A Prince of a Boy - Brian McNaught’s Memoir

09/09/2026

https://youtu.be/2tlNzG2FslQ?is=9bGqwFS4IoEntw8G

People speak of their physical and spiritual boredom but don’t know...

09/02/2026

https://youtu.be/0Q56wptJTH4?is=qNarLjKdmgWXCTUs

Before we die, as we most certainly will, what choices do we make t...

05/08/2025

My recording of “A Prince of a Boy” is now available through Audible or Amazon.

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05/02/2025

W.H. Auden, poet laureate of the U.K. was invited to Marquette to speak. I went to the dean of journalism and asked, “Dean, why wouldn’t the university allow Alan Ginsberg to speak, but they will W.H. Auden?” The dean replied, “I believe it’s because Auden is a poet who happens to be a homosexual, and Ginsberg is a homosexual who happens to be a poet.”`
I learned from him that my sexuality would be excused if it wasn’t my identity. However, it would be my identity, and I was invited to speak around the world because I was Gay, and not despite it.

A Prince of a Boy

05/02/2025

https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Boy-Catholic-Helped-Change/dp/B0DQJ8QP6H

An altar boy is fired by the church for saying he is gay. The unintended career that resulted ensured the word “gay” would be said with understanding and respect in churches, universities, and corporate offices in Mumbai, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and North America. As a ....

05/01/2025

In case you missed it, and would like to see it, here’s the engaging conversation I had with charming Gay Catholic theologian, Jason Steidl Jack, co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Religious Archives, Dignity/National, and New Ways Ministry. It’s worth your time.

Acclaimed author and gay activist Brian McNaught, whose latest book is a memoir, “A Prince of Boy: How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World,” is in conve...

05/01/2025

With friends, I’ll often ask, “What would you like the first line of your obit to say?” The question helps focus what we feel is the most significant thing about our lives.
People in their twenties or thirties often think about an accomplishment in which they take the most pride. “…made a million dollars before he was twenty.” “….climbed Mt. Everest at age twenty-five.”
Middle-aged people often think of their children, or perhaps something they did that made a difference in the lives of others. “…was a devoted wife and proud mother.” “…worked at the Red Cross for thirty years.”
Those of us over the age of sixty-five might focus on our lives from a different angle, thinking more about our personal growth. “…a man of faith but few words.”
I’d like my obit to say, “….known for being kind.” Loving kindness is what enables us to sing the song we were meant to sing, and to help others do the same. It manifests itself well in the telling of our stories, and in listening intently to the stories of others, even from those we feel are the most difficult to like. Once they’re allowed to express their anger and hatred, perhaps even of us, we find that behind the bluster beats the same heart, and the soul that links us as one.

“A Prince of a Boy”
Brian McNaught

03/01/2025

This two part interview with the amazing Suzanne Maggio offers a really intimate look at my life and spiritual beliefs. Suzanne loves “A Prince of a Boy - How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World.

https://fromsparkstolight.buzzsprout.com/1921984/episodes/16704602-a-prince-of-a-boy-pt-1-brian-mcnaught

https://fromsparkstolight.buzzsprout.com/1921984/episodes/16704815-a-prince-of-a-boy-pt-2-brian-mcnaught

This is part two of a two part episode. If you haven't listened to part 1, go back and listen to that one first.When Brian McNaught was in eighth grade, Sister Claire Marie, IHM, a nun at his school in Birmingham, Michigan, pulled his mother aside...

01/20/2025

My fulltime focus, besides Ray and Sebastian, is finding my target audience for “A Prince of a Boy - How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World.” Publishers today put the full weight of promotion on the authors. I’m now working on making it into an audiobook that I would narrate.
People have been wonderful in their responses, including a beautiful message from Gregory Maguire (“Wicked,”) women I dated in high school and college, Gay Historians, and friends from all eras of my life.
Here’s my brother Tom (on the left) and his husband Matthew Gilbert, former TV critic for the Boston Globe.

12/15/2024

Happy holidays, my friends. I have some fun news. My memoir was published “A Prince of a Boy” (that’s me) was published last week by Cascade Press and is now available on Amazon.
There’s a lot of living in this book.