Q I just turned 20 and have been out of the closet for a year. A lesbian friend wants to hook me up with her gay friend, let’s call him Kyle, a cute, fit boy who runs track and does theatre. The issue is, he’s just 17 and starting his senior year in high school, […]
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The case for legalizing sex work
Q Do you think post-op transgender people have any obligation to tell their lovers they were once the other sex? —On the Fence A Yes. Q I’m in my 40s and straight. My wife of nine years is no longer interested in sex. Period. I haven’t had a blowjob in about eight years, I can’t […]
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Tongan Death Grip
Local favourites Tongan Death Grip stuck around the Halifax punk scene for scarcely a year before losing a member to Montreal. Fans have to sate themselves with rare appearances now, but fortunately there’s this four-song EP that captures the energy and pop-punk fervour of live shows. “Murder at Pop Tate’s” is as fast and addictive […]
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Share
Although this is Share’s third album, in some ways it’s the first as a band. Originally intended as a musical and experimental outlet for guitarist/vocalist Andrew Sisk, Share has settled nicely into its place as a roots pop band with a cohesive mature sound. Produced by Dan Ledwell in a PEI cabin, the fresh air […]
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Honesty is the best policy
Q I met my girlfriend three months ago on a social networking website and we texted each other non-stop. The pictures made her look attractive and in shape. Last weekend we met, and she didn’t look anything like her pictures, but we had sex twice. I’m about to start college and I do not want […]
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Looking for a little confidence
Q This question comes from a point of real frustration. I'm a 26-year-old straight guy. Due to my being overweight, awkward and generally unable to attract women I'm actually interested in, I have only been sexually intimate with prostitutes and women of low calibre. I have never been able to sustain an erection during intercourse. […]
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The Henrys
The Henrys’ chief asset, the ethereally eccentric Mary Margaret O’Hara, sings on just four of the 15 tracks on Is This Tomorrow. The good news is that Martina Sorbara and Becca Stevens possess similar qualities. They may not imitate the other instruments and bewildered birds, but they do ground the sonic experiments in a bit […]
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Be big about it, already
Q I’m a straight guy, and my first girl was very experienced—she was proud to say she’d been with at least 30 guys before me. When all was said and done, she said that I was the most well-endowed of any man she’d seen before. In all my subsequent experiences, the women I’ve been with […]
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Keeping church and sex separate
Q You were recommended to me by an acquaintance familiar with your column and podcast. I am a 20-year-old male, and as such have certain desires that almost all 20-year-old males have (desires of a sexual nature). However, I am deeply religious. Religion has been for me a source of strength in my times of […]
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Nova Scotia needs a new deal
Kyle Shaw: Not long after the global financial meltdown started last September, Nova Scotia’s then-premier Rodney MacDonald announced that he had formed an Economic Advisory Panel to help steer the province through these troubled times. The names on his list were the usual suspects of Nova Scotia business, representing the major companies literally doing business […]
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Being a selfish bitch is good!
Q: I’m a 25-year-old straight female. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for only a few months, but we fell in love fast. He is a caring person, and I want to make this last. However, he doesn’t turn me on. It has nothing to do with looks—he’s gorgeous—but rather with the fact that I am […]
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Etiquette for threesomes
Q: I am a fairly successful man. I don’t make bank like Wall Streeters back in the day, but I haven’t been hungry since college. My girlfriend is younger. We met when she was in grad school. Like many recent grads, she’s not steadily employed, in debt and driving an unsafe car. So I support […]