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

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    N ew 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
    Disease-Free At Last “It was 1985 and the known world went through a sexual reality shift. That strange new disease that kills fags killed a...
  • Guest Who's Coming to the Blocks
    S ometimes, a writer's too busy writing novels to write other things. Thankfully freaky deaky technology allows for a most fascinating ...
  • More Love Than a Sex Club
    (Reprint of a press release from West Beach Books in August 2006) “ I got more love from more men this past weekend than I ever did in my ...
  • Dear Whoopi and the View: What Am I, Dirty?
    F or ten years, this male homo sapien has steered clear of The View the way any male homo in the TV jungle might. Then Barbara and her bit...
  • Half a Life with AIDS
    W hat a game so far! This black gay HIV positive author has met challenge after challenge to survive and thrive in the game of life, despi...
  • AIDS Is More Than a Deadly Disease
    “He's alive and healthy, but after he tells people he’s HIV-positive, that’s all anybody sees: death and dying. All anyone sees when the...
  • WHITES AND LATINS ONLY, A Photo Essay
    "The most popular phrase on the gay internet: WHITES AND LATINS ONLY, aka gay racism spelled out in ALL CAPS in case a nigga who's...
  • Dear Trikke, How Do I Love Thee?
    "I can Trikke every day for the rest of my life and I'll be a happy man. "Thank you, Trikke, for the ride of my life. "F...
  • Yell Leader Splits Pants Before Season Opener
    September 12, 1981. I’m a sophomore at USC, warming up in the end zone of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before the season opener, Tenne...

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WHITES AND LATINS ONLY

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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      • Stop Fighting AIDS Already!
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      • A Halloween Treat, Rare Photos of Count Randolpho
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