About Relationships

This is where we explore topics about all different manner of relationships.

What He Deserves

by Christine Garvin May 9, 2012
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Sometimes if we really love someone, we have to let them go.

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Your Stories: Heartbreak

by Carlo Alcos May 1, 2012
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Ah, heartbreak. That bottomless well of inspiration for some of the best works of art in the history of (wo)mankind.

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50 Things to NOT to Say to Your Friend Who’s Just Been Dumped

by Carlo Alcos April 17, 2012
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Sure. You may mean well. But maybe it’s best to just keep it to yourself.

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The Feeling in My Chest

by Christine Garvin April 10, 2012
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Most of us experience more than a few heartbreaks in our lifetime.

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April’s Topic: Heartbreak

by Carlo Alcos April 1, 2012
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Who doesn’t have a story to tell about heartbreak?

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Your stories: On same-sex relationships

by Carlo Alcos January 31, 2012
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“I’m still not sure whether I was blessed or cursed to have grown up in a big gay city.”

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Queensland Closing “Gay Panic” Loophole

by Christine Garvin January 28, 2012

Good news from Australia via Change.org: The Queensland government has committed to closing the “gay panic” loophole used to defend murder. The changes will hopefully all but relegate the “gay panic” defense to the history books by making the defense invalid unless there are “exceptional circumstances”. It’s an extraordinary victory — for Father Kelly, and [...]

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Remembering David Kato, the first openly gay man in Uganda

by Carlo Alcos January 26, 2012

Exactly one year ago, David Kato was bludgeoned to death in his home. In 1992, David Kato left Uganda for South Africa. There he found gay bars; he was welcomed, he became part of the gay Christian community; he went to church. In 1998 he returned to Uganda to “liberate our people.” He was arrested [...]

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Is Being Gay a Choice?

by Carlo Alcos January 25, 2012
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“I’ve been straight and I’ve been gay, and gay is better,” says Sex and the City star, Cynthia Nixon.

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140 Years of Afro-American Male Couples

by Christine Garvin January 17, 2012

Possibly the most under-represented and consistently devalued group in American society is black gay males. That’s part of what makes this photo essay at ColorLines.com so stunning and rare: Historically, the Afro American gay male and couple has largely been defined by everyone but themselves. Afro American gay men are ignored into nonexistence in parts [...]

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