The Reading List for July 29, 2014

Long-ish reads, men in underwear and the sale of a former gay bar in Halifax. It’s The Reading List.

– So, this happened at a UFC match.

– The things we do for journalistic integrity and truth: columnist gives blowjob using grapefruit.

The Atlantic looks into what it calls “The Overblown Stigma of Genital Herpes.”

– And the Khyber building in downtown Halifax is up for sale, and at least one councillor isn’t happy about it. The Khyber used to be the site of The Turret, one of Halifax’s first gay bars.

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