Welcome to The View from a Gay

As anyone else in this day and age of constant media reception, I too have my thoughts about what's going on in the world. Even though I've titled this blog "The View from a Gay", I won't just concentrate on the gay community; it's just that being gay has given me (and just about every other homosexual) a different angle from which to view this world. In addition to the gay-view, I'm also a writer, so I tend to see situations from that perspective as well (possibly poetic or literary, but also psychologically - writers become psychologist to an extent when creating characters, events, and actions for their stories).

Above all this is an experiment for me to get my voice out there in a more timely manner. Often writers who want to offer their obsevations of the world don't have an immediate outlet to discuss what is happening in the "now" unless they are employed at a news magazine/paper/website, so the blog becomes the perfect outlet for us. (Hopefully I'll be able to keep my preaching down to a minimum, but I'm not making any promises, just asking that you call me on it if it gets out of hand.)

And that's the final point I want to make: interaction with the reader. Again, too often the reader doesn't have an immediate outlet for response, which is something else I like about blogs. I encourage your responses to my observations/ideas/thoughts. I encourage your participation in this experiment because it gets your voice out there as well. So jump in with me and let's see where this takes us.

Thanks,

J Richards