gay men’s issues
gay life, sex, sexuality, living and issues for gay men
I think there are three areas where gay ideals could set straight people up to be more holistically healthy, honest and introspective.
I normally didn’t do the ‘risky sex in public’ thing. But I also didn’t normally come across guys who looked like him. It was Vegas; I needed to gamble. I stepped into his stall and he immediately pressed me to the wall, kissing passionately. We tried to make as little noise as possible. Limited by not having a condom, we did everything else.
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For the first time in my life, I felt that I was in a city surrounded by my tribe. Each trip to San Francisco impacted me in different ways: The first time I had a breakdown at the airport returning home and semi-frequently for the following few weeks after returning to “normal” life. For a long while, I toyed around with moving there or to another city that provided more of a central gay population, a wider social life and the opportunity to exist in a unified gay commune.
In the modern times when HIV meds work well, ‘undetectable’ has become a catchphrase. Unfortunately, the HIV-naïve don’t know what it means, and questions about the big u-bomb frequently arise. Does it mean that HIV is gone? Does it make sex safer?
I have an anxiety disorder and have a prescription for a medicine I take if I’m having a panic attack. My boyfriend doesn’t have anxiety but sometimes likes to take my pills for fun, always asking me for some, or sometimes just popping them when I’m not around. He’s not addicted or taking whole bottles, and I don’t think abusing this medication is much worse than using marijuana or for an underage person to drink alcohol. I just hate how he treats my disorder like a fun chance to get high, because I treat it very seriously. I don’t want to seem stingy or conservative. How should I handle the situation?
Halloween no longer felt much like a treat, but seemed more like a trick that was becoming way too hard to figure out. With each passing year, the pressure to come up with something clever and different is stronger. Instead of going door-to-door to get candy, it’s bars and parties in hope that others will approve.
A guy wants to hook up with me, and I think the sex would be amazing. But he has a boyfriend he already cheats on sometimes.
Like gender or sexual orientation, HIV status has adopted its own offensive terminology that can be hurtful to hear. Phrases like “the hi-five” or “the hiv” (phonetic pronouncement of HIV) have made their way into our modern language. While these were probably conjured up as a way to make light-hearted remarks about a dark situation, rarely does anything feel light about them.
Dear Brent,
I met a guy online and we hit it off. The sex is OK, but what makes this relationship different and special to me is how much we have in common and enjoy each other’s
