From Calvary to Gambrini (Buy my book)

This is a true story of my journey from Calvary to Gambrini, as I remember it from the 1970s and 1980s.

Because I was bullied at school and I often felt very lonely, I needed an imaginary friend. At the age of fifteen, I publicly confessed my faith. I had found the suffering and bleeding Christ crucified on the hill of Calvary. He loved me and managed to save me from my loneliness. I made new dear friends, and life was more exciting. Faith guided my choices in life.

From Calvary, I traveled a long way to Gay Gambrini. I opened its door at the age of 31. For sixteen years, I had denied myself and carried my cross. Now, being myself, I started a new life. I found a new kind of love, and many of my friends changed. What should I think about religion now?

From the reader: "Vivid text and relentless humor. A ruthlessly honest investigation on searching and finding oneself. Never bitter, but, even when criticizing, with a gentle twinkle in the eye. An in-depth and touching journey of life. Thank you for the honor of having been able to take part in your journey and now being included in this story."

Helsinki Pride 2016

What a great day again this year
As we marched without fear
To celebrate and cheer

Kiss

A kiss
Should be a bliss
Not the reason to die
When a homophobe walks by
"The kiss" - Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, August 5 2011.

That April Night

It felt so natural, so very right
That very special April night
Thirty years ago tonight
 I kissed a guy in the disco light
The first time in my life 
And I spent the night
And many more with my knight
I was finally who I am
And who I am I always was
Even before I understood

Gay USA

Happy Independence Day
So very gay
Dear USA

Religious Freedom

Religious freedom

Helsinki Pride 2015

What a great day
We get to celebrate
Celebrate our love with pride
No more reasons to hide
Thank you, all, for being on our side! ‪
#‎HelsinkiPride‬

America, congratulations

America, congratulations, congratulations
For being one of the civilised nations

Helsinki Pride 2014

Helsinki Pride
Long and wide

Legal Committee

Finland's fame

Is full of shame 

It's like supporting the beast

In the east

To say the least

#tahdon2013

May the Gay Marry

Venezuela is bleeding in flames

In Ukraine, it's the same

Finland still debates
Whether gay marriage is a shame

You May Love

Self-confidence is happiness
Even in your loneliness
You are fine the way you are
Yes, you are
You have a beautiful mind
When loving someone of your kind

Päivi Degrades the Gay

Päivi Räsänen degrades the gay

People leave the church for her sake
Päivi shoots with the Bible
Making it her holy rifle

Päivi says "no, no, no"
To heaven she wants to go
Who is the disordered
Talking about disorders?

Pity on people of her kind
To love they seem to be blind
It's so hard to live in the world today
Where families are built even by the gay

Because of the gay
Human relationships are richer, I would say
They enrich science and art
Keep this in your heart

The Gay Debate

I had to live a long life
To see the gay debate alive
Dr. Räsänen presented her illusions
People drew their conclusions

Some idiotic hypocrites
Know so well the holy scripts
They knock down your self-esteem
And condemn the gays to hell, it seems

Although man is saved by grace
Some people cannot slow their pace
When judging the others
Those who aren't their biblical brothers

The kinds of Räsänen can't hurt me now
Even if they tell me what and how
The hurt came from my closest friends
They wanted our friendship to end

Our friendship was suddenly finished
To zero it was diminished
I was condemned to hell
Through the phone I heard someone yell

Because I called myself a brother
And had become someone other
They could no longer be with me
Not eat with me or talk to me

This was forbidden by the Bible
The holy book so noble
So much used an quoted
In sex so highly cited

Just when I needed my friends the most
I became some kind of ghost
They left me alone
Quoting the Bible over the phone

When I said hello on the street
I felt hurt indeed
My friend turned away her face
At a very hasty pace

As they so much loved the Christ
They pushed their neighbor aside
They sent Jesus away
When they left me so easily that day

I missed them long alright
During the day and in my dreams at night
But where was the friendship?
Its deepness in this hardship?

When people yell about hell
They create it for others quite well
But it's hell we should forget
And build heaven on earth instead