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Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 2)
PODCAST—EPISODE 26: Dastan Kasmamytov, a 30 y.o. Krygyzstani, is an LGBTQ activist and founder of Pink Summits, a mostly queer...


Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 1)
PODCAST—EPISODE 25: Growing up in the central Asian nation of Kyrgystan, Dastan Kasmamytov had no idea he'd ever become an LGBTQ activist....


Stirrings
Each of us can recall our earliest awareness of affectional and then sexual attraction to others. Gay men often have a clearer...


Andy Tobias: Noted LGBTQ author and former Democratic Party Treasurer
PODCAST-- EPISODE 24: Andy Tobias' journey from being the "Best Little Boy in the World" (the title of the best-selling coming out memoir...


Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 2
PODCAST—EPISODE 21: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...


David Mixner: Longtime Civil Rights, Anti-war, and LGBTQ Rights Activist
PODCAST—EPISODE 20: David Mixner has been an author, political strategist, and civil rights activist for more than a half-century. He was...


Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 1
PODCAST—EPISODE 19: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...

Jolly Roger!
BAMMER47: I recently was sent an article on the concept of matelotage, a common rite among pirates and some other sailors on the open...


Re-introducing Hook-ups Post-COVID
BAMMER47: How do you expect to recommence hooking up, or at least having sex with someone outside your COVID pod, once conditions permit?...


The One that Got Away?
BAMMER47 (1976): Have ever felt like you missed a golden opportunity for a relationship with the person you were meant to be with? The...
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