It has a been a long time since I've posted, I know! So much as been going on. My research project is coming along rather slowly, but it looks like I'll be on track to graduate in May. I'm in the process of applying to PhD programs in Sociology. I'm looking at: Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, and CUNY. Michigan would be a joint PhD in Women's Studies. I'm also applying to a PhD program in American Culture at Michigan, and the American Studies program at NYU.

I just sent my book proposal off to publishers! I'll keep the lids on that project until I hear anything. I've been working on the concept for an anthology that I would edit for about a year. Here's hoping that someone bites!

The Bay Area Reporter (BAR) here in SF just did a story based on a presentation I gave at the late Eric Rofes' SexPols reading group on racialized desire. It's a hard concept to explain in a few words, so I think it came out a bit muddled. But I was happy to see a front-page story on racism in the queer male community. You can find it here.

I miss Eric tremendously. He died unexpectedly on June 26th after a massive heart attack while visiting Provincetown, MA. The BAR carried a letter to the editor I wrote in his memory just after he passed. You can find that here. You can also find the BAR's article here.

I'm going to be visiting Michigan in a few weeks for the AGAINST HEALTH conference and to visit the school. I just recently realized that a friend I made at the 2004 Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society, and Health here in San Francisco, Steph Osbakken, is actually a PhD candidate in Sociology at Michigan. I'm looking forward to seeing her and getting to know the campus!

I'll also be attending the Creating Change Conference in November, where I'll be giving two workshops! One workshop will be a reprise of my HIV Risk 101 talk that I gave at the Unity Conference back at UNC this past April. The other will be in coordination with Roberto Tijerina of the Highlander Research and Education Center on being a queer male feminist! I'm super psyched about that - and just in general about presenting at Creating Change! this will be my fourth CC, but my first time presenting. I attended CC's in Portland (2002), Miami (2003), and Oakland (2005).

That's about all for now, folks!