Sex columnist Dan Savage recently completed a college tour, accepting questions in person, as well as on 3×5 index cards to answer on his weekly column. He traveled to University of Lethbridge, State University of New York–Albany, University of Maryland, and University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Wait, SUNY Albany?
I love Dan Savage, but you need have a reach school in there somewhere. Dear Dan, stack up on extra-curriculars, run for class office, and take that SAT prep course. We’ll see you at Binghamton in no time.
For now, here’s a great (and PG rated) example of the lovely Dan Savage at his best:
When did you first realize you were LGBTQ, and how did people react to that? Did you struggle to find support?
I didn’t realize I was L, B, T, and Q until I arrived in Albany. And I’m not sure how friends and family are going to react to my recently discovered lesbianism, bisexuality, impending transition, and questioning status—question: now that I’m LGB and T, what outstanding Qs could there be?—but I expect they will be supportive. Just as confused as I am, but nevertheless supportive.
Rogen, who’s lost a significant amount of weight for his role in The Green Hornet, would be only the 9th guy to be featured on Playboy’s cover. Playboy won’t yet confirm or deny the rumors.
Meredith Chivers, a psychology professor and sexual research writer, organized a study in which male and female subjects viewed pornography consisting of various men/women combinations, while their arousal levels were measured by instruments, as well as through a keypad which they used to rate what they liked.
This piece in the NY Times Magazine offers insight into the female sexuality, and how it is a bit more complicated than many believe, often showing conflict or complete disparity between what women say arouses them and what objectively arouses them:
No matter what their self-proclaimed sexual orientation, [the women] showed, on the whole, strong and swift genital arousal when the screen offered men with men, women with women and women with men. They responded objectively much more to the exercising woman than to the strolling man, and their blood flow rose quickly — and markedly, though to a lesser degree than during all the human scenes except the footage of the ambling, strapping man — as they watched the apes. And with the women, especially the straight women, mind and genitals seemed scarcely to belong to the same person.
Pinups is a New York-based gay ‘zine that features photography centerfolds of different men every issue. The pages pull out to form a large life size poster.
Queerty interviewed Christopher Shulz, the photographer who began Pinups, about the history of the magazine and the unique format. The beginnings sound a lot like the early days of Q Mag (i.e. Xerox printing, no money, and stapling issues together).
SCHULZ: When I started, I knew nothing about printing or how to lay out the pages. It took me a year to experiment with the format and contact printers before I put out the first issue. Originally I intended on printing it on newsprint and have it come apart much like a newspaper. I got nowhere with printers, and was so frustrated that I hit a point where I realized that if I don’t print it the old fashion “‘zine” way (Xerox) then it would never happen. The first year I printed the magazines using a Xerox printer. The magazine is now printed on an offset press.
Pinups Issue #8 has its official launch on Sat, Jan. 24 at Printed Matter, NYC from 5-7pm with an after party at Nowhere Bar, NYC at 10pm.
Q Mag is a student-run queer magazine at Binghamton University. In its third year of publication, Q offers a unique style and focus, representing LGBT voices throughout BU's campus, the city of Binghamton, and beyond.
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