Father Tony

Father Tony

Editorial Advisory Board member

At a Glance:

Father Tony has been a Project Contributor since August 2008, has written 384 entries and currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and Manhattan.

Bio

Tony Adams, a Roman Catholic priest who has been on an extended vacation from that vocation for many years, is Senior Features Correspondent with South Florida Gay News. He is also the editor of the 20 member queer arts and culture blog,Queer New York.

Tony and his husband Chris have been together for 27 years and were married in Connecticut in December 2008. They divide their time between homes in Fort Lauderdale, Manhattan and Connecticut.

To prepare for the priesthood, Tony 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 were 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. He became the Chief Financial Officer of a large state agency before taking a very early retirement in 2007.

Father Tony: Recently Filed

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Tybee Island Georgia Has Its First Gay Days

Filed by Father Tony | May 19, 2013 10:30 AM | comments

Is Tybee Island, Georgia, gay? That is the wrong question. Tybee might be the perfect example of the post-post-Stonewall well-integrated gay/straight community in which LGBT visibility, and a sense of fellowship overriding the bigotry of which southern states are usually suspected.Read More

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Papal White Smoke Poisonous For Gay Catholics

Filed by Father Tony | March 14, 2013 11:30 AM | comments

If he thinks his home girl Evita's 'Rainbow Tour' was an embarrassing flop, I hope he's got his white watered silk seatbelt tightly fastened because he is in for a bumpy ride.Read More

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Christopher Brosius: Perfume God

Filed by Father Tony | January 11, 2013 11:30 AM | comments

Christopher Brosius, master perfumer, talks about his life, and creating fragrances with names like "Faggot" and "Here Piggy."Read More

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I Was an Easton Mountain Virgin

Filed by Father Tony | August 15, 2012 3:00 PM | comments

Easton Mountain is a magical place in the woods where gay men (and sometimes women) reconnect with their bodies, minds and spirit.Read More

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A Castaway Priest: Fr. Bernard Lynch

Filed by Father Tony | August 02, 2012 12:30 PM | comments

Found innocent of sex abuse but banished by a New York cardinal because he was out and proud, Fr. Bernard Lynch tells Bilerico's Father Tony Adams that he now faces new reprimands. Read More

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