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Summer 1974: A Vision of My Future in the Boys' Shower Room
In the summer of 1974, just after eighth grade at Washington Junior HIgh, I went to Manville, our summer camp on the prairie, and got engaged to a girl named Sarah, because she said God gave her a...
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Summer 1986: Me and the Porn Star in Japan
I'm a sucker for ministers, priests, rabbis, Greek Orthodox monks, Mormon missionary -- anyone clerical. So when I started attending the West Hollywood MCC (a gay church) in the fall of 1985, I...
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Chris Lowe and Patrick Flueger: The Stars of "Spin" Get Romantic
The movie Spin (2007) is an indie multi-timeline, multi-viewpoint story about six hardbodies getting into trouble in a heterosexual L.A. nightclub, their lives all intertwined by dj Ryan (Patrick...
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The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS on November 17, 1978, during my freshman year at Augustana college. I didn't see it; I usually wasn't home on Friday nights.Actually, I don't think anyone...
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Fall 1986: The Porn Star Outwits a Celebrity
My friend Alan, who dragged me to Japan, came to Los Angeles to become an actor in 1974, and ended up working in the gay porn industry. He knew everybody, and anyone he didn't know, I met through...
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Kyle XY
In the spring of 2006, ABC Family started showing ads about a new series, with a teenage boy raising his shirt to display his abs.Oh, wait, is he supposed to be showing us that he lacks a belly button?...
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Fall 1976: Catching Cousin Joe in the Act
When I was in junior high, I caught my friend Brian trying to erase graffiti from the wall of Washington Junior High, "Brian gives free LBJs." He wouldn't say what it meant, and I had no idea. It...
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Spring 1974: Dan and I Fight Evil-Lution
When I was in eighth grade at Washington Junior High, my boyfriend Dan and I registered for “The Rocks in Your Backyard,” an introduction to earth science.. We loved learning about the shallows and...
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One Direction: Gay Rumors, Heterosexist Lyrics
When I heard the name "One Direction," I immediately assumed that it was a fundamentalist Christian boy band, deriving their name from the popular fundy "One Way" slogan. But apparently they weren't...
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Fall 1976: Darry and I Search for a Gay Comic
At Christmastime in my junior year in high school, shortly after I caught Cousin Joe in the act, I caught the flu. I lay in bed for a week, unable to concentrate on books or comic books, unwilling to...
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Disney's Liv and Maddie: Twin Sisters and Gay Brother Compete for a Guy
The Disney Channel's Liv and Maddie (2013-) is retread of the usual teencom about an average teen who makes it big as a singer, actor, or fashionista: here teen actress Liv Rooney (Dove Cameron) has...
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Fall 1985: My Boyfriend and the Norwegian Hustler
Maybe the cold makes people want to hug, but I've found the wintertime to be good for starting a new romance: I started dating Fred the Ministerial Student in December, Verne the Preacher's Son in...
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Summer 1981: What the Graffiti Meant
After reading my posts on "The Secret Message at Washington Junior High" and "I Catch Cousin Joe in the Act," you probably thought that the graffiti "Brian gives free LBJs" referred to some sort of...
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Burt Reynolds Naked on a Bear Skin Rug
The most famous male nude photos in history:1. Johnny Crawford's full-frontal nude shot advertising The Naked Ape (1973).2. Burt Reynolds's nude centerfold in the April 1972 issue of CosmopolitanThe...
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How I Found Nico Greetham
The problem with popular culture is, they keep making more of it. Not only am I expected to know all about my childhood favorites, like The Brady Bunch, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible, I Dream of...
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Jayson Blair's Hard Times
29-year old Jayson Blair has been in so many gay-subtext and gay-positive projects that you'd be surprised to discover that he's heterosexual in real life.1. Chris, a gay singer and dancer on Glee...
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Joel Goncalves: Gay Slurs, Gay-Positive Lyrics
The route to teen idol fame has always been a combination of talent, charisma, and looks, and today's teen idol hopefuls don't have to wait around for a record contract or a Tiger Beat photo shoot --...
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Walk, Don't Run: Cary Grant's Last Gay Pickup
Walk, Don't Run (1966) is set during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where there is a severe shortage of hotel rooms. Important businessman Sir William Rutland (bisexual actor Cary Grant) arrives with...
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Summer 1981: Meeting a Russian at the Gay Rights March
During my senior year at Augustana, I became obsessed with Russia: I signed up for courses in Russian language, Russian History, and Russian Culture and Civilization. All because of a visit to Des...
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Homophobia and Abs
You probably know Aaron-Taylor Johnson from Kick-Ass (2010), the rather homophobic comedy about a teen nerd who becomes a superhero. But when his bulgeworthy spandex costume is discovered, he's...
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