. (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.5, March 1995, pp. 1, 2.

The End of the World As We Know It .... And We Feel Fine. Blood Brothers (“The Smutty Little Lit ‘Zine for Men Who Boink Men”), Issue 1.1, Summer 1996, p. 3. [Go there]

Full Court Press: Disobedience at the Supreme Court. (March on Washington, 1987, unpublished manuscript.) [Go there]

Gallery owners with a mission bring art to the Castro (Siebold and da Rosa of ArtLick Gallery). Bay Area Reporter, December 21, 1989, pp. 28, 55.

Gay male pornography and anti-pornography. Paper presented at the Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, September 21, 1985, San Diego, CA.

How can I deal with our friends’ blood-phobia? (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.2, November 1994, pp. 1, 7.

I Don’t Want a Safeword, Because I’ll Use it. (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.4, January/February 1995, pp. 1, 9.

I’m Knocking ... Is Anybody Home? (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.8, June 1995, pp. 3, 5.

Isn’t it Cuir? Frontiers Newsmagazine (LA edition), September 23, 1994, pp. 30, 32.

The Leather Community & its Discontents: An Analysis of Class (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.10, October/November 1995, p. 3. [Go there]

Quietly making history: Lesbian Rights Project creates new sense of family for gays. The Advocate, May 24, 1988, pp. 46-48. [Reprinted in The Gay Book, 7, Summer/Fall 1988, pp. 11-13]

The push and pull of same-sex relationships. Workshop for the Metropolitan Community Church, November 23, 1984, Mokuleia, HI (with Harvey L. Gochros).

Safe Sex Sucks: The Oral Sex Controversy. Drummer 179, December 1994, pp. 23-25. [Reprinted as: Safe Sex Sucks: Commentary, San Francisco Frontiers, April 13, 1995, pp. 12-15; also distributed via Sci.Med.Aids (Internet newsgroup) June 1, 1995; and the Web [www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/Sexual_Orientation/ReadingRoom/unsafe-sex)] [Go there]

Straight as the Yellow Brick Road? (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 3.1, September/October 1996, pp. 15-16.[Go there]

There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute. (Agony Column). Cuir Underground, Number 1.6, April 1995, pp. 1, 3.

Why queer people shouldn’t become parents. Invited address for Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Awareness Week, Ohio State University, Columbus, February 22, 1993.
 

Scholarly Writing & Presentations / Social Science Research

A strategy for the measurement of homophobia. Journal of Homosexuality, 1980, 5(4), 357-372. (With Walter W. Hudson)

Biological research on homosexuality. Paper presented at the Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Symposium on “Historical and Theoretical Issues in Sexual Identity,” November 13, 1982, San Francisco, CA.

Biological research on homosexuality: Ansell’s Cow or Occam’s Razor. Journal of Homosexuality, 1984, 9(4), 65-93.

The Caged Bird Ascends: A Response to Francine Prose. The Leaflet (New England Association of Teachers of English), 98 (23/), Spring/Fall 1999, pp. 42-44.

Ethical issues in counseling homosexual adolescents. Paper presented at the Conference of the National Association of Social Workers, November 19, 1981, Philadelphia, PA. (With Harvey L. Gochros)

Homosexuality in adolescence: The reification of sexual personalities. In P. Allen-Meares & D. Shore (Eds.), Adolescent sexualities: Overview and principles of intervention. Special issue of the Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, Summer/Fall 1986, 5(1), pp. 35-49.

Intimate Relationships: Some Social Work Perspectives on Love. Special issue of the Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, 5(2), Spring/Summer 1987. (Edited with Harvey L. Gochros)

Physical changing of gender. Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, July 1982, 16(2), p. 97 (with John P. DeCecco).

Practice with homosexual clients. In S. A. Yelaja (Ed.) Ethical issues in social work. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1982, pp. 85-104 (with Harvey L. Gochros).

“So Many Comrades, So Little Time”: An Outing With Walt Whitman. Paper presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Center for Working Class Studies, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, June 9-12, 1999.

Somewhere Between Rough Trade and Liberace: Male, Queer, Working Class: The Long, Lonely Search for Working-Class Images in Post-Stonewall Gay Literature. Paper presented at the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Center for Working Class Studies, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, May 16-19, 2001.

Sex and relationships: An alternative model of sexuality education. Paper presented at the Western Regional Conference of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, October 20, 1983, Honolulu, HI. (With Joan Copperman)

Teaching high school students about homosexuality. Invited address at Honolulu Junior Academy “Symposium on Teaching High School Students About Sexuality,” August 1978, Honolulu, HI.

