The Making of a Gay Icon

The Making of a Gay Icon

The other day I watched the film Auntie Mame with my boyfriend.  He had never seen it and, feeling the need to offer him some more in the way of gay culture, it was my duty to add another campy film with fabulous outfits and shady one liners to his ongoing “gay training.”  He loved […]

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 Technology Destroys Our Self-Respect

Technology Destroys Our Self-Respect

In recent years the method in which we meet potential partners has completely changed causing a major shift in the way we view relationships, how we date, and how we demonstrate love. I believe this in turn has ultimately modified some of our morals and values. Social networking, dating sites, hook-up sites, snap-chat, have all […]

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 The Ballroom Culture is Hitting Mainstream

The Ballroom Culture is Hitting Mainstream

The underground dance and music scene has paved the pathway for gay youth to embrace their creativity and expand the hearts and minds of individuals who judged them solely based on who they slept with. However, the ballroom scene in the LGBT community is a staple and the essence of life and what it means […]

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 Why Do We Hate Seeing Photos of Ourselves

Why Do We Hate Seeing Photos of Ourselves

Do you (like most of us) usually hate photos of yourself? Do you have a mirror that you use for that final searching look, the one you give before you hit the world outside your front door? – And is there discrete lighting illuminating that mirror image that you are obsessively compelled to examine? Well […]

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 How Texting Is Affecting Our Communication Skills

How Texting Is Affecting Our Communication Skills

When you text a person, you’re not talking to that person, you’re talking to their phone. Is it possible for a friendship or relationship to begin and grow without face-to-face, direct communication or by picking up the phone and having a personal conversation? When you think of communication the first thing you think about is […]

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 Taking a Selfie is NOT a Shameless Act

Taking a Selfie is NOT a Shameless Act

People are taking more than 1 million selfies (self-portraits, usually taken with a smartphone) every day.  Selfies are part of our culture.  Originally it appeared that the selfie craze was a fleeting trend.  In the beginning watching someone take a selfie was odd, uncomfortable and it felt narcissistic; a narcissistic behavior that soon became an […]

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 Gay Parenting: Barcode Babies

Gay Parenting: Barcode Babies

With the rapid growth and changing social attitudes towards LGBT communities, more and more of us are deciding to create nuclear families of our own. This has led to the increasing possibilities of creating different types of family structures. You could have a baby with two dads, two mothers, three dads or no mother. We […]

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 Why We All Need A Social Media Reality Check

Why We All Need A Social Media Reality Check

Social media sites can be depressing because everyone else’s lives are better than yours… But are they really? Social media is a platform to connect with others, however, it has also become a place to hide from reality. The virtual world is exciting because we get to reveal ourselves in a vision of what we […]

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 Would You Un-friend Someone for Gay-Shaming?

Would You Un-friend Someone for Gay-Shaming?

Recently I had a conversation with a close friend of mine who is considering un-friending a mutual associate of ours because he finds this associate’s Facebook posts judgmental, offensive, disturbing and they lack sensitivity towards gay men. This person in question is someone who he has respected and admired for years because of their acceptance of gay […]

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