 Charles Henri Ford was an openly gay poet/writer/filmmaker/magazine publisher who led a long and interesting life. He started by reading his poetry in one of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas  salons in 1930s Paris. In the 40 s he was associated with Rene Magritte Marcel Duchamp, Jean-Paul Sartre, Henry Miller and Jean Genet. In the 50 s he was a contemporary of Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles and William S. Burroughs. He also was involved in homoerotic underground film, Johnny Minotaur produced at Warhol s Factory. This is his story.