Und wäre der Leib nicht die Seele, was ist die Seele? Freud on homosexuality. [Unpublished NEXA Program manuscript, San Francisco State University]

We’re Here, We’re Queer. Would Everyone Please Take A Seat Now So We Can Get Started? In Silent No More: Voices of Courage in American Schools, G. Pipkin and R. Cossett Lent, Eds., pp. 15-23. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003. [More info about the book here]

What’s love got to do with it? Introduction to Intimate Relationships: Some Social Work Perspectives on Love, special issue of the Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, 5(2), Spring/Summer 1987. (With Harvey L. Gochros)

Women. In H. L. Gochros, J. Fischer & J. S. Gochros (Eds.) Helping the Sexually Oppressed. NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. (With Jean S. Gochros).

Book and Movie Reviews

Anal Pleasure and Health by Jack Morin(book review). Journal of Homosexuality, 1982, 8(2), 82-85.

Axes to Grind: Anatomy of Desire, Political Funerals [Film Festival Rev.]. Bay Area Reporter, June 15, 1995, p. 68. [“Political Funerals” republished at http://www.actupny.org/diva/polfunreview.html by DIVA TV.]

Beyond rhetoric: Erotique raises eyebrows, consciousness. Bay Area Reporter, December 2, 1994, pp. 37, 43.

Coming out, in spades [Boys Life]. Bay Area Reporter, September 15, 1994, pp. 29, 39.

Flotsam and Jetsam: Fresh Kill: Style Over Content. Bay Area Reporter, April 11, 1996, p. 36.

Havana Medley (film review of Sonja De Vries Gay Cuba). Bay Area Reporter, November 16, 1995, p. 38.

High (Queer) Romance: Parallel Sons [Film Festival Rev.]. Bay Area Reporter, June 8, 1995, p. 35.

Gratuitous Grief (book review, The Medicine Burns, Adam Klein). Bay Area Reporter, December 14, 1995, p. 38.

Journey into sociology (New books from Harrington Park Press). Bay Area Reporter, November 28, 1985, p. 27.

Kentucky Fried: Under Heat: Rich evocation of southern life. Bay Area Reporter, June 9, 1994, pp. 29, 34.

Master of the Zeitgeist (book review of Morrisroe’s Mapplethorpe: A Biography). Bay Area Reporter, July 20, 1995, pp. 29, 35. [Go there]

Mixed Messages: Midnight Dancers [Film Festival Rev.]. Bay Area Reporter, June 15, 1995, p. 69.

Sixteen years ago: The APA and the depathologizing of homosexuality. Rev. Michael Ross’s Homosexuality and Psychotherapy, Michael Ross, Ed. Bay Area Reporter, February 23, 1989, p. 30.

Sometimes They Come Back: Peter Litten’s Heaven’s a Drag [Film Festival Rev.]. Bay Area Reporter, June 15, 1995, pp. 65-66.

Still looking for John Preston. Rev. Looking for Mr. Preston, L. Antoniou, Ed. Bay Area Reporter, May 4, 1995, p. 44.

Fiction, Poetry, Creative Writing

“‘Au’a ‘Ia.” Blue Mesa Review, No. 10, Spring 1998, pp. 204-207.

“A guilt augmentation program for the overly carefree.” Bay Area Reporter, January 30, 1992, pp. 26+.

“A note to our friends in the media.” [Names Project press guidelines, Names Quilt Inaugural Display.] October 1987.

“Against All Reason, I Have High Hopes: Letter from Albuquerque.” Letters Magazine, April 1998.

“Believe You Me.” Blood Brothers, Issue 1.1, Summer 1996, pp. 16-19.

“Blood Brothers.” Blue Mesa Review, No. 10, Spring 1998, pp. 15-30.

“Class Analysis.” Blood Brothers (“The Smutty Little Lit ‘Zine for Men Who Boink Men”), Issue 1.1, Summer 1996, p. 8. [Go there]

“Elegy for Matthew Shepard.” New Millennium Writings, 4(2) (Winter 1999-2000), p. 87. [Go there]

“Heaven Only Knows: A Scene in One Act.” EGSA Express, October 1997, p. 4. [playscript] [Go there]

“Jubilant Agnes.” In Rudy Kikel, Ed., This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys, and Barbarians 2. Port Orchard, WA: Windstorm Creative, 2003, pp. 285-296.

“The Mysterious Decampment of Rydel Wents.” The Long Story, 2001, No. 19, pp. 70-83.

“O tempora! O mores!” [Humor] Bay Area Reporter, January 2, 1992, pp. 29, 32.

“Present Company Excepted.” The Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly 3:1, 2001, pp. 105-125.

“Raspberry Pie.” The SandMutopia Guardian, 15, February 1994, pp. 24-26.

“Scout.” In Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera, Eds., Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001, p. 16

“That Old Dog That Maysie Had.” Blithe House Quarterly, Fall 1998. [Go there]

“Units of Measurement: A Pornographic Morality Tale.” Velvet Mafia, Issue #6, January 2003. [Go there]

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