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My Intuition Is a Tired Old Queen
How I finally broke out of the constant loop of self-sabotage.
Do I Still Call You My Metamour?
Our relationship evolved into something so difficult to grasp, describe, understand.
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Alex Alberto
If It May Please You
I was a jukebox. You'd give me a quarter, and I’d sing you the exact song you wanted. But this time, let's try a couple of letters instead.
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Jonathan Hurwitz
Hugs: My Japanese Husband's Love Language
I shunned embraces for decades due to a mixture of grief and shame, but when I met Hiro, I was awestruck by the multi-layered practice.
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Brian Watson
6
Dating a Throuple Is Like a Martini Glass…
What an unconventional love taught me about heartbreak.
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Aidan Wharton
1
Our Connection Was in the Cloud
It felt like fate, but could a personal ad answered by a distant stranger really solve my love life?
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Molly Thornton
7
Chasing the Ghost of the One I Wanted
In another universe, I would have kissed her and not spent so much time wondering why I wanted to.
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Sara M Hajri
5
Gray Hanky, Left Pocket
Historian and scholar Allan Bérubé taught me how to say a lot without a single word.
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Wayne Hoffman
5
Recovery at the End of the World
From my hospital room as a kid, I always fantasized about going to Antarctica, but as an adult on honeymoon there, could I learn to chill?
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Mark Jason Williams
2
Mountain Removed: On Queer Grief
Some days it still feels like I can’t survive without Kehontas.
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Jardana Peacock
2
The Greatest Love Story of My Life Isn't Real
When I wrote 'Smiley' for the stage, I didn’t know I’d end up in a throuple with my characters Alex and Bruno that would prove impossible to escape.
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Guillem Clua
1
Cut by the Chase
If red flags are like fire alarms going off on the whole block, instead of getting out of the house, I just found ways to disconnect the power and talk…
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Bob Merrick
34
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