Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me
My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. My mother loved movie...
Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults
The Lies That Save Us—and the Lies That Eventually Own Us I learned to lie as a child. At seventeen, I learned something much more dangerous: sometimes lying works. Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults I have been a liar. There. That’s an excellent way to...
Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me?
Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me? Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me? Confidence, Chutzpah, Childhood Survival Skills, and the Making of the Mafia Hairdresser I have never suffered from a crippling lack of confidence. This may...
How to Un-Gay Your Gay: Spoiler Alert—You Can’t
My mother sent me to a psychologist to cure my homosexuality. I couldn’t wait to go. We had very different ideas about how this was going to end. How to Un-Gay Your Gay: Spoiler Alert—You Can’t Let me begin with my position on homosexuality. I am gay. Very gay....