5 Things I've Learned From Dating Abroad
Eight years, eight cities: Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Bangkok, Berlin, Rome, Tel Aviv, Cape Town and Sydney, where I just relocated for a new job. And what do I have to show for all that time spent...
View ArticleQueer and Selfie Loathing in NYC (Part 2): On Leaving New York
Love and Other Misguided Concepts It's impossible to find love in New York. I should clarify: It's impossible for me to find love in New York. This city has been romanticized for years, probably...
View ArticleOn the Other Side: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I often say that my life is like a sitcom. Recently, situations that we are exposed to as a family are just comical. Until one year ago we were perceived as an ordinary family when it came to...
View ArticleAfter Dark: Meet Frankie Sharp, Party Curator And Nightlife Personality
This is the twenty-fifth installment in HuffPost Gay Voices Associate Editor James Nichols' ongoing series "After Dark: NYC Nightlife Today And Days Past" that examines the state of New York nightlife...
View ArticleBishops Object As Catholic Universities Offer Benefits To Same-Sex Spouses
(RNS) The decision by a Jesuit university in Nebraska to provide benefits to spouses of gay employees has prompted a strong protest from the local archbishop, the latest skirmish in a battle that seems...
View ArticlePolling Forecast: The Senate's Leaning Republican
On Tuesday, Americans will head to the polls to determine 36 seats in the U.S. Senate. Although those contests will likely draw as many as 49 million voters, it's the outcome of only a small handful...
View ArticleFeminist Embroidery Artist Heather Marie Scholl Explains Why 'It's Hard To Be...
Contemporary women artists have imagined a myriad of ways to explore themes of femininity, identity, representation, violence, sexuality and body love, wrapping the issues up in every medium from paint...
View ArticleJamie Dornan Does Not Go Full-Frontal In 'Fifty Shades Of Grey'
If you're someone who took part in questioning whether Ben Affleck's penis had a cameo in "Gone Girl," know now that you will not have to repeat this process for a movie where penis cameos may seem...
View ArticleRussia's Steve Jobs Memorial Dismantled After Apple Successor Tim Cook Comes...
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A memorial to Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled in the Russian city of St Petersburg after the man who succeeded him at the helm of the company, Tim...
View ArticleDear Prostate Cancer
Dear Prostate Cancer, I would like to thank you, because without you I would not have had the greatest three weeks of my life. You may not be aware, but we are trained to fear you, hate you and hope...
View Article'Ask A Lesbian' With Cameron Esposito Tells You Everything You Need To Know
Our crush on comedian Cameron Esposito was already at a dangerously obsessive level (hot + funny = swoon) but after seeing her new Buzzfeed video, "Ask A Lesbian," we're not sure how we're going to...
View ArticleCan A Sperm Donor Be As Satisfying As Having A Biological Kid?
Eight months ago, my wife Sabrina and I visited Chicago to meet her sister Sophia’s beautiful newborn, Delfina. Huddled around “baby Del” in the maternity ward of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, my...
View ArticleFor the LGBTQ, Black, and Undocumented Communities: Get Out to Vote!
On November 4, our communities must stand together and mobilize to vote. It's particularly important to do so given that so many people in our communities still feel powerless. We are at the...
View ArticleGordon College President Was Surprised At Reaction To Anti-Gay Stance
WENHAM, Mass. (AP) -- D. Michael Lindsay thought he was on safe political ground when he signed the letter. President Barack Obama was about to expand job protection for gays employed by federal...
View Article29 Things You Can Send To Your Friends Who Say They Aren't Voting This Year
Election Day is nearly upon us, and candidates in elections across the country are making last-minute pitches for votes. But many of these pitches are falling on deaf ears, as many people around the...
View ArticleWhy Tyler Ritter Says His Gay Character's Sexuality On 'The McCarthys' Won't...
Actor Tyler Ritter is following in his father's television comedy footsteps with "The McCarthys." Still, he hopes the CBS series' subtle treatment of his character Ronny McCarthy's sexuality will break...
View ArticleWhat Makes Men 'Gay'?
David and Jason Benham aren't gay. Each is married (to a woman), and they have nine children between them. In fact, the twin brothers lost their HGTV reality show, Flip It Forward, last April, before...
View ArticleRob Kearney, Professional Strongman Champion, Comes Out
In a groundbreaking moment for the sports world, professional Strongman champion Rob Kearney came out of the closet last week. Not only is Kearney ranked as the 2nd strongest middleweight champion in...
View ArticleWhen It Comes To Sexual Fantasies, What's 'Normal?'
Putting aside highly-publicized recent attempts to masquerade abuse as sexual preference by former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi, we're actually pretty confused, as a society, about kink. Fantasies of...
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Present
"Why were you looking down when I was skating tonight, Daddy?" "I wasn't looking down, buddy," I answered. "I was watching you." "But I saw you looking down, too," my son responded. "Why were you...
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