Adam 'Beresford EXPLORES THE STORIES OF FOUR COUPLES WHO MADE THE LEAP FROM RELATIONSHIP TO FRIENDSHIP. HE STARTS WITH HIS OWN STORY Andy Gordon and Adam Beresford, both 35, London Matt Tilley, 42, Perth, Western Australia The Bad Idea Bears are, on the surface, just two adorable little teddy bears. Princeton, the main character in the [...]

Dear Attitude, I am 18 and recently plucked up the courage to tell my best friend that I'm gay. She was completely fine with it, but I'm not entirely sure how to tell some other people, who I know are homophobic. I'm going to university in September. I have never had a boyfriend or any sexual [...]

In the privacy of their own bedrooms, lesbians are watching gay male porn videos, surfing gay porn web sites and looking at gay porn magazines. This is true! When a lesbian friend first disclosed her love of gay porn to me, I thought she was a rare exception, but over the years, more and more lesbian [...]

For every female who exhibits this disorder, there are 20 males who do, so most of this discussion will revolve around men. A fetish is defined as erotic or sexual significance being projected onto some (ordinarily!) nonsexual inanimate object. Targets of fetishists' desire can include shoes, stockings, jockstraps, underwear and practically anything not typically considered to [...]

Gay men and Open Relationships Dear Attitude, I was having sex with my boyfriend one night when he drunkenly suggested getting a third party in for a threesome – and I went bananas. I’ve always made it clear that I would never, ever consider it. I know that it often splits relationships up, and I just [...]

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When we think of a “mixed marriage,” we typically imagine two individuals of different races or religions. But the mixed-orientation marriage—with one straight spouse and one who’s gay or lesbian—is just as real, though far more likely to operate underground. This long-shrouded partnership burst into public view in August 2004, when New Jersey Governor James McGreevey [...]

Do You Know Your Hospital’s Hospitality? In March, 2009, at 5:00 AM, I woke to find that Mike, my partner of 16 years, was not in bed. I heard a hard thump from upstairs, then another thump. Running to our kitchen, I found Mike on the floor, bleeding from several gashes in [...]

MISANDRY: The Other Side of Misogyny I’m sorry mama! I never meant to hurt you! I never meant to make you cry but tonight I’m cleaning out my closet. —lyrics to Eminem’s “Cleaning Out My Closet (I’m Sorry, Mama)” Eminem went where no son has publicly gone before—or is allowed [...]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary , a cuckold is “a derisive name for the husband of an unfaithful wife.” The concept of being a cuckold is that a man’s wife or girlfriend is interested in being with another man, usually because she complains of not being sexually satisfied by her husband or boyfriend. Often the [...]