6 Self-improvement Tips You Can Start Right Now
Reading Time: 6 minutes Self-improvement is a popular term these days. Chances are you’ve heard it used before either on a podcast, in a blog post, or on TV. But what exactly does self-improvement...
View ArticleSigns You Need To Start Using The Best CBD For Anxiety
Reading Time: 4 minutes Anxiety is your body’s response to excessive stress and the use of illicit drugs. In some cases, anxiety can also be a symptom of a serious health condition, such as heart...
View ArticleGays & Gender Jumping: Is there More Beyond Manhood?
Reading Time: 7 minutes As queer men, we are men who date men, have best friends that are men, and some of us interact almost entirely with men. And yet, how we interact varies from person to person....
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolve Solutions: How to Make Big Changes in 2020
Reading Time: 6 minutes As we approach the New Year, we’re often poised to make big changes for the coming year. We start to ponder what we want from 2020. Spoiler alert: It’s Barbra Walters hosting...
View ArticleHow We Couple: Do We Need Multiple Partners Or Deeper Intimacy?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Whether you’re married with kids or living your best single life there’s no guidebook for gay coupling. In real estate, queer people are called urban pioneers because we...
View ArticleHow to Come Out of the (Porn) Closet to Your Family
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the wise words of my mother, “You know, at least he’s not a serial killer.” Thanks, Mom. Finding out your son has secretly been doing gay porn for the last year can be...
View ArticleReading is Fundamental, But is it Necessary?
Reading Time: 5 minutes As drag enters the mainstream, more aspects of drag culture are becoming popular. RuPaul hosted Saturday Night Live and has her own Netflix dramedy, AJ, and the Queen. Drag Race...
View ArticleHealing Religious Trauma: A Gay Man’s Guide
Reading Time: 8 minutes Many religions have an issue with queer people. Queer people can start to associate the alienation, hate speech, adverse treatment, or even violence they receive with their...
View ArticleAIDS/LifeCycle: Why I Ride
Reading Time: 5 minutes The following article was written by our guest contributor, DG. Editor’s Note: The author of this piece wishes to remain anonymous so as to maintain the integrity of his piece...
View ArticleOf Course I Have Social Anxiety – I’m Gay
Reading Time: 11 minutes It was my senior year of high school when I got the question: “Are you gay?” Heather, my ex-girlfriend and then best friend, was standing in the doorway of the band hall when...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Covid-19 on LGBTQ Mental Health
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s 7:09 AM. I’ve been awake for twelve hours. My sleep schedule is so off, I feel like I exist in a different time than everyone around me. I’m taking the new medication my...
View ArticleWhat Causes Social Awkwardness?
Reading Time: 6 minutes They used to be called “shy” people. More correctly, those who shun many different types of social interactions may have social anxiety disorder. While it’s normal for all...
View ArticleContingent Identities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Beyond these four walls, who am I? What is my identity? Who shaped my identity? What shaped my identity? Why is concretely knowing my identity so goddamn important? Question...
View ArticleForgiving Your Parents – A Coming Out Story
Reading Time: 9 minutes How We Can Learn To Forgive Our Parents For Not Accepting Us For Being Gay She remained quiet behind his unwavering belief that who I was and what I stood for was a sin. As I...
View ArticleGay White Privilege & The Lie of Marsha P. Johnson
Reading Time: 14 minutes Gay white men: we need to talk about privilege. Protests over the police’s murder of George Floyd’s began on May 26. Police violence against Black people reached a tipping...
View Article10 Ways To Be More Empathetic
Reading Time: 4 minutes Everyone around you struggles with an insecurity that they try to hide from the world. Sometimes their feelings and emotions betray those insecurities; sometimes, they don’t....
View ArticleJust for Attention: My Self-Harm and What I Get Out of It
Reading Time: 8 minutes Featured Writer: Kyle Getz Note: The following article contains discussion and descriptions of self-harm and discussion of suicide, primarily suicidal ideation. This note is...
View ArticleComing Out As Trans While Married – My Story of Hidden Truths
Reading Time: 15 minutes The decision to get married is a momentous point in a couple’s lifetime. It’s an exciting, defining, and ideally final choice when we propose and eventually say I do, and what...
View ArticlePink Capitalism is Not Our Friend
Reading Time: 13 minutes In the modern-day, we live in a markedly different period of history. I would go so far as to say that from a momentary glance, we are in a place between two worlds. One world...
View ArticleBasic Self-Care for the Good of Your Mental Health
Reading Time: 5 minutes Practicing self-care is essential for supporting your emotional wellness. Even if you don’t suffer from any particular mental illness, looking out for your mental health today...
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