“I am 36 years old. I have never known a country where men and women could be bought and sold, where newspapers run ads that say NO IRISH NEED APPLY or water fountains are labeled colored,” Rep. Joe Kennedy said in a moving speech addressing Trump's woefully inadequate, harmful response to Charlottesville.

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Singer Steve Grand — a friend of mine set to make his acting debut in Boy Culture: The Series — had granted a frank interview to Attitude, in which he talks about his dependence on alcohol 18 months after quitting.

“I woke up in my own urine in the bed of a person who I don't even think particularly likes me. But he was the only person who came up in the recent messages on my phone so was the one they called, and he took care of me,” he recalls of his lowest moment. “That was the last straw for me.”

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First, let me thank those of you who have been so kind as to pledge to Boy Culture: The Series on Kickstarter! We are at almost 200 donors, and at almost $20,000 raised! We have two full weeks left, so we're doing well, but I really need my regulars to chip in a bit. My blog is free, but this film project isn't. I'm forever grateful for even small pledges. Also, please share this link on social media or with anyone you think aspires to have a place in gay media. Thanks! Wish me luck!

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Boy Culture has been named one of the world's best 100 LGBTQ blogs. If that sounds like a lot, it is a lot, but there are many thousands out there — so I am very lucky.

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