Colombia Peace Deal Is Defeated, Leaving a Nation in Shock

We saw it with Brexit in the United Kingdom and now we're seeing it in Colombia. The general population is incredibly ill-informed and will often vote against their own best interests. This is why the polls are not enough for me to exhale.

Colombia’s Constitutional Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Read the details HERE.

Excited for my LGBT brothers and sisters down South American way. Now let's hope my Colombian ex doesn't go too crazy. If marriage had been legal back in the day, Rafael would be the Elizabeth Taylor of Bogota! 

With Rafael at Rehoboth Beach, circa 1993

UPDATE: In other marriage-equality news, a federal judge ruled it is legal to get married in Puerto Rico despite what a district court judge ruled. Read HERE.

Hola, Guapo

Bummed that I'm not in Indian Wells this week, but it's probably just as well. I'd just be arrested for stalking Colombian-Canadian Robert Farah, like I already am on Instagram.

South American Way

My pal and former NYT colleague Erik posted this from Bogota, a city I unfortunately visited before it got in touch with its LGBT feelings:

If Epcot opened a massive gay playground the size of the Roxy, Mars and Club USA combined, it would look like Bogota's Theatron, a mini-city of such gay ferocity it makes New York nightclubs look like Olive Gardens. It cost about $12 to get in, once you got through the huge lines. You receive a plastic cup good for unlimited drinks. Guards keep the flow between the many rooms orderly in a way I've never seen before. Oh, and this guy was in the reggaeton room.

The first time I went I was just happy that my Colombian boyfriend was no longer pretending I was his "roommate"!

Overlooking Bogota circa 1996

Gabriel García Márquez Dies at 87

To mark the passing of the great Gabriel García Márquez, I give you these Throwback Thursday photos of me outside the Colombian author's compound in Cartagena, circa 1996. No charges were filed. RIP.