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We began to fear other human bodies and have less sex. It was no longer just about fucking; it was about property and power. Looking at you, Los Angeles. Race Bannon, who writes the Substack Love At The Edges, shared a story in his post, From Passion to Performance, that may explain some of it. “I was attending a large gay men’s kink play weekend.
Sorry DenLA. Sexual scandal is an old political fetish that never goes out of style.
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From the gym to social media, gay men are constantly surrounded by images of the “ideal” body. Warehouse parties are being raided and shut down. Our di
Gay Men Going Deeper
Why does attraction fade- and what can we do about it?
We explore how grief shows up emotionally, mentally, and even physi...
Grief isn’t just about death—it’s also about the quiet losses we carry as we grow and evolve. Take the Attachment Style Quiz to determine your attachment style and get a free report. With sexual liberation in the air, gays flocked to San Francisco and other major cities where they harnessed their sexuality as a form of power.
If the idea of sex fills you with trepidation, like you might make a huge mistake engaging in it, that makes perfect sense. Instead of looking for shoes tapping under a public bathroom stall wall, we launch our sex apps, tap a two-dimensional screen, and have hookups that often feel two-dimensional as well. People’s brains are full of so many sex-related horror stories, from disease to rape; it’s just too much.
In this episode, Michael is joined by special guest Scott Stirrett as they share their own stories of hustling for achievement and how they’ve learned to stay ambitious without destroying themselves in the process. Together, they unpack how...
In this final installment of our 4-part series on grief, we explore the powerful practice of Radical Acceptance—what it means, why it’s so difficult, and how it becomes the turning point in your healing journey.
Whether you're grieving the person you used to be, mourning a friendship that faded, or facing the slow heartbreak of watching your parents age, grief often leaves us wrestlin...
As our parents get older, many of us are faced with a new kind of grief- the quiet, ongoing loss that comes not from death, but from watching the people who once raised us begin to slow down and need us in ways they never did before.
In this deeply personal episode, we open up about the emotional complexity of witnessing our parents age.
Pre-Exposure Porphylaxis (PrEP) With the introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication in the summer of 2012, we finally had a tool to thwart the horrific menace of AIDS. My friend said the guy told him “he was afraid to do anything because he might make a mistake.” In the United States, the sexual revolution of the ‘60s and ‘70s made it seem like we were finally abandoning our sexual hangups.
When we became farmers, land and property ownership became tied to paternity: Who’s your daddy?” became a critical question, and sex started getting weird. As Race mentioned in his article, many of our efforts to make sex, especially exotic sex, accessible, focused on danger while we forget the liberating parts. In this episode, we’re kicking off a 4-part series on grief by exploring what it means to grieve your past.
Whether it’s a version of yourself that felt more confident, more desirable, or more socially “relevant,” we often feel a deep emotional pull toward who we used to be.