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Nowhere on 14th Street
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Nowhere on 14th Street

Saying goodbye to New York

By Mike Miksche
How Rob Ford made homophobia new again
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How Rob Ford made homophobia new again

Toronto’s former mayor never hid his disdain for the LGBT community

By Arshy Mann
How masturbation takes one gay man to new sexual heights
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How masturbation takes one gay man to new sexual heights

An excerpt from Solosexual: Portrait of a Masturbator (Part 1)

By Jason Armstrong
Passing the torch at Vancouver’s 45th annual Coronation Ball
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Passing the torch at Vancouver’s 45th annual Coronation Ball

Remembering Empress I Charity and welcoming Empress 45 Sienna Blaze

By Kevin Dale McKeown
Talk about the good and the bad with Truvada
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Talk about the good and the bad with Truvada

Just having the discussion is half the battle

By Mike Miksche
Figuring out New York (Part 1)
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Figuring out New York (Part 1)

It was time to examine parts of my life while upending it

By Mike Miksche
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How Rob Ford renewed LGBT activism in Toronto
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How Rob Ford renewed LGBT activism in Toronto

Ford’s bigoted statements and attacks on our core services made the community focus on what’s important

By Rob Salerno
How outrage helps, and hurts, gay activism
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How outrage helps, and hurts, gay activism

Anger can be a powerful tool to define a community, but it can also be isolating

By Rob Salerno
Slipping into New York (Part 2)
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Slipping into New York (Part 2)

Exploring the city, one sex party at a time

By Mike Miksche
Women’s education and love affairs in 19th-century America
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Women’s education and love affairs in 19th-century America

All-girl colleges meant a new world of independence, possibility and intimate friendships

By Jeremy Willard
Why I had to stop taking PrEP
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Why I had to stop taking PrEP

What I learned about Truvada when I could no longer afford it

By Mike Miksche
Should gay men keep having public sex in Vancouver?
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Should gay men keep having public sex in Vancouver?

Cruising in Stanley Park and the new Jim Deva Plaza

By Kevin Dale McKeown
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Is your gym really a bathhouse?
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Is your gym really a bathhouse?

Let our quiz help you find out

By Andrew Jacome
Slipping into New York (Part 1)
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Slipping into New York (Part 1)

An Airbnb stay becomes so much more

By Mike Miksche
When daddy and son roleplay crosses the line (Part 2)
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When daddy and son roleplay crosses the line (Part 2)

Knowing when to call it quits

By Devon Delacroix
PrEP resistance
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PrEP resistance

What does one man’s statistical anomaly mean for the rest of us?

By Mike Miksche
Message to Trudeau: A pardon just isn’t enough
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Message to Trudeau: A pardon just isn’t enough

Canada won’t reconcile its homophobic past until it strikes all of its anti-gay laws

By Rob Salerno
Is my hometown gym a bathhouse? (Part 2)
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Is my hometown gym a bathhouse? (Part 2)

The challenges of cruising

By Mike Miksche
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