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The Naked Truth with Jonathan Bailey and Ian McKellen

Anyone who has binged Bridgerton wants to bite Bailey’s britches off of his bodacious bod. All alliteration aside, Jonathan Bailey is a heartthrob for the ages, making audiences...

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Easter Came Early This Year

Get ready for a mouthful of protein because Cadbury is getting gay all up in your face. Their latest UK advert (that’s British for commercial) features an orally adventurous...

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Gay Love Is a Battlefield

Found footage is like a message in a bottle, floating through time and crashing onto the shores of your consciousness when you least expect it. And if that message contains nude...

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Georgia on Our Minds: Meet David Cowan

The Peach State has dominated the news lately, but we just can’t stop watching one man’s fuzzy features, in particular. David Cowan is the American Sign Language (ASL)...

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Dad Melts Our Hearts in the Blink of a ‘Queer Eye’

Familiarity yields acceptance. The more you expose yourself to different cultures and ideas, the less frightening they may seem. Even us scary gays become cute and cuddly once you...

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Love Potion #19 – Vaccination Leads to Gay Proposal

It started as all great couple moments do: with playful bickering. Eric Vanderlee was working yet another grueling shift as a nurse in Canton, South Dakota. His partner of five...

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The Eagle Has Landed… for Good

When you need a material that will endure the stresses of time and turbulence, strap on some leather. It is like a second set of skin, pliable yet powerful in its ability to move...

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Glug Life: Gay Party Boat Capsizes Near Puerto Vallarta

In the wee-wee hours of the New Year, a queer cruise set sail for disaster. The clothing optional event was packed with partygoers who were oblivious to the raging pandemic that...

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Songs in the Key of Love

Silence is the ultimate barometer. Some say that it is golden, yet we have also been told that silence = death. In the absence of sound, the loudest voices will inevitably fill...

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‘Sin’ Is In – Excavating 80s Queer Culture

Perspective is a powerful window through time. We look back at the past with a mixture of whimsy, wistfulness, and wonder. If only we could send a message to our younger selves...

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Paging Doctor Hottie!

To paraphrase an old joke: we hate to see him go, but we love to watch him walk away (from oppression). Dr. Jake Jacob has the finest caboose in the medical industry, and he’s...

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What’s Under the Kilt? Get Behind These Tartan Treats

If you were to assess your various fetishes, where do kilts rank on your lusty list? For us, they are somewhere between jock straps and oil wrestling… that is to say, right at...

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