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Sex

How I became an unsuspecting Master (Part 2)
Opinion

How I became an unsuspecting Master (Part 2)

It was a random meeting in a bar that led to me being here — and yet he clearly had this whole setup arranged before he left the house

By Devon Delacroix
How I became an unsuspecting Master (Part 1)
Opinion

How I became an unsuspecting Master (Part 1)

He already knew my name when he sent me a drink at the bar

By Devon Delacroix
How I learned to bottom as an anonymous manhole
Opinion

How I learned to bottom as an anonymous manhole

A top’s curiosity about receiving wins out

By Kevin Moroso
Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 2)
Opinion

Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 2)

A night at X-Size go-go bar

By Mike Miksche
Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 1)
Opinion

Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 1)

Beyond the neon signs and jammed packed streets is a paradise for Westerners

By Mike Miksche
Why Project Marie is about making straight men comfortable
Opinion

Why Project Marie is about making straight men comfortable

Toronto police fail to understand why both queers and women need safe public space

By Katie Sly
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How bareback culture has evolved since the AIDS epidemic
Opinion

How bareback culture has evolved since the AIDS epidemic

For some, bareback sex is intimate and liberating. For others, it’s dangerous and frightening

By Mike Miksche
Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear
Health

Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear

Safe-for-work site, owned by Come As You Are, is more parent- and firewall-friendly

By Jeremy Willard
Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain
Opinion

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer

By Cicely-Belle Blain
When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap
Opinion

When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap

Samantha was beautiful and young. I doubt sex with her had anything to teach me

By Katie Sly
The joys of park sex — and a few hints on discretion, cleanup and consent
Opinion

The joys of park sex — and a few hints on discretion, cleanup and consent

Toronto police could learn a few lessons from Vancouver’s take on cruising

By Kevin Moroso
When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 2)
Opinion

When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 2)

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

By Devon Delacroix
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Travelling to Silom Soi 4, Bangkok’s bustling gay strip
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
Is the queer community ready to defend public sex?
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
Is asexuality a sexual orientation?
Love & Sex

Is asexuality a sexual orientation?

What we still don’t know about people who don’t want sex

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

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
When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 1)
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
Why Project Marie was a witch hunt on gay men
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
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