Q I am the father of a recently out 18-year-old gay boy. Here’s the problem: My son is in a relationship with a 31-year-old guy. I’m not OK with that. Yes, my son is a legal adult at 18 and can make his own decisions, but he’s also still in high school. His mother argues […]
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Chat room
[Listen here to a podcast of the conversation] Halifax has a strange musical map. A small-town feel, but enough varied genres that make for a rich scene. But because of the size, there are occasions that a crossover show will bring different groups of fans together, cautiously eyeing each other from across the bar—where did […]
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Coming out kinky
Q I was recently advised to begin reading your column by my therapist. I am a 21-year-old male and a senior at an Ivy League school. Despite my academic success, I’ve battled a lot of stuff in the past few years: anxiety, depression, substance abuse and porn addiction. It’s quite a load of shit to […]
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Hotel sexin’: Towels or sheets?
Q Thank you for your advocacy of monogamishy. (Monogamishness?) When I fell in love with my gloriously kinky and GGG wife several years ago, we were honest about our sexual desires—vast and wide-ranging—and we negotiated an arrangement that works for us. We encourage each other’s outside crushes, and we both just want to be present […]
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Looking for your help
Q I’m a gay man in my late 20s who has been trying to deal with an attraction to young boys since I hit puberty. I know that what I feel is wrong and wish to Christ that I could have a normally wired brain. I have never abused a child; I do not look […]
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Some rules are unbreakable
Q I had a threesome with my husband and another woman because I am GGG and that’s always been a fantasy of his. I laid out my ground rules, and they were violated. (I said I was uncomfortable with his P in her V, and I ended up watching them fuck.) I didn’t stop it […]
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Transit union rejects city’s “final offer”
Transit workers have rejected a contract offer from the city by 78 percent, meaning there is no end in sight to Halifax’s 22-day-old transit strike. The offer, billed as the city’s “final offer” contained the controversial rostering proposal, which would fundamentally change the way schedules are set. As well, it had a $1,500 one-time payment […]
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On bathroom business
Q I am a straight 24-year-old female who has known my fiance since freshman year of college. He has a fetish where he likes to watch women use the bathroom. I knew this, having seen some of his porn early on, and I accepted it. We all have kinks. But while peeing in front of […]
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Question bonanza
I headed north last week to do Savage Love Live at the University of Alaska Anchorage. All of these questions were submitted to me by UAA students and staffers. Q Should I go ahead and divorce my fantastic wife of 23 years now because gay marriage is going to destroy it eventually anyway? –Tony From […]
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Welcome out, Chad (et al)
{image-1] Q I’m a 21-year-old gay male. My friend Marcelo is friends with Chad. Everyone who meets Chad assumes he’s gay. Never had a girlfriend, a dance major, dyes his hair blond/green/purple, got up at 2am to watch Kate marry William. Over four years at college, this situation has gone from funny to sad as […]
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Striking bus driver Trooper
I went by the Bridge Terminal this evening to talk to striking bus drivers, and found only this lone striker, Tony Rygiel, who goes by the name Trooper. I’ll simply let Trooper tell his own story, via the recording below, but the exchange gives me the idea to regularly interview the strikers, to give a […]
