Born at Montpellier, in l'Hérault, he understood being gay when 12 year-old, and was Michel's lover, 29, for several years, before being the partner to Bruno, then to Pierre, in Paris.

Erik got two MA, one in clinical psychology and one in philosophy. He also studied for two years at the "Conservatoire d'arts dramatiques". He worked in a psychiatric ward with psychotic and autistic adolescents. He is now a journalist for several gay newspapers and magazines.