Q I am a young gay man who has been so freaked out by the idea of catching an STI that I haven’t gotten with anyone for two years. But last night, I hooked up with a cute 21-year-old FTM trans boy (on hormone therapy), and maybe because it was a person with lady parts, […]
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Gasping for advice
Q I’m a 26-year-old straight female. I’m writing because I need to ask someone what to think right now. I just fucked a guy while on holiday in Costa Rica. I thought I was sex-positive and adventurous, so why do I feel so ashamed? I’m dating a boy back in the US who I absolutely […]
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Pandora’s box of gay porn probs
Q I’m a 24-year-old woman who just ended a five-year relationship. It sucked. I cried. It was my first breakup, so I’ve felt totally insane for the last three months. Now I’m in the dating world, and I go out with people only to find that we have no physical chemistry. My mother says, “You’re […]
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New Music 2013
Bricks Following up December’s self-titled demo, Halifax/Newfoundland noise-punk band Bricks has been working on a new split-tape with local d-beat pals, Sleight. Anticipating the release this summer, Bricks will also hit Montreal and Ottawa with its raw hardcore like a sushi special. “One of our best shows so far was total chaos in a six-foot […]
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Showing your Rage
“My musical history? Oh holy shit,” says Cody Googoo, the driving force behind Negative Rage. Sitting on a rock in his backyard, Googoo lists his previous bands: Road Rash, Megalodon, Envision, Word on the Street, Negative Circles, Coming of Age, Grump, Bricks, Concrete Asylum—he might be forgetting a few, but it’s been a packed four […]
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Bi chicks pitching fits
Q I’m a 27-year-old bi chick who just moved in with my girlfriend of 10 months. I love her, and it’s a great relationship—hot sex, laughs and good conversation. Here’s the thing: I like to smoke pot, and pot makes her very uncomfortable. We’ve talked about it and I’ve been up front with her from […]
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Police release recording of 911 call making bomb threat
Halifax police have released a recording of the 911 call made last Friday threatening a Boston Marathon-like bombing. Because of the threat, the Relay for Life and Arthritis Walk charity events were cancelled. Click here to hear the call.
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Amazing guys
Q I’m seeing an amazing guy who I met doing sex work—as in, he was paying me for straight-up sex. It’s not a *Pretty Woman* situation. He’s my age and not wealthy, and I’m too old for that anyway. We share a lot of geeky interests and have a great connection, and the sex is […]
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All apologies
Q Twenty-one-year-old female here. When we were both 14, my first boyfriend took advantage of me. I wanted to explore my sexuality a little, but things went further than I wanted. One day, we were kissing with him on top of me. We were both fully clothed, and he started rubbing up against me. I […]
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Quick hits
Q I have a mentally disabled cousin. He’s lived for more than 40 years in the same nursing home in a small, conservative town. His mental age is about eight, there are other mental-illness issues and he has some physical problems. He is now in his late 60s. He has always enjoyed dressing up as […]
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I don’t want to give up
Q I’m a 24-year-old straight, married female. I have been reading your column in the Portland Mercury since I was 16. Thank you for explaining things that my parents wouldn’t and for helping me clear the hurdles of adolescence! I turn to you now for advice. Five months ago, I married the man of my […]
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Tonic for a toxic affiliation
Q I am a 23-year-old straight male. My ex-girlfriend and I started dating in high school, when we were both 17, and continued dating until I broke up with her the summer after our freshman year in college because things felt too serious. We continued to have sex, but I blocked out all my feelings […]