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World Of Leather: How Tom Of Finland Created A Legendary Gay Aesthetic

While sex between men has partially decriminalised 50 years ago in the UK, in Finland it took until 1971. And it wasn’t until very recently that the Finns were relaxed enough about homosexuality to...

History Of Gay Men In The United States 1950-2000

B E F O R E  1 9 5 0 Two-spirit is a modern umbrella term used by some indigenous North Americans for Gender variant individuals in their communities. The presence of male two-spirits existed befor...

Ten Things Gay Men Should Discuss With Their Health Care Providers

Following are the health issues GMLA's (Gay Lesbian Medical Association) healthcare providers have identified as most commonly of concern for gay men. While not all of these items apply to everyone...

What Is Puppy Play and Why Is It So Popular?

A couple of weeks ago, I was hanging out at the Cuff, the leather bar at 13th and Pine, when a man to my left pulled out a pink rubber ball. He held it up in the air, and around the patio, half a d...

The Perfect Male Body

Zac Efron - There he was, running around on-screen in Baywatch, a more evolved version of my species, with veins the size of fibre-optic cables and D'Angelo bones that looked like a pair of beachfr...

Bob Mizer's Legacy, An Icon Of Gay History

The preservation of nearly one million negatives, slides and movies, which represent almost 60 years of the history of all-male erotica, was assured today by the acquisition of Athletic Model Guild...

Is Sex Better On Drugs? The Gay Parties Problem

Brian Paddick, the former deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police, have spoken out movingly about the dangers of the chemsex drug, GHB. Paddick’s ex-boyfriend, Michael, died of a G...

How Can You Help Someone Who Has Been Newly Diagnosed With HIV?

There are many things that you can do to help a friend or loved one who has been recently diagnosed with HIV: Talk. Be available to have open, honest conversations about HIV. Follow the lead of the...

Tips For Being A Better Top

"Let me state this at the beginning: I am a bottom. A marathon-sex, Preparation-H, take-dick-like-a-champ bottom. I tend to outlast tops. Ten tops looking for a bottom? No problem. Why, then, am I ...

Homosexuality And Religion

The relationship between religion and homosexuality has varied greatly across time and place, within and between different religions and denominations, with regard to different forms of homosexuali...