Open Relationships 101
Mike's introduction to Open Relationships. I used to be a villager... (and still am at heart since I live in Dublin) Back then, a sex date with a guy I fancied a lot proved that I was "that innocent". I'm not sure how old...
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Drugged, raped and pozzed
I had relocated to Spain just eight months before and the change of scene from Dublin to Barcelona was beyond what I had expected. In Dublin, I lived a very sheltered life, very naive and innocent and didn’t get myself involved in the gay scene. It just didn’t interest me. When I moved here, I...
Growing up black and gay: Tired of being different #BLM
As a child, my grandmother would always tell me. ‘Stay away from those white kids, they ain’t nothin’ but trouble’. This sounded racist butI failed to understand is that having been born in the 1910s, the majority of her encounters with whites were terrible.
[Substance Abuse] I didn't know I was a drug addict
This is a story from an anonymous reader about how their experience with alcohol and drugs since a very young age and how they have come out through this tunnel with the help of AA. “I started drinking and using drugs when I was about 16. At the time, I...
Sad yet hopeful. My coming out story
I was asleep when my mum woke me up softly. Tears were running down her face. She looked confused. “Come to the living room, please. I don’t want to wake your brother up”. There is no right time for people to learn you are LGBT. There is no wrong...
Threatened To Be Outed At The Age Of 15
We don’t need to know why people are not ready to come out. We have to be able to let them be. The setting I was 15 years of age. To an outsider, I was living a boring life in a dull village in northern Greece. On the inside,...
Holidays in Anti-LGBT destinations?
54% of you said no. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading all your thoughts I kept coming across the following keywords. NOs: safety, money, no support, unwelcome. YESes: educate, support, solidarity. Some of us were made brave to explore the seas and the stars, to take risks and challenge the world. Some of us...
The “Coming Out” That Made Me
Disclaimer Exclamation Marks are personal stories within QuestionMark [http://questionmark.dev.onpressidium.com]. Alternatively, I would have called them “Stories that made us or broke us”. This one took place years ago in a small village in northern Greece. I will do my best to stay as original as I...
Should companies join Pride?
Yes, they should! But also, no, they shouldn’t. Your opinions Should corporations participate in Pride parades? Are they supporting or exploiting the LGBT community? It is not about the brand, it is about the people who work for the brand. Apple has a presence in every Pride where they...
Do Fetishes Have a Place In Pride Parades?
Your opinions only In this post, I haven’t included my opinion but only your answers. Make me happy by subscribing to the future blog posts. [http://bit.ly/QuestionMark-subscribe] Do Fetishes Have a Place In Our Pride Parades? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The “Yes” ones I think they do. Pride is all...
Are we being exploited?
A community, a movement, and the games of profit. Exploit to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage e.g. exploiting migrant farm workers Source [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploit] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is trying to exploit the LGBT community? 34 of you replied: Rupaul? Really...
