Remembering Richard Locke: Porn Daddy, Gay-Liberation Icon, AIDS Educator

He put his real name on the screen when that cost you everything, and built a vision of gay masculinity that was hairy, adult, and unbothered. When AIDS came...

What Is a Gaymer? The Word, the Fight to Keep It, and the Men Who Were There

A gaymer is an LGBTQ+ person who games. The word was coined in a 1991 personal ad and fought for in 2013. Here's the whole story.

I Wanted Tip Toe to Lie to Me. It Wouldn't.

I've always believed acceptance moves like a pendulum. It swings one way, then back, and balances out. Then my husband and I watched Tip Toe, and Russell T D...

For Those Who Know

A Hunky Tops shirt is about identity, recognition, and wearing yourself on purpose.

The Gay Bar Is Dying. We Were Never Just the Bar Anyway.

I never got the gay bar. The closet kept me out, and by the time the door finally opened the bars were closing. A first-person piece on the third place we lo...

Frot, Frottage, and Why Nobody Talks About It: A Hunky Tops Guide

The straightforward, no-shame guide to gay frottage: what frot and frottage actually mean, where they sit in gay intimacy culture, the real health picture, w...