Smalltown boy, native of Basketball Land. Became a cityboy in New York, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus and Indianapolis. Literary heroes: Jane Austen, Joseph Hansen; diehard fan of the Purdue Boilermakers.
Former editor of Gaybeat, Ohio's Gay Newspaper. Three-time GLPA award-winner, including Best Investigative Reporter in America. Co-founder of AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, one of the world's first AIDS organizations, 1983.


