Illegal Odyssey: 200 Years of Kentucky MoonshineEvery person is unique. At least we believe ourselves to be. Many of us have a heightened sexuality. With the latter group, a common denominator must exist in the pulsating intensity and grinding confusion I have found in the rollercoaster ride which has been my sex life. As a homosexual man who has breathed in more than half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st Centuries I have experienced some priviliged moments, always with the knowledge of being a man set apart, mostly because I am a Queer. Looking back on my life I recogonize it as a rich tapestry of favourable experiences - my work as a successful hairdresser in the film industry in Toronto with celebrity acquaintances, my family, my friends, my pets, home, music, travel, and my lovers. Well, the lovers don't all fall into the success category but do add colour to the picture. Because of the dark wings of Depression which have hovered over me throughout much of my life, the element of Joy has been elusive in spite of a splendid endowment of entitlement ( or plain old fashioned good luck) - bestowed on me by Fate. My addiction to the pursuit of sexual gratification which has ruled my social patterns and actions since I was a child is all part of the story. Sometimes I think it is my story. |
Contents
POINTYTOED SHOES TAILOR MADES | 11 |
THEY CALLED IT WATER OF LIFE | 27 |
LAND GRABBERS | 41 |
UNRECONSTRUCTED UNREADJUSTED | 63 |
THE WOMAN | 89 |
THE GAMES THEY PLAYED | 113 |
INDEX | 141 |
ENDNOTES | 155 |
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