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America has been here before. It knows what it looks like when HIV is ignored: gay men dying of AIDS while the government looked away, friends becoming caregivers, and people taking to the streets with ACT UP because silence was costing lives. That history should make today’s cuts to HIV services — and renewed attacks on queer lives — impossible to treat as anything other than a warning. The…
For years, I’ve happily embraced my role as the “fun uncle.” You know the type — the one who’s always up for an adventure, ready with a laugh and maybe just a little bit extra. I used to think that role was just about the fun, the gifts, and being the cool uncle. But as I’ve navigated the adoption process, I’ve realized it was actually the most rewarding training ground for becoming a father. My…
My mom was on a roll, cycling through names from my childhood the way she did when she was feeling good – checking in on people I hadn't thought about since graduation. I answered, filled in what I knew, and made up the rest. The usual. Then her questions drifted somewhere else. "Is she married now?" she asked about the last girl I'd dated by name, before I came out, four years prior. "She was…
Got a question that would scandalize your group chat? That’s what this column is for. Go Ask Alex is an anonymous space for queer readers to ask the questions they’re afraid to ask anyone else — about sex, love, life, and everything in between. It’s judgment-free and completely anonymous. Hey Alex, I recently turned 40. On the way to that milestone in life, I made a real effort to become more…
Last Saturday burned hot and beautiful in Berlin. I woke up late and joined hundreds of thousands of people marching through the city for Christopher Street Day , our biggest Pride event. Several Pride events happened that weekend, but I went to the big one because my boyfriend worked a shift that day at a shop in Schöneberg, Berlin’s classic gayborhood , near the start of the parade route, and I…
Note : This post contains spoilers for HBO's House of the Dragon season 3, episode 6. House of the Dragon may have quietly added another queer character to Westeros. Or maybe fans are getting a little ahead of themselves. Season 3, episode 6, called "Faceless Man," has HOTD viewers debating whether Ser Gwayne Hightower (Freddie Fox), Alicent Hightower's (Olivia Cooke) younger brother, might be…
Here's a tough one.... I spent 35 years of my working life hiding my orientation as well as the fact that I've been in a 46-year relationship. Still am and as in love as the day I met him. In those 35 years, I remained with the same company selling medical equipment while becoming quite successful. After retirement, I decided to let my veil down, and to my shock and surprise, all my friends and…
This story originally appeared on The Advocate . Lindsey Graham’s body is still warm , and already the salacious stories are starting. That was never going to surprise anyone who has followed the rumors about his sexuality over the past two decades, through gossip sites, daytime talk shows, cable news, late-night jokes, and gay bars in D.C. I've experienced the latter, and I've heard some wild…
In the column Straight Nonsense, columnist Moises Mendez II takes a queer eye to the insanity of straight culture. I’m never really surprised by the Emmy nominations . There are so few prestige shows that get recognized, and when the Television Academy really likes a show, they shower it with nods — take Hacks , for example, which came out of the list of nominees this year with 24 noms for its…
Got a question that would scandalize your group chat? That’s what this column is for. Go Ask Alex is an anonymous space for queer readers to ask the questions they’re afraid to ask anyone else — about sex, love, life, and everything in between. It’s judgment-free and completely anonymous. Dear Alex, I'm really scared. I just broke up with my boyfriend of almost eight years. He was my first real…
