Erotica and fiction writer, sex columnist and pervert Patrick Califia has had a heart attack. Patrick has no health insurance, so the hospital refused him extended treatment: they stabilised him and sent him home. From all accounts, he’s pretty disoriented and shaken up. He’s in need of cash donations, hugs, love, letters and whatever other care you can send his way.

It’s a fucking tragedy that someone who’s given so much to so many queer, sex radical, trans and S/M communities in the US and elsewhere can still be on the breadline. He is also chronically ill with fibromyalgia, which means the lack of insurance must bite even harder than for someone with good health generally.

Send get well cards and letters here:

Patrick Califia
2215-R Market Street #261
San Francisco, CA 94114

Or send Paypal donations to patcalifia@aol.com

I’m not sure how you can send Paypal donations to an email address, but try going to Paypal and looking it up. Paypal also take a small percentage off credit card donations, so if you can afford to donate, cheques and money orders are probably better.

(Via Matt and the rest of the queer internet)

Because A. has been pestering me to post a baby photo, and so everyone can grasp the use and abuse of yoghurt for life: