by Michael Stratmoen

My story isn’t one where I faced friends or family over my sexual orientation. It isn’t about discrimination or gay bashing. It’s about something far scarier and insidious. ...

by JD

Maybe you’ll be reading this, but probably not. I still remember what you were wearing when we first met. We were at a party and a mutual friend wanted us to meet. You walked up...

by Theodore D.

It was my second year of college, and I had fallen hard for my fraternity brother. By this time, everyone at school knew I was gay and it wasn’t an issue. Sure there were some g...

by Larry N.

Recently I’ve taken to googling people with whom I’ve had affairs with in the past. I’ve stopped doing it, though, because I’ve been discovering, shall we say, UNSAVORY TH...

by Rafi Mittlefehldt

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Rafi Mittlefehldt I’m 5 years old and surrounded by hundreds of kids my age, all of us soaked with chlorine water and dopamine and sunsh...

by "Sammy the K"

“I know someone you might want to meet. He’s a fireman.” My friend Dan told me as we were talking over lunch. I had been unhappy in my nearly one year relationship with a re...

I’ve never told my whole family that I was gay. But when I met my first boyfriend, probably the only one that I’ve loved (so far), I was completely happy. I called my sister t...

by Ralph Alpha

It’s been eight years since the blizzard–that random act of nature that brought us together. I can still remember that night we were all stranded in the city, and how miraculo...

by Jay Blotcher

In the Manhattan dating scene, desperation often passes for bravery, thank God. In that case, call me courageous. I shopped for love and thought I’d found it with a friend.  Th...