In case you somehow missed the memo, we’re celebrating a pretty big milestone here at Instinct this November—our 15th anniversary!! Yes, 15 years of gorgeous—and gay!!—cover guys, countless blind dates and some outrageous Soapbox speakers! Since it began in May 2004, the Soapbox feature quickly became a favorite for readers, and we continue to strive and bring you interesting and expressive celebs and public figures today to keep our back page fresh, fierce and often pretty funny. So to celebrate Instinct’s big 1-5, we’re republishing some of the Soapboxes you’ve told us you love best, all throughout November!

Today’s Soapbox takes up back to 2004, when writer Augusten Burroughs got real on growing up and moving out.

Another day, another trustworthy poll finds that the inevitable tide of change is in favor of love. Follow the jump for the statistics revealed in the latest poll from Pew Research with 85 percent less kumbaya sass from our fingertips...

Daylight savings time ended last weekend and the rainy season approaches. In that case, we thought a little flashback hotness might warm the somewhat gloomy mood. There’s nothing like rain, chains and hot Latin models to brighten a day, we believe. Luckily we have Juliano—the other half of our “Downpour” spread in our February 2004 issue—to provide just that…

As always, you can order fabulous Instinct back issues (including more of Juliano in February 2004) through our subscriptions link at the top of our webpage.

We got our hands all over this hottie (at least the photographs of him) back in February 2004 for a spread we called "Downpour." It's always a good idea when props are used, and this particular shoot included chains (both thick and thin) and lots and lots of water. Where there's water and svelte, pretty male models there is usually wet underwear, and Chris definitely filled that category (literally).

Does Chris bring some weather to your area?

As always, you can purchase back issues of Instinct through our online store, including Chris' issue from February 2004.