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"Everybody is a little bit gay."
When Hate Wins: What It Felt Like Losing You To Your Homophobic Parents
"In my head, I was screaming like Cristina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy, 'Be my person, Owen! Be my freaking person!' But, you chose to be the 'good' son for them instead of a fighter for me. I still can’t understand how you put up with that suffocating homophobia — the very force that looks down upon your own true self — floating around in your house. In the end, you let it poison the loving (though secret) relationship we’d built over the two years since we’d met as freshmen."
Study Reveals Homophobic Men Are, In Fact, More Likely To Be Gay
"The results concluded that both homophobic and non-homophobic men displayed increased penis circumference when watching straight and lesbian porn. However, only the homophobic men showed heightened penis arousal during the gay male porn; the non-homophobic men remained flaccid. Not surprisingly though, it was the homophobic men who reported no feeling of sexual arousal by gay male porn during the screen. Obviously, their penises reported otherwise."
Seriously, I Do Not Care About What The F*ck Caitlyn Jenner Wore
"To me and so many others, whether lesbian, gay, bi, trans, curious and etc., Caitlyn’s standing in the media, and the message she’s bringing to the masses mean the world. Perhaps this is why every time I see a piece of news discussing what Caitlyn Jenner’s wearing I get so fucking pissed."
An Open Letter (In GIFs) To That Guy Who Replied “Sorry I’m Not Into Asians”
"To give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you aren’t even aware that you’re being such a d*ck to other people. Nonetheless, you are a disappointment. Perhaps it’s not even because you saw the need to verbalize your 'lack of sexual attraction' towards Asians, but the fact that you felt/feel like it’s your absolute right to openly express your racialized opinion."
Being Gay And Incredibly Happy
"Too many a time the news that we hear about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community or an LGBT person tend to be something bad or negative. Suicides, discrimination, injustice, bullying, just to name a few. We seldom hear something good or positive. It is ironic that the word 'gay' also means cheerful and carefree, because many gay people are living the direct opposite."
A Night With The Right Guy
"And as the crowd slowly closes in, nobody cares to stop and think. He would hold his body against mine, and look me calmly in the eye. That smile again. Wild and happy, happy and wide. And in that sea of blurry bodies, I could only see those smiley eyes. And I would smile back."
WATCH: College Eyecandy Came Out To His Classmates By Reciting A Heart-Melting Love Poem
"Steven Boyle is a 20-years-old college student who was in the closet his whole life, until he decided to come out in the most creative way — by reading the poem he wrote in his poetry class to the rest of his classmates after changing all the gender pronouns from she/her to he/him."
Today I Love You More
"Part 4: Don’t be mistaken. You are not the reason I live. But I’d die for you. A thousand times."
Crackdown on Rentboy: An Issue of Legality? Or Actually Money, Discrimination and Homophobia?
"'Escorts are selling their time only. What happens between you and the escort is up to you.' — Michael Sean Belman, Director of Rentboy website"
When It Comes To Love, Never Settle For Less
“Well I’d told him before, straight in the face, if I don’t love you anymore, I will leave you.”
The 10 Stages of Coming Out to My Conservative Chinese Father
“Last February, I knew that I had to come out to my father. Chinese New Year was approaching, and there would be a huge gathering of all the extended family members. I thought that if my father was to hear anything about his son being gay, he should hear it from me."