Randy Boyd's Blocks blog, Version 1

Author Randy Boyd's first blog

10/01/2008

Building Blocks, Spinning Tales

New to the Blocks? Check out the mind of a black author who loves sports, men and has been living with HIV/AIDS for 23 years and counting:
  • Disease-Free At Last
  • On Being HIV+ Like Magic Johnson
  • The Man Who Pegged Amaechi and Hardaway as Gay Speaks Out
  • Fields of Better Dreams
  • Would You Say That to Ryan White?
  • College Football Players: Lighten Up on Your Gay Teammates!
  • A Simple Cure for Homophobia
  • Interview with Poet Essex Hemphill (1957-1995)
  • The “Out” Pro Athlete Dream
  • One Homo's Deepest Sports Dream
  • Boy Jock Becomes Cheerleader
  • Randy Boyd's Bio
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Four Novels, Five Lammy Nods

Randy Boyd's novels are available wherever most books and ebooks are sold. (Book covers below link to Amazon.com)

Uprising

Uprising
Lambda Literary Finalist: Best Men's Mystery, Best Small Press Title

Bridge Across the Ocean

Bridge Across the Ocean
Lambda Literary Finalist: Best Small Press Title

The Devil Inside

The Devil Inside
Lambda Literary Finalist: Best Sci-Fi

Walt Loves the Bearcat

Walt Loves the Bearcat
Lambda Literary Finalist: Best Romance

Popular Blocks

  • Interview with Poet Essex Hemphill (1957-1995)
    The year was 1992. Those of us living with HIV/AIDS had no real hope of surviving on anything but sheer will and determination. Some of us w...
  • Reaching Randy
    Question? Comment? Click here to contact author Randy Boyd . Randy who? Click here for Randy Boyd's bio . Author of what? Click here for...
  • Are You a Kennedy Baby?
    We were born during Camelot. We were the little cheeks he kissed and welcomed into the world. We were born in his America. We are now runn...
  • How I Became Homosexual
    I never said I didn't want pussy. In fact, I've never not wanted pussy. I've dreamed of eating pussy since forever. The maze o...
  • The Only Reason I'm 'Gay'
    T his ‘gay’ community I see in the early part of the 21st century is nothing that I can personally identify with or relate to. Somebody hija...
  • Blissful Ignorance
    How do I tell my dog that his best buddy Max is no longer with us? Do I look at him with a sad face and say, "Max. Gone." Do ...
  • Someone Like Me
    "We live in an age where we are inundated with countless images from countless sources, from TV to movies to pop-up ads. A huge perc...
  • God Don't Bless Un-America
    American Values. American Tradition. Will of the American people. What values and traditions are American and not French, British, or Peruv...
  • If the Tea Party Ruled the World
    S ome say the Tea Party is full of racists. Some say the Tea Party is about lower taxes, lower deficit, fiscal responsibility. I say, the te...
  • Of Men with Bats and Balls
    A reminder to all those at the ol' ballpark this summer: some of the pro baseball players on the field have scored with other men. Men...

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WHITES AND LATINS ONLY
The Segregation Era lives on in My Racist Gay World. Click on the photo above to see what it looks like.

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      • What's Next for the AIDS Monster?
      • Stop Fighting AIDS Already!
      • The Monster's Favorite Monster Movies
      • A Halloween Treat, Rare Photos of Count Randolpho
      • A Halloween Treat, a-comin' & a-goin'
      • A Halloween Treat, Presented Backwards
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