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The Coca Cola Kid
I don't drink anything alcoholic, I hate tea, lemon-lime sodas make me gag, and orange juice is for sick people. My only beverages are water and Diet Coke.Two or three 12-ounce cans or one 20-ounce...
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The Rich Kid and The Crying Truck Driver
In 2008, my "visiting" position in Dayton was coming to an end, and I had to find a new job. I only applied to colleges in Blue States. First just in gay neighborhoods.As January and February passed...
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Donelan: It's a Gay Life
When I was in grad school in Bloomington in 1982 and 1983, I was able to get copies of The Advocate at the adult bookstore. One of my favorite features was a series of single-panel New Yorker-style...
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The 15 Biggest "Sausages" I've Ever "Cooked"
I am particularly attracted to guys who are gifted beneath the belt, but I've never rejected someone for having a Vienna Sausage. Small can be just as nice, and in many situations it does the job...
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The Thug on my Sausage List
When I was making up my list of the 15 biggest "sausages" I ever "cooked," I completely forgot about T (for Thug).Spring 1986: I had been in West Hollywood for about six months, and I was starting to...
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Dark Shadows: Barnabas and Willie
In the spring of 1969, my friends and I began running home from school as fast as we could (my house was the closest) to catch the last ten or fifteen minutes of Dark Shadows (1966-71), a soap opera...
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The Night I Became a Creepy Old Guy
When I was living in the gay neighborhoods of California, New York, and Florida, cruising occurred in three distinct life stages, each with its own bars, cruising sites, protocols, and expectations.1....
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Homophobic Dog with a Blog: The Disney Channel's Worst Show
The Disney Channel used to be better than Nickelodeon in airing teencoms with gay subtexts, but the last couple of years, it's been slipping. Of the current crop, the only shows of much interest to...
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15 More Beefcake Stars of "Fringe"
I'm still being forced to watch the paranormal sci-fi series Fringe, set in a world -- actually, two worlds -- where gay people absolutely do not exist, and the mantra of "my wife! my wife! my wife!"...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies, one of the 1960s line of hayseed comedies (others included Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Gomer Pyle, and The Andy Griffith Show), slogged on from 1962 to 1971, and your...
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Fall 1996: The Preacher and the Homeless Teenager
David was 43 years old, but an honorary twink. He grew up in an ultra-conservative household in Arkansas, got married, and became a Baptist preacher -- then, on his 40th birthday, had his first...
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Ronnie Burns: Gay Teen of the 1950s
The comedy team George Burns and Gracie Allen spent years on Vaudeville and in movies about George being exasperated by Gracie's daffiness, but anxious to date her anyway. They moved into radio in...
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An Interview with Spartacus: Gay Characters, Gay Subtexts, and His Wife
Spartacus (111-71 BC) was a gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Republic, and became an inspiration for rebels of all sizes and shapes, from Toussaint Loverture to Bulgarian soccer...
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March 24, 1975: Mitzi and a Hundred Guys
March 24, 1975. The Monday before Easter. I check the TV Guide and find a special, Mitzi and a Hundred Guys. I don't know who Mitzi is, but anything with a hundred guys is going on my DVR List.Just...
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Fall 1973: The House Full of Men with Guns
One Saturday in the fall of eighth grade, my friend Craig and I rode our bikes through Lincoln Park in Rock Island, and then past Alleman, the Catholic High School.Nazarenes said that Catholics were...
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Fall 2008: The Rapper and The Grabby Male Nurse
In the fall of 2008, I was living in Upstate New York, dating guys from the Gang of Twelve, who had all known each other for years and talked to each other about everything. Especially their hookups,...
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David Cassidy: Man Undercover
Teen idol careers are painfully short, 3 or 4 years. The 12 year olds who discover your picture in Teen Beat and moon over your bubblegum pop will eventually turn into teenagers, start dating boys of...
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British Boxing Beefcake
During the early years of the 20th century, finding beefcake was a problem. Silent movies rarely featured male nudity. Neither did pulp magazines. Bodybuilding was in its infancy.But in Britain, you...
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The Biggest Guy on my Sausage List
#15 on my Sausage List, the biggest guy I've ever met, was a 21-year old political science major from Harvard.We met in the spring of 2001, when my doctorate in sociology was nearing completion, and I...
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Ryan Kwanten, Vampire Buddy
Ryan Kwanten began acting at age 15, and first became known outside Australia as a boy trapped in an East Asian fantasy world inSpellbinder(1997). Since then, he has become famous for his physique....
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