One-Night-Stands No Longer Anonymous Explained 101

One-Night-Stands No Longer Anonymous Explained 101

Before the age of online dating and social networking apps, gay bars were the go-to place for gay men to meet other gay men and potentially hook-up. Nightclubs, community centers, and other social events where hundreds of thousands of gay men felt a sense of community have also been important venues for meeting and hooking […]

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 Politics Meets Pop Culture Music

Politics Meets Pop Culture Music

As we are getting closer and closer to election day in the United States, it’s kinda hard to focus on anything else…since this is such an important one. And of course political views are seeping into our entertainment and music. So, let’s just go there. As with all of my mixes I try to tell […]

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 A Seat At The Table by Solange is My New Obsession

A Seat At The Table by Solange is My New Obsession

When you have a famous sister like Beyonce, establishing your individual identity is crucial to keeping your self-expression separate from the shadows of someone so well-known. Solange Knowles, in my opinion, takes pride in her sister’s accomplishments but has always been an individual. Her success is far greater than many other artists with sibling celebrities […]

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 HIV Stigma and Barebacking, When Activists Fail

HIV Stigma and Barebacking, When Activists Fail

We were recently taken aback by an anonymous fan’s email to Kinkster MAG. Images arrived to our inbox of a to-be-nameless high profile person who has been an ardent activist for reducing stigma associated with being HIV+. This person appears to be active on a hook up site devoted to barebacking. It seems our fan […]

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 Jack’d Leads Change with #ChangeTheGame Campaign

Jack’d Leads Change with #ChangeTheGame Campaign

Earlier this year we interviewed the executives at the gay app Jack’d who candidly discussed their intentions to lead conversations within the gay community to combat negativity, racism, and sexism. “We have a responsibility to represent their [Jack’d user’s] interests, and are fully committed to addressing racism within the gay community,” shared Jack’d execs when […]

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 What is Cupping?

What is Cupping?

Did you watch the Olympics last month? Our amazing olympic athletes did an amazing job winning the most medals for the USA. Michael Phelps, ending with the most medals won by an olympian in any Olympics, was a big standout. If you watched him during his swimming events, you would have noticed on his upper […]

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 The Rise of the Dibling, Donor-Conceived Siblings

The Rise of the Dibling, Donor-Conceived Siblings

The number is unknown, but upwards of 60,000 donor conceived births take place every year. Straight-coupled, single parents, and same-sex couples would not have the families they do today without the assistance of sperm and egg donors. But, there are serious alarm bells sounding around the serious lack of regulation of the industry and of […]

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 The Last Dance Party of Summer

The Last Dance Party of Summer

So, summer is over. Sure there are some places where the temperatures are still above 80 degrees (thanks global warming), but it’s after Labor Day and it’s time to get back to school and work. So, I dug through my latest releases and remixes and decided to program one last party mix before we all […]

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 Tyler Perry is Failing Gay Black Men

Tyler Perry is Failing Gay Black Men

Mainstream media continues to use visceral stereotypes of black gay men; images that are degrading and feed into the perception that the black gay community has not evolved. Compared to our white counterparts, the black gay male characters created by some mainstream TV producers are polar opposites. When you view gay white characters on television, […]

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