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Opinion

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?
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
RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 2)
Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 2)

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

By Mike Miksche
Leitch’s hypocritical Trump-style politics have no place in Canada
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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
What the rise of the alt-right means for HIV prevention
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
Why I’m proud to be Trump’s worst nightmare
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Why I’m proud to be Trump’s worst nightmare

Living fully, loudly and authentically after a sickening election

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)
Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)

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

By Mike Miksche
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All your burning questions answered on why gay men love park sex
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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
How a cross-dressing lesbian playboy ruled a Bahamian kingdom
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
Project Marie is shocking, but at least as gay men we know how to respond
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
When your trick doesn’t pay up (Part 2)
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
Cruising isn’t dead, it’s just evolved
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Cruising isn’t dead, it’s just evolved

How Squirt.org has helped my public sex life

By Mike Miksche
What Trump’s presidency will mean for global LGBT rights
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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
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Five queer-friendly condomTO designs that will unleash your inner freak
Opinion

Five queer-friendly condomTO designs that will unleash your inner freak

Designing a condom wrapper can be hard, but these sexy slogans will rise to the occasion

By Eternity Martis
The Punjabi poet-saint who wouldn’t conform
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The Punjabi poet-saint who wouldn’t conform

Sufi poet Shah Hussain led an unconventional life, both as a religious man and a lover

By Michael Lyons
Can we end the North American HIV epidemic?
Opinion

Can we end the North American HIV epidemic?

We have the pills, the prevention plan and the strategy to prevent infections — so what’s stopping us?

By Mike Miksche
How to integrate an LGBT refugee into Vancouver’s community
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How to integrate an LGBT refugee into Vancouver’s community

Sponsors should offer emotional and other support to newcomers, while respecting their autonomy

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
Falling in love with a stripper (Part 4)
Opinion

Falling in love with a stripper (Part 4)

Do nice guys finish last?

By Mike Miksche
How I (almost) had sex with a woman
Opinion

How I (almost) had sex with a woman

A bisexual foursome, a female orgasm, and pushing my limits

By Kevin Moroso
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