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The World's Weirdest Place to Pick Up a Twink
Upstate, June 2011There's a moderately invasive medical procedure recommended for everyone over 50, to make sure everything in your colon is copacetic. I turned 50 last November, so I'm up.I'm in the...
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Will Estes: Teen Idol
Born in 1978, Will Nipper became one of the biggest child stars of the 1990s (no, Nipper wasn't a stage name), with a starring role on The New Lassie, a retread of the 1950s dog-and-boy classic...
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My Top 10 Turn-Offs
You already know the characteristics that I find attractive:1. Religious. Minister, priest, rabbi, imam, Buddhist monk, seminary student, Mormon missionary...2. Short. Definitely under 5'8". Under...
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Born in September 1981, Jonathan Taylor Thomas (JTT) became a star at age 11 through Home Improvement (1991-1998), playing Randy, the middle son of macho tool-show host Tim Allen. He was passive and...
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Justin Berfield's Very Special Episode
I hate it when you watch a tv program for countless episodes under the impression that a character is gay, only to find out that he was straight all along -- or, more likely, the producers noticed the...
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Shawn's First Time, with his Best Friend and his Uncle
London, June 2015Yuri has broken up with Michael, and is no longer living in Soho, the West Hollywood of London. Instead, he's in Vauxhall, the South of Market of London, a funky neighborhood of...
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Robert Goulet: 1950s Gay Icon
You may not recognize the name Robert Goulet, but he was an icon to the gay generation who survived the pre-Stonewall Dark Ages (1950-1969).During those years, he was a fixture on Broadway, starring in...
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Yuri Steals My Boyfriend at a Hurricane Party
Readers have been asking me about the custom of "sharing" one's boyfriends with friends, especially roommates, which was common in Florida and West Hollywood. Didn't it provoke hurt feelings, if the...
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A New Sensitive Tarzan
Miles O'Keeffe graduated from the University of the South with a degree in psychology, and worked for a year as a prison counselor, before heading for Hollywood, hoping to make it big as an actor.He...
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Asim Butt: Gay Pakistani Artist
Asim Butt (1978-2010) was a Pakistani artist who studied in Karachi and San Francisco. He was interested in graffiti and interactionist pieces,.Art that protested unfair social conditions, police...
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Kalevipoeg: Gay Epic Hero of Estonia
When I was visiting Estonia in the summer of 1998, I couldn't go anywhere without hearing about Kalevipoeg. There were a dozen public statues of him, a naked, muscular god carrying small people.There...
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Bobbseys, Boxcars, and Beefcake
I was never much of a fan of the mystery genre, but many gay kids liked the gentle, pre-Hardy Boys exploits of The Famous Five or their American counterparts, the Bobbsey Twins and the Boxcar...
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Fred Dryer's Nude Modeling Career
Hunter (1984-1991) aired during the Reagan-Bush years of conservative retrenchment, on Saturday nights, aimed at an audience of oldsters sitting at home complaining about how much better things when...
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Lane's Date with Batman, Robin, and the Joker
West Hollywood, Spring 1991Everybody in West Hollywood had a good celebrity dating story.Older guys claimed that they had dated Marlon Brandon, Cary Grant, or Rock Hudson. Younger guys claimed hookups...
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Fall 1982: Prince Charles is Gay, And Other Things I Learned in College
In the fall of 1982, I moved to Indiana University to work on my M.A. in English. One night -- Saturday, September 25th, to be exact -- I bolstered my courage enough to walk the mile or so into...
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Time Warp: My Hookup Turns into a West Hollywood Trick
In the 1960s and 1970s, when gay men were overcoming years of oppression, they often tricked -- like today's hooking up, but quicker and far more dangerous: you invited the guy home with no preliminary...
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How to Survive the Top 10 Problems of Summer
It's June 1st, the first day of summer.My least favorite season of the year, hot, boring, and depressing. But I've managed to find solutions to the top 10 problems.1. There's nothing to do during the...
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A Glimpse of Supreme Beauty at a Highway Rest Stop in Iowa
Interstate highways have rest stops every 30-50 miles, so you don't have to get off the highway to do your bathroom business.The older ones consist of just toilets and maybe some vending machines, but...
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H2O: Just Add Beefcake
H2O: Just Add Water (2007-2010) was a popular Australian "my secret" drama now airing in the United States. It was about three girls, Rikki, Emma, and Cleo, who become mermaids whenever they touch...
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Borden's Elsie: Alpha Bull Dad and Gay Son
Sometimes when we were visiting my Grandma Davis in Indiana, my brother and I got permission to go up into the attic and browse through her piles of old magazines. Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening...
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