Tips for Gay Dating and Gay Hookups

Coming out of the closet – it’s something many gay men eventually decide to do these days and with good reason. When you’re out of the closet, you’re free to live life as the truest version of yourself. You get to share your love life with other people to the same extent heterosexual people have always been able to do and it’s a feeling that’s well worth pursuing.

However, there’s a fine art to making sure something so important goes down the way you want it to. As most out-and-proud gay men will tell you, there are always at least a couple of things they wish they’d known or considered before the cat was out of the bag. The following are a few examples to keep in mind as you prepare to make your own big

If you’re currently mourning the disappearance of Craigslist’s personals section from your love life, you’re in good company. Millions of people just like you loved the way it was an absolutely awesome place to find simple, convenient, no-strings-attached sex whenever they were in the mood. This was especially the case for gay men, as it took a lot of the guesswork out of the process of finding a good hook-up candidate in the first place.

The shutdown happened back in March of this year as a response to the passing of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. However, while the act was primarily meant to protect children from the possibilities of online sex trafficking, it couldn’t help but affect the grown, consenting adults that had come to count on Craigslist’s personals. According to Craigslist, there’s just too much

Whether you’re a dyed-in-the-wool, lifelong top or prefer to switch hit according to your whims, you naturally don’t need to be told what’s awesome about being in your position when it’s time to get down and dirty. However, it’s important not to assume that bottoms by nature are going to be into anything you do just by nature of being bottoms. There’s definitely an art to being a really good top and it’s something you’ll want to master at some point.

Here we’ll go over some of the most important things to keep in mind when it’s your turn to be the top in bed. We’ll cover some of the things die-hard bottoms out there wish tops understood as well. You’ll be bringing your A-game in

Even if you’re happily single and love playing the field, dating can still be a pretty frustrating experience. For every great guy you’re happy to have met, there seem to be twenty that turn out to have been complete wastes of your time and energy. At times, the sheer frustration of it all is almost enough to make you want to throw in the towel altogether.

Don’t swear off men altogether just yet though. It’s more than possible to spot a guy that’s not worth getting involved with before your relationship goes on too long and you find yourself emotionally invested. You just have to know what the red flags look like. Do you find yourself excusing the same bad behaviors over and over again? Do any of the following sound familiar or remind you of your own Mr. Wrong?

It’s not just straight people that believe all those long-standing myths about gay or bisexual men. Lots of gay men are guilty of buying into some of the same misconceptions about other gay men. In fact, if a gay man is young enough to still be figuring things out as far as what it does and doesn’t mean to be gay, he may even believe certain myths in regards to himself.

The following are just a few of the most persistent falsehoods people still believe about young gay men, especially those that are living the college life. Whether you’re a young gay male in college yourself or simply remember the time when you were, the chances are pretty good that you’ve heard at least a couple of them. Do any of the following ring a bell?

1. All gay men are flamboyant and