Allen After Dark

Allen takes a serious look at what it means to live your life the way you want when you're a gay man and reflects on a former friend and the possibility that he felt guilt for being gay.

Flashing back to his younger years, Allen recalls his bad boy ways when being gay was considered rebellious. An unpleasant interaction with a sexy plumber reveals more than just a leaky pipe.

A trip down memory lane about a nightmarish vacation in Florida leads Allen to ponder the joys and challenges of cruising.

An encounter with a couple of sexy Latin men gives Allen a "both sides of the coin" moment. Allen debates the pros and cons of happy hour patrons that are annoying and the possibility that he IS an annoying patron. He reflects on his sexual adventures and how they have influenced his views of sex. 

Allen takes a look at the concept of sanity and wonders aloud if maybe all of us are crazy, while also musing on our tastes in drinks, clothes and people.

Allen takes a look at mainstream media and how coverage of the murder of a closeted gay man could affect the LGBTQ community.

Allen celebrates a Bear Night adventure and climbs up on his soap box to challenge gay conservatives and the right wing efforts to strip the LGBTQ community of basic human rights.

A phrase from the 1800s used to describe gay men leads to a discussion about Abraham Lincoln's sexuality and the not-so-surprising number of closeted gay men that are anti-gay politicians.

Allen addresses the death of Blaze Bernstein and the "gay panic" strategy the killer's lawyer used in defense of his client. Allen recalls a discussion this week with one of his best friends about the resurgent trend of using the word "gay" to describe heterosexual people and situations in a negative way.

Allen flashes back to his earliest experiences with hustlers and his unending curiosity about their lives and their motivation for their lifestyle.