Opinion

Travelling to Silom Soi 4, Bangkok’s bustling gay strip

I was used to cities like Berlin, Barcelona and San Francisco, but Bangkok was completely new territory

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Is the queer community ready to defend public sex?

Identity, community, and privacy arguments may not be sufficient for Project Marie

By Steven Maynard

Project Marie is the latest chapter in Toronto police’s long history of targeting queer sex

Xtra Spark urges community members to follow activist group Queers Crash the Beat

Created for Queers Crash the Beat

Opinion

How my princess got to be a slut

A true story of innocence, HIV and growing up

By Kevin Moroso

Opinion

When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 1)

For some, taking drugs together heightens the sexual experience. For others, it’s the only way to enjoy it

By Devon Delacroix

Opinion

Why Project Marie was a witch hunt on gay men

Shame tactics might try to vilify gay sex, but it won’t stop cruising

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?

His brown puppy dog eyes said, ‘please sir, won’t you take me home?’

By Kevin Dale McKeown

Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 2)

Yonge Cinemas may be gone, but at least there’s still Steamworks

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Leitch’s hypocritical Trump-style politics have no place in Canada

If Conservatives have any principles, they must rally against leadership candidate’s anti-immigrant rhetoric

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

What the rise of the alt-right means for HIV prevention

We need to talk to each other openly about sex and our sexual health

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Why I’m proud to be Trump’s worst nightmare

Living fully, loudly and authentically after a sickening election

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan

Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)

For gay men in Toronto, Yonge Street’s glory days are gone. So now what?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

All your burning questions answered on why gay men love park sex

Who doesn’t like a little open space and the wind blowing sweetly on your ass?

By Eternity Martis, Gareth Kirkby

Opinion

How a cross-dressing lesbian playboy ruled a Bahamian kingdom

Meet Joe Carstairs, the tattooed jokester who carried around a doll and dated many women

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Project Marie is shocking, but at least as gay men we know how to respond

The undercover police operation in Etobicoke’s Marie Curtis Park is reminiscent of the bathhouse raids

By Marcus McCann

Opinion

When your trick doesn’t pay up (Part 2)

Never take a trick without knowing exactly what you’re in for

By Devon Delacroix

Opinion

Cruising isn’t dead, it’s just evolved

How Squirt.org has helped my public sex life

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

What Trump’s presidency will mean for global LGBT rights

Trump’s election will slow or stop the tremendous progress LGBT Americans made under Barack Obama, but the real impact will be felt globally

By Rob Salerno