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Gay
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Gay men and weddings. An overly emotional mixture of white lace, floral arrangements, multi-tiered cakes and boozed up straight men in black tuxedos. Save for the inexplicable pairing of sequins and ice skates, I can’t for the life of me think of a match more made in tear-jerking, handkerchief blowing heaven. Sadly though, the closest we’re going to get to ever walking down the aisle is by the sides of our straight friends...and even that’s if we’re lucky. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
There is a great divide that has always torn apart our community. It’s a difference whose roots reside at the very heart of how we define ourselves. Which side you most connect with has the power to potentially glorify your future or doom you to banality. It involves the tireless exchange between the "haves" and the “have-nots”, where the struggle for power lies at the center of the question: top or bottom? More
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Gay
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Having a one night stand is kinda like pulling off a band-aid. You know, like that initial hesitation you feel before diving headlong into something, and then realizing afterwards that it wasn’t really anything to worry about to begin with. A quick and almost painless relief from some long crippling love affliction. But hey, if they’re so great, why are one night stands given such a bad rap? More
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Gay
Room for Squares
It’s a widely held belief that coming out is absolutely necessary to self acceptance. But to tell you the truth, that’s a misconception. Life is complicated by so many things (family, work, religion just to name a few) that being “out” no longer means only one thing. There are many levels to being out and likewise, many facets to being gay. For example you can be out to your friends but remain “in” for the sake of work or family. More
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Gay
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On the issue of sleeping around, where do we stand (or lie, as the case may be) as a community? Do we think it’s right or do we think it’s wrong? Is sleeping with a lot of men symptomatic of youth? Or, do we, not being allowed to officially commit to one another, simply say to hell with commitment? I pose these questions not because I feel that they will ever be taking up space on any ballot but because their answers tell us something about ourselves that we’d rather not believe. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
There was a time in the nineties when gays were everywhere. They were at your best friend’s weddings, they were your college boyfriends-turned-best friends and they were the wives who divorced you for their lesbian lovers. Heck, they were even cutesy purple monsters with triangles on their heads who carried around little purses. I mean, gay was in, big time. And then, seemingly overnight, it became passé. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
A lot of things in this city we take for granted. The weather for instance; it’s neither too hot nor too cold but relatively mild all year round. Or the bulk of cheap, good food for another. All of these things you don’t really appreciate until one day you find yourself walking around in a sudden downpour, stuck without an umbrella and wedged somewhere between a Dunkin’ Donuts and the East Coast version of Mr. Chan’s. More
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Gay
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If there were ever a battle of the sexes, there’d be no better place for it than Showtime, home of the queer-centric dramas “The L Word” and “Queer as Folk". In fact, my friend and I have an ongoing argument. Actually, it’s less an argument than it is a continuous discussion about which series is the better one. She chooses to extol the virtues of “The L Word” while I prefer to enjoy the escapades of the crew on “Queer as Folk". More
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Gay
Room for Squares
When I realized that I was gay, I also realized that there were many obstacles I’d have to face. Things like homophobia, coming out to friends and family, having to change your hairstyle every 6 months…all that regular run of the mill gay stuff that comes with the territory. I thought I had equipped myself well. I joined a Gay Straight Alliance, had a heart to heart with my sister, and found a relatively cheap hairstylist. One thing I hadn’t counted on, however, was the dating game. More
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Gay
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One of the major misconceptions people have about dating is that meeting someone is the most difficult part. Think about it. Most romantic comedies sort of end right when two people meet and get together, as if that were the only part of the story worth telling. They skip over all the relationship building stuff that happens after the honeymoon phase. But if you’re lucky enough to have made it past that, then you’re at the real meaty bits that make the dating game so much more difficult than a few late night quickies. Yes, you’ve reached level two. More
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