I just spent my second night in my new apartment. I keep thinking of the precariousness of these first few nights. A new environment provides an opportunity to set new habits. The behaviors I set in place in the next few days will solidify in the course of weeks, like a river carving the earth…

I just returned from a trip to Puerto Vallarta with a group of gay friends. I was invited at the last minute, and I decided to join because, why not? In this pod of friends we all share a professional background in addition to the gay label: an academic, a psychiatrist, a resident psychiatrist, a…