Choose the Good Stuff
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View ArticleNormal Hearts
THE NORMAL HEART Starring Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, Julia Roberts Joe Mantello, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Groff Altho very different from the Broadway play (that I was lucky...
View ArticleWhen I Was Gay & 15
When I was 15, people knew I was different. I was a sophomore in High School who tried to blend. I put photos of girls on my school notebooks. I made sure not to carry my books like a girl. My...
View ArticleYour Tiger Beat Love
As a gay teenager, I wondered how I would ever fall in love and live happily ever after? I wasn’t handsome. I didn’t have nice clothes. In my high school, only the popular kids dated. I was a freak....
View ArticleThe Pretty Gays
Glossy magazines and TV shows and movies full of handsome and beautiful gay people. Some of these people are so beautiful, I can’t look away. And why would I want to look away? But we live in a...
View ArticleTWO BOYS KISSING
TWO BOYS KISSING by David Levithan Young Adult Knopf Books, 2013 (several primary gay characters) This is not what I expected based on the cover image. I thought it might be a touching and sweet...
View ArticleBETTER NATE THAN EVER
BETTER NATE THAN EVER by Tim Federle Middle-Grade/Young Adult Simon & Schuster, 2013 (the main character is a gay 14 year old boy) This book is great geeky fun, and Nate and his pal Libby are...
View ArticleThat’s So Gay!
We can’t stop anyone from saying “That’s so gay.” Our only real control over words is how we choose to use them or respond to them. We’re used to hearing this. And not everyone means them...
View ArticleChoose the Good Stuff
It’s all perspective… Life is made of what we focus on. To a certain extent, it’s what we pay attention to that colors what we believe about life. I remind myself often to focus on the...
View ArticleThe Undiluted You
I heard Jim Carrey say this in an interview with Oprah, and I paused it and ran to get a paper and pen to write it down. It has remained one of my favorite quotes. What I love about the way Jim...
View ArticleWhat We See
I try to remember when I’m having a bad day that what I focus on determines the way I see the world and how I feel about the day. So I try to choose better focus. And I choose to be responsible...
View ArticleFocusing on My Novel . . .
I’m still here. My my novel is almost finished. So I’m buried with my own focus for just a little bit longer. Keeping focus. Will return to posts. ~Shephard The post Focusing on...
View ArticleSetbacks and Flats
Well. It just makes sense. ~Shephard The post Setbacks and Flats appeared first on Shephard Summers.
View ArticleThat’s So Gay!
We can’t stop anyone from saying “That’s so gay.” Our only real control over words is how we choose to use them or respond to them. We’re used to hearing this. And not everyone means them...
View ArticleChoose the Good Stuff
It’s all perspective… Life is made of what we focus on. To a certain extent, it’s what we pay attention to that colors what we believe about life. I remind myself often to focus on the...
View ArticleNormal Hearts
THE NORMAL HEART Starring Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, Julia Roberts Joe Mantello, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Groff Altho very different from the Broadway play (that I was lucky...
View ArticleThe Undiluted You
I heard Jim Carrey say this in an interview with Oprah, and I paused it and ran to get a paper and pen to write it down. It has remained one of my favorite quotes. What I love about the way Jim...
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