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Top 12 Public Penises of Central America
I've never been to Mexico, except a few times to Tijuana, which hardly counts. People keep inviting me to the gay resorts of Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlan, but I want to see the archaeological sites;...
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Shock Treatment: Romance is Not a Children's Game
In the summer of 1981, I went to see Shock Treatment, which was widely advertised as "the sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!" Ok, so it starred Brad and Janet from the original movie, played by...
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Looking for Beefcake on the Swim Team
This isn't a picture of my high school swim team -- the yearbook photo wouldn't scan properly -- but two of the boys look exactly like my old high school classmates. Back row right: looks exactly like...
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Top 12 Public Penises of South America 1: The East
Since I was doing the public penises of Central America and the Caribbean, I thought I would South America as well. I visited Colombia once, 30 years ago, but otherwise it is completely uncharted...
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Heterosexuals Think Gay Men are Still Kids
With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, I'm going to be visiting relatives. And once again, I'm going to notice something disturbing:They think I'm a teenager. Or 21 at the oldest.The problem...
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Fall 2004: George Bush Broke Up My Family
The U.S. just had its midterm elections for some Senators, Representatives, and Governors, and guess what? Mostly of the winners were Republicans who ran on a campaign of hate. Sometimes virulent...
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Fall 1977: Trying to Escape Church
I hated the Nazarene church. 1. Hour-long sermons three times a week, with dull funereal hymns from a hundred years ago, full of "thou hasts" and "wilt thee."2. The preacher pacing the stage and...
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10 Reasons Why Thanksgiving is the Gayest Holiday
If you're not from the U.S. you might not be familiar with Thanksgiving, a holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November (it's also celebrated on different dates in Canada, Liberia, and...
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Summer 1973: I Meet A Teenage Indian God
When I was a kid, my Dad got a 2-week vacation every year. We would always spend the first week visiting our relatives in Indiana, and the second camping up north, usually in Minnesota. But in 1973,...
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Summer 1979: The Colombian Hustler
In the wilds of ColombiaDuring the summer of 1979, just after my freshman year at Augustana College, the Nazarene Church was looking for some able-bodied college students to help build ten new churches...
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Top 12 Public Penises of South American #2: the West
Our Public Penis tour of South America left off with Argentina. Next stop: Uruguay.1. Greetingman, a 20-foot tall blue naked man, bows in Buceo, Uruguay to demonstrate friendship. He is the creation...
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The Temple of the Penis
In Central Java, Indonesia, on the slopes of Mount Lawu (and eight hours by car from Jakarta), there's a low-sloping truncated pyramid called Candi Sukuh, or Sukuh Temple.Covered with bas-reliefs of...
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Spring 1971: Two Men Can't Live Together
Ever since I moved away from gay neighborhoods in 2006, I've heard a constant drone of "Buy a house! Buy a house! Buy a house!"In the straight world, you have to live in a house. Apartments signify...
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10 Ethnic Groups on my Bucket List
On The Simpsons, Homer sings "I could love [e.g., have sex with] about a million girls."A million?Assuming a 50-year sexual life, that's 20,000 per year, or 384 per week.That's a lot more than gay men...
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10 Things You Should Know About Scottish Kilts
1. The kilt was not part of ancient Scottish Highland dress; it developed during the 16th century from an earlier cloak worn over one's tunic.2. Kilts have no pockets. You put your personal items in...
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The Bodybuilding Villages of India
In West Hollywood, everyone went to the gym. The dating game was very competitive, and if you had a partner, there were lots of guys eager to break you up. So you had to be in shape. We joked that...
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The Erotic Temple Carvings of Khajuraho
When I was in grad school in Bloomington, my friend Viju invited me to fly back to India with him for a visit. I had only been to Switzerland, Germany, and France before, so I was thrilled! I spent...
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Veronica's Closet: How Not to Play a Gay Character
In the 1990s, TV writers didn't know what to do with their gay characters.They knew what gay men were: men who were really women. Men who were interested in show tunes and chick flicks and skin care...
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Summer 1979: Cute Nerd or Creepy Old Guy?
Summer of 1979. The summer after my freshman year at Augustana College. There were no gay organizations in town, no gay books in the library, no gay dating sites on the internet. There was a gay bar,...
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Do Gay Men Play Strip Poker?
When I was growing up in the Nazarene Church, nearly everything was a sin, a one-way ticket to eternal damnation:Reading any non-religious books or magazines, including the newspaper, on...
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