Earlier this week, I talked about Pride and it being canceled this year due to Coronavirus. Yes, it does suck but pride is inside of us and can be shown in how we carry ourselves. What is harder to replace is missing the ability to meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and share in the … Continue reading LGBTQ Pride On Lockdown
What Was Your First Pride Event Like?
With coronavirus changing the landscape of how we do things, it is not surprising that events like Pride are being canceled. For better or worse, this will be a year without any Pride event for many. Some of us may be left wondering what we can do to show and celebrate this Pride season. I … Continue reading What Was Your First Pride Event Like?
Why Do We Need To Label Sexuality?
Why do we, as humans, feel the need to label everything that we interact with? Labels define a thing which creates a box for it to live in, the box gives us boundaries of what something is or is not. The boundaries offer us a safe place to navigate and to stay away from the … Continue reading Why Do We Need To Label Sexuality?
Pandemic Music Blues
If you’ve spent the past several weeks under quarantine, then you are probably starting to run out of good music to listen to. As I was going through my old playlists, it occurred to me that I listen to a lot of bands with especially weird names. So, without further ado, I’d like to share … Continue reading Pandemic Music Blues
The Need For LGBTQ Content Creators
I am going to drop some T on you that you may or may not realize. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, other than others like us are interested in or will put out the kind of content that we want to see. Nor will they put out content that accurately represents who … Continue reading The Need For LGBTQ Content Creators
Why Are Gay Men Obsessed with Gay for Pay Porn?
We all know porn is a thing. There is no reason to shame anyone for watching it, the numbers speak for themselves. Hell, for most LGBTQ people, this is actually how we learn about sex, granted it is not the most accurate representation of intimate encounters but we have to work with what we have. … Continue reading Why Are Gay Men Obsessed with Gay for Pay Porn?
Disappearing Art
It's no secret that I love the graffiti around Cleveland. There are truly some amazing artists expressing their talent in a city that seems to be stuck in place amidst its changes. The more it grows, the quicker these pieces of art are lost to time. So many of them are unseen by most and … Continue reading Disappearing Art
How Do I Deal With My Body Hair?
Since today is Friday and Corona still has us all on lock down, I thought I would take a lighter approach today. This is a topic that always causes me some distress, whether it is how I deal with it personally or how I see others deal. So, let us take a look at a … Continue reading How Do I Deal With My Body Hair?
How Do We Get Back To Normal After Covid-19
We have seen a lot of changes over the last couple of months. We have watched the coronavirus, effectively, shut down most of the world and bring the country's economies to a screeching halt. Getting back to normal seems like something that may be in a galaxy far, far away. Slowly, we are watching our … Continue reading How Do We Get Back To Normal After Covid-19
Getting Social
I have been blogging for years, but GayintheCLE is only about a year and a half old. It started out as a way for me to get the thoughts out of my head and to be able to deal with them. Later, I grew my blog into a forum for sexual education. At the time … Continue reading Getting Social
Gay in the CLE 