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Some of My Best Friends Are...
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When You're Alone
It's Christmas Eve at a homosexual bar in Greenwich Village.
It's a portrait of a bunch of isolated people who, in one of the ending statements, possess nowhere else to depart . The range of characters run from flashy queens all the way to uptight New Englanders who don't do anything about their sexuality but chat about it. The lock is owned by a woman who presides favor a mother at a party; her staff is mostly middle-aged men who go home to their wives. There's an undercurrent of sadness under the almost hysterical holiday partying. Like many of the cheap movies of the era -- of any era, really -- the cast includes actors years after their cinematic prime, like Carleton Carpenter, the current stars of gender non-conforming cinema, like Candy Darling, and performers before they became well known, favor Fannie Flagg, Gil Gerard, and Rue McClanahan.
In the end, Christmas Eve is no time to be alone, and these people are more alone than most.
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gay life in 1971
I wish we knew more about Mervyn Nelson, the writer and director of this one... apparently he wrote a ground-breaking production on jazz around 1950, and anot
March 02, 2017
The Epidemic of
Gay LonelinessBy Michael Hobbes
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“I used to get so thrilled when the meth was all gone.”
This is my buddy Jeremy.
“When you hold it,” he says, “you have to keep using it. When it’s gone, it’s like, ‘Oh good, I can go back to my life now.’ I would remain up all weekend and go to these sex parties and then experience like shit until Wednesday. About two years ago I switched to cocaine because I could work the next day.”
Jeremy is telling me this from a hospital bed, six stories above Seattle. He won’t tell me the exact circumstances of the overdose, only that a stranger called an ambulance and he woke up here.
Jeremy is not the confidant I was expecting to have this conversation with. Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea he used anything heavier than martinis. He is trim, intelligent, gluten-free, the courteous of guy who wears a operate shirt no matter what day of the week it is. The first time we met, three years ago, he asked me if I knew a good place to do CrossFit. Today, when I ask him how the hospital’s been so far, the first thing he says is that there’s no Wi-F
Why Friendships Among Men Are So Important
When we got married, my husband had a “bachelor party” that consisted of five guys going out to dinner together. There was no heavy drinking or roasting the groom or naked women jumping out of a cake. Just guys sitting around talking about life.
This community has been conference regularly ever since, taking turns hosting brunch so they can chat for hours, sharing the joys and struggles of their lives. They call themselves the “Men of Merit” or “MOMs”—and they have been there for each other, through dense and thin, for over 30 years now.
Having an intimate group of friends like that seems to be a rare thing for men these days. In fact, according to a recent American Survey inform, men have fewer social ties overall than they used to, with only 27% of men in 2021 saying they had at least six adjacent friends compared to 55% in 1990. This suggests men may be suffering a “friendship recession” that is likely affecting their health and happiness.
The reasons for this are complex. But it’s worth it for men to forge friendships with other men. Analyze suggests that having men friends in early adulthood is important to men and can aid buffer t
How Do I Help My Gay Friend?
by D’Ann Davis
“How do I help my gay friend?” This is a question we catch constantly in the Living Hope office, when out speaking at events, or from friends and church members from around the world. Twenty years ago few Christians asked this question, for few knew any same gender attracted people, or if they did know them, they were ignorant to their friend’s struggles. Today almost everyone knows of someone who identifies as lgbtq+ or deals with a measure of same gender attractions. Even if a Christian finds himself in a season of animation where he does not personally know of a same gender attracted (SGA) person in his sphere of influence, this ask is of utmost importance in light of the change of our society and the growing willingness of Christians dealing with SGA to openly chat about their issues. So how does one aid a gay-identified friend or SGA friend?
The first response I typically give to this question is actually another question. “Does your friend know Jesus?” This is a vital first question any believer must tackle before attempting to help a friend deal with her sexual attractions. This is because there are two different rou
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