Whenever my partner and I tell people we’ve been together for 20 years, the reaction is usually disbelief. And it’s followed quickly by the joke, “Wow, that’s like 140 in gay years.” This implies that gay couples are never together as long as straight couples, and that simply isn’t true.
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Whether telling us that nobody’s supposed to be here or professing absolutely not, Deborah Cox has been bringing gays to the dance floor for nearly 15 years—and she’s just getting started. Need more proof that the LGBT community holds a special place in her heart? Deborah headed across the pond earlier this summer and headlined...
The results may be pretty, but plastic surgery sure ain’t.
With a strong stomach, sturdy hands and a very sharp scalpel, plastic surgeons sculpt living flesh. Theirs is a job of beauty, of blood, of new beginnings.
And as we know, beginnings are never easy.
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As the Food and Drug Administration weighs approval of the off-label use of Truvada for HIV-negative individuals, we look at the arguments being made by those on both sides of the debate.
Dr. Lisa Sterman has been writing prescriptions for Truvada—a little blue pill that packs the punch of two...
Ugly Betty fave Michael Urie has traded in the competitive world of fashion for the even more competitive world of...speech and debate? In his new documentary Thank You For Judging, Urie introduces us to the world of high school forensics, where the outcasts of the lunchroom are suddenly the rock stars and many an actor...
When this month’s cover model, Phil Bui, decided to open a restaurant in the heart of West Hollywood, his family wasn’t exactly thrilled. After all, the software engineer, who was pulling in a six-figure salary from a defense company, knew more about computer servers than he did about food servers. “They thought I’d fail because...
As the old adage goes, life is all about the journey, not the destination. It’s true that the people we meet and the places we visit quilt the fabric of our lives, but what we take away from these encounters and experiences is what truly shapes who we are and who we become. When it comes to AIDS/LifeCycle, nothing could...
Two years ago she stunned the country music world by coming out of the closet, and Chely Wright hasn’t let up since. Today she’s working on a new song with a friend in Nashville and loving her life with wife Lauren (their one-year anniversary is this summer—congratulations!) in Manhattan. In celebration of our Pride Issue,...