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Love & Sex

How history seduced me into loving an older man
Opinion

How history seduced me into loving an older man

George introduced me to gay history, which is filled with relationships between older and often much younger men

By Jeremy Willard
How I taught a bottom to top
Opinion

How I taught a bottom to top

Anything is possible with patience and Viagra

By Kevin Moroso
How I almost ruined Christmas with a vibrating egg
Opinion

How I almost ruined Christmas with a vibrating egg

Who doesn’t masturbate with a new sexy toy in their mother’s basement on Christmas Eve?

By David Benjamin Tomlinson
When sex work is unsexy (Part 4)
Opinion

When sex work is unsexy (Part 4)

He stares at me, his mouth hanging open

By Devon Delacroix
What happens when your pseudonym gets in the way of your sex life?
Opinion

What happens when your pseudonym gets in the way of your sex life?

Some people think that I’m always down for sex because of my column. But I’m not Mike Miksche

By Mike Miksche
How my love of an ’80s musical made me the ultimate Xanadude
Opinion

How my love of an ’80s musical made me the ultimate Xanadude

Seeing Xanadu again 37 years later brought back fond memories of my gay adolescence

By Tony Correia
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When sex work is unsexy (Part 3)
Opinion

When sex work is unsexy (Part 3)

The clock can be your best friend — or your worst enemy

By Devon Delacroix
How piss play helped me get over childhood shame
Opinion

How piss play helped me get over childhood shame

My relationship with piss has always been fraught with negative associations. Now it’s one of my greatest forms of intimacy

By Katie Sly
Earning my red hankie — two fists at a time
Opinion

Earning my red hankie — two fists at a time

How ‘riding the chariot’ taught me to love fisting

By Kevin Moroso
When sex work is unsexy (Part 2)
Opinion

When sex work is unsexy (Part 2)

Once the water is warm, he pushes me roughly under the shower and begins soaping me up

By Devon Delacroix
Japanese rope bondage taught me that kink bonds last forever
Opinion

Japanese rope bondage taught me that kink bonds last forever

A kink partnership never really ends — you take the skills you learned into new relationships

By Katie Sly
Same-sex love in the saddle: the homosexual world of the American frontier
Opinion

Same-sex love in the saddle: the homosexual world of the American frontier

Men in the 19th-century frontier had wild dances, found love and took part in bachelor marriages

By Michael Lyons
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When sex work is unsexy (Part 1)
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When sex work is unsexy (Part 1)

He roughly grabs my ass. His mouth is open wide, like he’s trying to take a bite out of my face

By Devon Delacroix
LGBT Canadians now eligible for current and retroactive tax break on reproductive treatments
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LGBT Canadians now eligible for current and retroactive tax break on reproductive treatments

People who had fertility treatments as far back as 2007 can ask for a re-assessment by the end of 2017

By Dylan C Robertson
Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 2)
Opinion

Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 2)

I’ve often felt I needed to choose between my ethnicity and my sexuality

By Mike Miksche
Is love born or taught? Maybe both
Arts

Is love born or taught? Maybe both

A UBC philosopher’s new book tackles biology, society and the future of love

By Niko Bell
Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 1)
Opinion

Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 1)

I chose to use a pseudonym for “Hole and Corner” because I worried about my Lebanese-Muslim family reading about my sex life. Maybe I was wrong

By Mike Miksche
Why do we stigmatize STIs like syphilis, but accept other illnesses as normal?
Opinion

Why do we stigmatize STIs like syphilis, but accept other illnesses as normal?

The flu is a pain. Aunt Phyllis is just an inconvenience

By Kevin Moroso
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