Father Tony

Email Address: fathertony@bilerico.com

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Project Contributor Since: August 2008

Entries by this Contributor: 29

Father Tony, a Roman Catholic priest who has been on an extended vacation from that vocation for many years, has, for the last four years, written the free-ranging “boutique” blog called Farmboyz/Perge Modo.

Father Tony and his partner, Chris, have been together for twenty-five years, and occasionally consider getting married. They divide their time between homes in Fort Lauderdale and Manhattan where Father Tony is a writing coach and web editor.

To prepare for the priesthood, he went to live in a seminary where he was the youngest of six hundred students ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-five. After two weeks in the seminary, he realized that he and everyone else therein was gay and that it was not to be discussed. Twelve years later, after spending four years in the Vatican, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest. He worked for five years in an urban parish in New England before deciding to explore other lifestyles. He became the Chief Financial Officer of a large state agency before taking a very early retirement in 2007.

• The Hardest Word

  - Terrance Heath

• Bilerico DC Meetup: The Red-Hot Details

  - Michael Crawford

• The Pro-LGBT galvanization of American Majorities

  - Father Tony

• Prop 8 - The Musical

  - Jason Tseng

• Why So Many of Us Love That Holiday Tree

  - Patricia Nell Warren

• FL: David Duke comes to aid of ex-Klan leader's son in dustup over County GOP seat

  - Pam Spaulding

• Indiana's marriage amendment to make a comeback?

  - Bil Browning

• Miley Cyrus Bangs Head on X-Factor! Bah Humbug Oprah!

  - Michael Buckley

• Oh Boy, George

  - Bil Browning

• Bilerico's Big Britney Giveaway

  - Bil Browning

• President of Mormon History Association on Prop 8

  - Bil Browning

• Lesbian on Obama's Short List for Labor Secretary

  - Michael Crawford