David Toussaint·Feb 14, 2025The End of My Mother at the End of the WorldThe fires should have been my first clue.A response icon1A response icon1
David Toussaint·Dec 10, 2021Colton Underwood, “The New York Times,” and the Fine Art of Rewarding Bad BehaviorColor me old-fashioned, because not only do I still read the print edition of “The New York Times,” but I look to its arts section as a…
David Toussaint·Nov 21, 2021American Sniper: Kyle Rittenhouse and the Cult of the KillIt’s no surprise that the white Trump supporter in my high rise wore his “Let’s Go Brandon” shirt minutes after the Kyle Rittenhouse…
David Toussaint·Sep 17, 2021Madonna for Dummies — And, Yes, That Might Be YouIn case you missed your Today in Pop Culture History lesson on Madonna, and because Americans have this crazy way of re-writing history or…A response icon1A response icon1
David Toussaint·Mar 24, 2021My Second Dog Was Supposed To Be a Godsend. Then She (And Covid) Arrived.No one was more surprised than I was that I got a second pug within a few months after my first one died in October 2019. DJ lived to be…
David Toussaint·Mar 5, 2021Ari Gold and Me: How a Friendship Flourished During CancerThe first time I met Ari Gold, in 2013, at a tiny West Village coffee spot he picked out, I didn’t recognize him. Although I’d seen a ton…A response icon3A response icon3
David Toussaint·Jan 24, 2021I Stopped Grieving for Others Momentarily Because I’d left Someone Out — MyselfIn the middle of writing a piece on being happy as I get older, I had to stop. Because today I’m not. I don’t feel hashtag grateful or…
David Toussaint·Jan 15, 2021I Saw Terrorists Attack the Capitol and Felt Calmer Than I Have in YearsAfter a year in which “calm” has turned into a one-word oxymoron, I can’t remember being more relaxed than the day of January 6, on the…
David Toussaint·Sep 15, 2020I Wanted Control My Whole Gay Life. My Whole Gay Life Has Fought Me Every Step of the Way.This is a story about (lack of) control. And if you get that reference you’re up to speed. It starts out just the opposite, this feeling…
David Toussaint·Jul 29, 2020COVID-19, the End of Gay Bodies, and MeThere are a lot more pressing problems in the world right now than the physical condition of my body. A pandemic out of control, black…A response icon1A response icon1
