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“Do friends kiss each other’s legs in bed...”
Scooter LaForge and Jason Haaf explain their collaborative art novel, 'Wasteland.'
 • Jerry Portwood
"We must create everything for ourselves."
Author Scott Bane discusses why the love story of F. O. Matthiessen and Russell Cheney captivated him enough to write the book 'A Union Like Ours'—and…
 • Jerry Portwood
Katie Simon talked to survivors of sexual assault to understand how to seek more intentional, connected and pleasurable sex
"A lot of people very eloquently speak to the idea that being assaulted doesn't change your sexuality, but being assaulted in a same-sex assault might…
 • Jerry Portwood
"Polyamory is not a Band-Aid to fix a monogamous relationship."
Filmmaker Michael Taylor Jackson discusses his sexy, genderqueer political crime comedy 'Bajo Naranja,' the power of manifestos in art and activism, and…
 • Jerry Portwood
R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell on Kink, New Forms of Intimacy, the Erotics of Fear
"Shame keeps people from finding love." The writers and co-editors of 'Kink,' a collection of short stories, discuss how to transform trauma and…
 • Jerry Portwood
“The most important sex you can be having is sex with yourself”
Samantha Mann’s essay collection, ‘Dyke Delusions’, tackles queer parenthood, Southern sororities, horny moms and loving how one's body can cause chaos.
 • Jerry Portwood
Greg Bourke Fought for Marriage Equality. Now He Hopes the Next Generation Is Ready to Defend Our Rights
"The next generation needs to pick this up and run with it ... because there's a lot of work for all of us to do."
 • Jerry Portwood
Ryan J. Haddad on Heartbreak, the Need for Explicit Gay Sex, and Why You Should Know Disabled People Exist in Your World
“To fall in love sort of necessitates pain on the other end, no matter the duration,” says the writer and performer, who's latest play 'Hold Me in the…
 • Jerry Portwood
Inside 'The Love That Dares: An Anthology of Queer Love Letters'
Whether it's passionate entreaties, secret scribbles, or sexy yearnings, queer love speaks across the centuries in these carefully curated notes written…
 • Jerry Portwood
Manuel Betancourt on the 'Elasticity of Queer Friendship' and the Power of Flirting While Navigating a Threelationship
"It has been the friendships that I’ve created in the past few years that have been so nourishing and so enriching," says the author of the new book of…
 • Jerry Portwood
Tom Pyun on Dating White Men, Navigating Privilege, and Following His Passion
The debut author's book, 'Something Close to Nothing,' focuses on a gay male couple whose relationship is at a crossroads.
 • Jerry Portwood
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