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Author: David Toussaint

Front Cover Opinion 

How social media revived the bitchy queen stereotype

March 6, 2023March 7, 2023 David Toussaint 5 min read

The ‘bitchy queen’ is back. This homophobic and scathing but self-loathing stereotype has risen from the dead thanks to cancel

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Opinion 

Gay men and the eternal search for the next better thing

February 6, 2023March 6, 2023 David Toussaint 6 min read

When it comes to picking a partner, are gay men too superficial or too picky? With Valentine’s Day around the

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Opinion 

This New Year, I’m taking the media out of the social

January 3, 2023February 6, 2023 David Toussaint 9 min read

Social media has all but killed gay social life. You may disagree, but if you’re over 40 you’ll want to

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Opinion 

Here’s what happened for older gay men in 2022

December 5, 2022January 3, 2023 David Toussaint 8 min read

Looking back on all that happened in the wider culture in 2022, where did things land for gay men of

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Opinion 

My hot take on the gay male beauty myth

November 6, 2022December 5, 2022 David Toussaint 9 min read

This morning started out not much different from the other days of my adult life. I woke up, greeted my

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Opinion 

What’s up with sex for gay men over forty?

October 4, 2022November 7, 2022 David Toussaint 8 min read

With more apps, and more awareness than ever before, dating for gay men has not exactly evolved. With all the

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Opinion 

Is Uncoupled unwatchable? It’s complicated…

September 2, 2022September 6, 2022 David Toussaint 4 min read

If you’ve read any of my previous work, you probably know that I’ve been pretty much screaming from the rooftops

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Opinion 

When did gays stop having fun?

August 1, 2022September 6, 2022 David Toussaint 6 min read

If you’ve watched the new Queer As Folk, the third incarnation of the uber-gay TV series, you know there’s a

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Opinion 

The gay male abandonment issue—mine, that is

July 5, 2022August 1, 2022 David Toussaint 11 min read

The mental and emotional issues gay men deal with go beyond homophobia. Here’s one. I’ve never forgotten the time I

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two men holding hands against a Pride flag
Opinion Pride 

Pride in the name of less love

June 1, 2022July 5, 2022 David Toussaint 10 min read

Pride season is here and the question has shifted from Do we need Pride to something far more serious. It

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Opinion 

How I learned to live by understanding death

May 4, 2022June 1, 2022 David Toussaint 7 min read

I’ve been encircled by death since I was five years old. That’s the age I was when my father killed

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male nudity
Opinion 

Why the penis is going mainstream

April 4, 2022May 4, 2022 David Toussaint 6 min read

Male nudity is everywhere these days, and here’s why it’s a good thing. Many moons ago, in what now feels

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Opinion 

Why do people still freak out about the sex lives of gay guys?

March 1, 2022April 4, 2022 David Toussaint 9 min read

I was labeled a sexual threat at the age of five. Nothing’s changed. (Warning, the following article contains graphic gay-sex

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Oscars
Entertainment Opinion 

Are the Oscars becoming irrelevant?

February 2, 2022April 14, 2022 David Toussaint 9 min read

With the Academy Award nominations having been announced, and the usual snubs and surprises are being dissected, are awards for

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And Just Like That...
Entertainment Opinion Television 

And just like that, ‘Sex and the City’ woke itself up

January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 David Toussaint 11 min read

My take on the latest Sex and the City reboot. Among the list of things I’ve not had a particular

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Opinion 

I shouldn’t hate saying my age, I shouldn’t have to say it at all

November 3, 2021December 1, 2021 David Toussaint 6 min read

If age is just a number why do we have to tell everybody what it is? Who really needs to

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Opinion 

I’m gay, single, over 50, and have lots of sex…

October 8, 2021November 3, 2021 David Toussaint 9 min read

…If that’s an issue, you might have a problem. I don’t know if it was The Boys in the Band,

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Opinion 

I ignored the younger generation…then I met the Millennials next door

September 2, 2021October 8, 2021 David Toussaint 8 min read

How a chance encounter with my much-younger gay neighbors helped me bridge the gay generation gap. The first time I

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Opinion 

Does getting older as a gay man have to be terrifying?

August 2, 2021September 2, 2021 David Toussaint 7 min read

For queer men of a certain age, marriage and kids were out of reach and many face aging alone. But

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Opinion 

Unlike Cher, I don’t want to turn back time

July 1, 2021August 2, 2021 David Toussaint 7 min read

My thoughts on the joys of aging, and the illusion that things were always better when we were young. After

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