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Brent Ledger

Crossed signals
Toronto

Crossed signals

A leather band on my ankle means ‘Not tonight’

September 13, 2006
Zen & the art of getting laid
Toronto

Zen & the art of getting laid

It’s hard to accept that love really is up to chance

August 30, 2006
Just stop AIDS, okay?
Toronto

Just stop AIDS, okay?

Campaigns are way off-message

August 16, 2006
Around the world in 80 lays
Toronto

Around the world in 80 lays

What else is gay life but travel?

August 2, 2006
Dating is so two centuries ago
Toronto

Dating is so two centuries ago

If you’re already having sex you’re just firming up parameters

July 19, 2006
Gay speak used to mean something
Toronto

Gay speak used to mean something

As in ‘Oh Mary, get her!’

July 5, 2006
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What Edmund White can teach you
Toronto

What Edmund White can teach you

Brilliant bon mots on sex, art & love

June 21, 2006
Making the mattress squeak
Toronto

Making the mattress squeak

When sleep needs to be courted like a lover

June 7, 2006
Don’t just Ziploc the kids
Toronto

Don’t just Ziploc the kids

Harper’s legislation would keep kids in the closet

May 24, 2006
The answer is in his kiss
Toronto

The answer is in his kiss

Check out his lips before his dick

May 10, 2006
How drag reinvented itself
Toronto

How drag reinvented itself

Nary a gay bar is without its resident queen

April 26, 2006
Lock up the children
Toronto

Lock up the children

Religious information akin to child abuse

April 12, 2006
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What Hogtown Could learn from the Capital
Ottawa

What Hogtown Could learn from the Capital

Retaining a human scale

April 12, 2006
Looking in all the wrong places
Toronto

Looking in all the wrong places

Better to catch them in transition

March 29, 2006
I am (not) my own wife
Toronto

I am (not) my own wife

But I’m open to offers

March 15, 2006
Words give me a boner
Toronto

Words give me a boner

Describe skin on skin can turn anyone on

March 1, 2006
What Hogtown could learn from the capital
Toronto

What Hogtown could learn from the capital

A big-city snob no more

February 15, 2006
The silliness of butt sex
Toronto

The silliness of butt sex

Same-sex attraction comes naturally but technique takes practice

February 1, 2006
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