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

  • Fields of Better Dreams
    M any consider fall to be the greatest time to be an American sports fan. Between baseball and football, with a whiff of basketball on the h...
  • America, Get Your Trikke On!
    It's the joyride of the 21st century and the coolest invention since the humans invented the wheel. It's freedom like you've n...
  • What Makes a Man a Fag?
    Men fuck around with other men. I know because I'm one of them. And I will not take this "fag" rap alone. What is a fag? A ma...
  • Oh, babies, what to do with you
    Ah, the sanctity of life. A fetus come to term — having survived nine months inside another person — is ready to become its own person,...
  • Party Like It's 1947
    T here's no doubt in my mind history has been kind to what it was really like for Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major Leagu...
  • Retard
    T here were six basketball games going on at the six goals of the gym. I can still see the hazy thickness of the sweat-drenched air filling ...
  • Best Photo of My Dog Ever
    It happened by accident, as do many of life's greatest moments. I was playing with my new digital camera, taking pictures of a blank whi...
  • What Makes a Man Straight or Gay?
    T he difference between a gay guy and a straight guy is simple: a gay guy is honest about fucking around with other men, a straight guy isn...
  • Black Man Confesses: I Love America!
    This is the greatest country on earth. The best democracy. The most freedom. America is the greatest place in the entire universe! T hat...
  • 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...

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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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      • 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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