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In a recent post from The Advocate, I’ve been following the coverage of Grindr’s deepening ties with the Republican Party, and it’s a shift that really makes you stop and think about where the “business” of being queer is headed. The article explores how Grindr, under CEO George Arison, is leaning hard into GOP circles—spendingContinue reading “The Business of Belonging: Grindr’s Surprising Pivot to the Right”

Scrolling through BuzzFeed recently, I came across an article by Lauren Garafano that compiles anonymous accounts from straight-identified men describing their sexual experiences with other men. The piece draws from a Reddit thread asking, in essence, whether straight men have ever had “gay moments,” and the responses range from curiosity and experimentation to secrecy andContinue reading “Straight Men, Same-Sex Experiences, and the Messiness of Labels””

Well….2020. What an experience this has been. I moved back to Philly in February 2020 and then a month later, we were on lock down. My current role at Temple has been easy enough but I am grateful that my history of working here has helped to guide my work in such an uncertain time.Continue reading “2020….Oh What a Year”

2019 as been such a whirlwind for me but I am forever grateful for the lessons and the continued support of those around me. In May 2019, I started taking classes towards my PhD in Human Sexuality Studies. So far I have only taken and completed a class in qualitative research methods–I am however enrolledContinue reading “To the Future..Whatever It May Bring”

I was trying to find a new counselor. I finally found one with a weekend schedule. I had to wait a month while he was on vacation and then he scheduled me on a weekend I had class for our first appointment. I told him well in advance that I needed to change the dateContinue reading “Counseling? I guess not….”

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Lately, I have been living in the realm of “what if.” “what if” I had completed my social work degree? “what if” I had never cheated on my first true love? “what if” I had never moved to PA? “what if” I had stuck to my weight goals in 2016? “what if” I stayed atContinue reading “Unpacking Your Emotional Baggage of Past Possibilities and Longing for the Unknown”

I’m not usually one of those people that tends to make New Year resolutions but I am usually the kind of person that reflects on their past year. I can honestly say that 2018 was challenging but in a way I very much needed. On a personal and professional level, I feel that I accomplishedContinue reading “Thank You 2018”

Let me start by saying that I am a white, cis-gender male. I grew up in rural West Virginia (right along the Ohio River near the Ohio and Kentucky borders). I have been very fortunate as an openly gay male that I have experienced very little prejudice or discrimination–I owe a lot of this inContinue reading “For A Racist and Homophobic Experience, Shop at Target in the Suburbs of Philadelphia”

As many of you have undoubtedly heard, American Idol, has returned to the television screen and found a new home on the ABC network. I recently ran across an article on Buzzfeed (the article is posted below) that shows Katy Perry kissing an American Idol contestant on the lips WITHOUT his consent and through the useContinue reading “Katy Perry Kisses A 19-Year-Old “American Idol” Contestant and He Didn’t Like It”