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Pro Bottoms Offer Their Best Tips for Your Butthole
We reached out to some of the industry’s most talented asses for their tips on taking your anal talents to impressive new heights.

HIV Self-Testing Improves Care Among Queer Men
Cedric Bien-Gund, M.D., explains how at-home HIV self-testing, while improving options for gay and bisexual men, also makes it more likely they’ll be connected to care and preventative services.
Going Viral: Queer Artist Leo Herrera on Social Media
How one visual artist works around social-media censorship to start vital conversations about the human experience, queerness, anti-racism, and our responsibilities to each other.

The Murders That Haunted Toronto’s Gayborhood for the Past Decade—And a Chat With the Journalist Who Covered Them
Justin Ling’s ‘Missing From the Village’ is the deep-dive book version of his years-long investigation into why the police failed to connect dots—until they finally did.

When It Comes to Gays Partying Maskless, Does Shaming Serve a Purpose?
Public health experts say it only makes things worse, but it can still feel necessary.
Joseph Sonnabend, Brilliant Early AIDS Doctor, Would Treat Patients for Free
The amfAR and ACRIA cofounder, a hero in 1980s and ’90s New York City, died in London on Jan. 24 at age 88.

What’s the Legal Forecast on HIV and LGBTQ Issues Now That Biden Has the Senate?
A new report shows the extent to which Trump filled court seats with judges holding anti-LGBTQ records. How fast can Biden offset that?

Ruth Coker Burks on Her Five-Hankie Memoir of Caring for and Loving Gay Men With AIDS in 1980s and ’90s Arkansas
‘All the Young Men’ is an extraordinary account of Burks’ one-woman ministry amid stunning homophobia, ignorance, and cruelty.

New York State HIV and Health Providers Are Terrified of This Impending Cut From Gov. Cuomo’s Office
Activists and health care providers say that planned cuts in the Medicaid 340B program will decimate their funding for crucial services to vulnerable populations during COVID—and destroy the state’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic.

The Myth of the Loose Butthole
Don’t let fear of a loose hole keep you from experiencing the salacious splendors of butt stuff, if you’re inclined to try. Just be kind to yourself and listen to your body.