Hug It Out
Men need to embrace platonic physical contact… I love a good hug. Not a tepid side hug or half hug, but a full-bodied embrace. I have a group...
Will Canada Become A Leader In Global LGBT Rights?
As hosts of the international Equal Rights Coalition conference, we’re under scrutiny to do more to help our international siblings… At the same time Pang Khee Teik was in...
Learning The Lessons
The school of Sex and the City is in session… Fun fact: it’s been 20 years since the iconic TV series Sex and the City first premiered on HBO....
Thirst And Sanctimony On Social Media
There’s certainly something beautiful about the shamelessness of Instagays… Adults used to warn their children, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” (Drag...
Bare Essentials
Tried-and-tested techniques to banish the winter blues and put a spring in your step… Keeping it simple has never been my strong suit. In the university of life, I...
How To Become A Long-Term Gay Power Couple
The key to the elusive and enviable long-term relationship… By Paul Gallant Photo: Pierre Berge and Yves Saint Laurent in 1998 (Getty) Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé...
HELPING CANADIAN LGBT-OWNED BUSINESSES SUCCEED
These businesses can be an economic force to be reckoned with By Katie Mead It is estimated that there are more than 140,000 LGBT-owned businesses in Canada, with a...
LGBT M&M’s
If we expect more of our allies, we should also be delivering By Paul Gallant Rock ’n’ roll legend has it that Van Halen’s 1980s touring contract required that M&Ms,...
COMMUNICATING DESIRE
In our smartphone era, gay men still remain startlingly incompetent at expressing what they want By Paul Gallant In the bad old days, men looking for hookups with other...
MUST PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS
Friendship remains the lasting gay superpower By Paul Gallant Years ago, when Peter Nardi, a professor of sociology at California’s Pitzer College, was headed off to visit London, gay friends...
Combatting Biphobia, Homophobia and Transphobia in the Workplace
Most people are familiar with blatant forms of biphobia, homophobia and transphobia such as slurs, other inappropriate language and the classic “that’s so gay!” In the workplace it’s important to...
Up, Up and Away!
There are two things that mark the end of fall in my clinic: Flu shots arrive, and men start coming to see me for travel vaccination advice. I’m a huge...