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Nov 4

Patrick Stewart, and Who Gets To Decide If Gay Men Are Real Men?

In ‘Measure of a Man’, Picard’s defense of Data speaks to the indignity of having to prove we count

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Oct 27

What a Scene From Designing Women Taught Me About Gay ‘Church’

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, and everyone knew the words but me

What a Scene From Designing Women Taught Me About Gay ‘Church’

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Oct 15

Coming Out As Gay After 50: Not Everything Needs To Be Figured Out

Coming out doesn’t come with a deadline for deciding what comes next

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Oct 19

What Growing Up Gay In the Closet Took From Us

We learned to hide before we had a chance to know ourselves

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1d ago

Leaving Ellensburg: How A Scared Little Boy Became A Free Gay Man

What I carried away from a troubled childhood and what I finally learned to leave behind.

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3d ago

How To Spot a Self-Hating Gay a Mile Away

Hypermasculinity and ‘I’m not gay, bro!’ culture

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5d ago

The AI Wave Is Coming And We Can Learn To Surf With It

What earlier changes can teach us about finding our place in the next one

The AI Wave Is Coming And We Can Learn To Surf With It

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6d ago

The Blue Tsunami, Gay Hope, and a Reminder from Mama RuPaul

We may have won the power but it’s all about the follow through

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Nov 6

What Dying Has Taught Me

The lessons I learned as a hospice volunteer

What Dying Has Taught Me

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Nov 3

What Did We Give Up When We Donned the Gay-Respectability Straightjacket?

Did we trade our uniqueness for a seat at the heteronormative table?

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Kayne Young

Kayne Young

Coach for gay people 50+ exploring identity, retirement, belonging, and boundaries. Founder of Inner Path Coaching. Philosophy for a life that feels your own.

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