My Best Friend Ghosted Me After a Failed Threesome 👻

“One day when Taylor and I had met up with some mutual friends, we took a selfie together and she sent it to Andy. He responded with an eggplant emoji followed by one word: ‘threesome.’ When she showed me his response, I was appalled. I thought it was disrespectful for him to suggest such a thing with his girlfriend, but Taylor didn’t seem upset. In fact, she was amused and said it was all in jest.”

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I’m a Queer Man Who’s Scared of Teens. Now I’m Starting a Book Club For Them. 📕

“I have the opportunity to impart something on to them. I can educate and support. You could argue that the young people in this new book club will be LGBTQ+, so why should I be scared of them abusing me for my sexuality? But I can’t stress enough how anxious any teen makes me; it’s just so deeply ingrained.”

My Mother Passed Along Her Body Anxieties Like a Family Curse 🪞

“After one too many glasses of wine, my mother turned to me and said, ‘You know, don’t take this the wrong way, but aren’t you worried?’ It wasn’t immediately clear to me what I should be worried about. She clarified: ‘You’ve gained quite a lot of weight. Aren’t you worried that he’ll leave you? There is a beauty standard; don’t you think you need to fit it?’”

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