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Dear Intimacy Doctor — Am I A Dick?
Dear Intimacy Doctor: Simple question. I find myself incredibly attracted to this person, except physically. My body isn’t perfect by any means and I wouldn’t want someone discounting me because of physical attraction. But I can’t get myself turned on by this person. Am I a dick? Dear Dick Face: Simple answer first. Yes. You…
Gender Is Between Your Ears, Not Between Your Legs (Notes on Deconstructing The Binary)
I love “queer.” I see “queer” as meaning that which deviates from the script. Political resistance is “queer.” You live the best way you can, with the biggest awareness that you can, and try to mitigate suffering if you can. That’s what it means to be human. There’s no purity to one position. — Joan…
SA Cocktail Conference: Stroll on Houston Street
Saturday, January 17 $85, 6-10pm Houston Street, 219 E Houston sanantoniococktailconference.com The San Antonio Cocktail Conference, now in its fourth year, brings together the best bartenders and the best cocktail drinkers, all for a good cause. Part of the bigger and better 2015 Cocktail Conference, Stroll on Houston Street features a string of parties…
Male B Wear introduces bespoke clothing for men
I have driven past Male B Wear countless times before on my way to HEAT–or Essence if I’m feeling like a dirty girl–and it has always caught my attention. But I never wandered inside because while I would LOVE yellow ass-less undies with the word “twerk” embroidered on the front, I knew that they were…
Beddingfield’s Wildfire takes ’80s AIDS paranoia to extreme
Reading and Book-signing Wednesday December 17, 5-7pm The Twig Book Shop (306 Pearl Parkway, Pearl Brewery Complex) Free George Beddingfield is a Georgia boy who grew up to be a physician. But even physicians have to retire some day. Instead of golf courses and palm-tree-lined streets, Beddingfield wakes to the cold hard glare of a…
Army of Nun rings the bell for HIV/AIDS charities
Salvation Sisters, Army of Nun December 20, 2014, 8-11:30 pm The Strip, North Main Avenue Bring your pocket change! More information here There’s one thing you need to be a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and that is this: a calling to help your community. This order of queer nuns does anything and everything to help…
Cheyenne Jackson on ‘The One I Wrote for You’ and not meeting his husband in rehab
Cheyenne Jackson has seen bits and pieces of his new film The One I Wrote for You, but he believes that when it comes to cinematic projects that involve music, it’s always best to see the finished product at the official premiere “with big speakers and people around.” But he isn’t loosening his tie just…
The Intimacy Doctor shops for sex toys
The Two Main Characters in Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ are Woody and Buzz Clearly This Was Intentional Me: I need a catchy title for my column about sex toys. Dan*: A dildo in hand is worth two in the bush? Me: No way! Two in the bush is waaaaay better! My poor fiancé really took one…
In defense of a second season for ‘Looking’
The second season of Looking premieres January 11, 2015. HBO’s Looking is worth a second look, particularly if you’ve heard the buzz about last year’s terrible first episodes—the epitome of Bad Gay Art. Roughly modeled on such socio-sexual buddy series as Sex and the City and Entourage, Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan’s project puts an…