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• 'WHAT DO I DO WH THAT?': GAY MEN TOUCH VAGA FOR FIRST TIME
• DO I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY TYLER FORDAUGT 13, 2015/2:57 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}COL GRAYBY TYLER FORDAUGT 13, 2015 / 2:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-13T18:57:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-13T18:57:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"TYLER FORD","KEYWORDS":"DATG & SEX","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY NAME IS TYLER FORD, AND I’M A QUEER, TRANSGENR WRER AND ADVOTE. EVER SCE I ME OUT AS TRANS ON NATNAL TELEVISN ON “THE GLEE PROJECT” THREE YEARS AGO, I’VE RECEIVED TONS OF QUTNS AND LLS FOR ADVICE ABOUT BEG LGBTQA (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, QUTNG, ASEXUAL)-INTIFIED, AND ABOUT LIFE GENERAL. I’VE RVED OUT A SPACE HERE TO SHARE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WH YOU, AND TO DISCS ANY FEARS, FEELGS AND CURSI YOU MAY NOT FEEL FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT WH ANYONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO LET'S GET STARTED WH THE QUTNS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT JUDGG, BUT I NEED TO KNOW: DO YOU HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHG. PERSONAL RMATN ABOUT MY BODY IS NOT GOG TO TELL YOU ANYTHG ABOUT ME, MY GENR OR WHO I AM AS A PERSON. IT IS NOT GOG TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE UPON FDG OUT; FACT, THIS RMATN IS NOT RELEVANT TO YOUR LIFE AT ALL. SO: WHY ARE YOU ASKG? WOULD YOU ASK THIS QUTN TO A STRANGER ON THE STREET? HOW ABOUT YOUR BOSS OR YOUR TEACHER? WOULD YOU ASK YOUR GRANDMOTHER WHAT HER GENALS LOOK LIKE? NO. IT’S APPROPRIATE AND VASIVE. WHY, THEN, DO YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE TO ASK ME? I WOULD LIKE YOU TO S WH THIS QUTN FOR A MOMENT. WHY DO YOU FEEL I OWE YOU THE TIMATE TAILS OF MY ANATOMY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WILL MY GENALS TELL YOU ABOUT ME? GENALS DO NOT TERME GENR. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BOTH TT AND VAGAS. SOME WOMEN HAVE PENIS. SOME MEN HAVE VAGAS. SOME PEOPLE (LIKE MYSELF), REGARDLS OF GENALIA, DO NOT INTIFY WH A GENR AT ALL. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYP OF BODI OUT THERE, AND NONE OF THEM ARE EXCLIVE TO ONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEX IS NOT BARY, AND THE NSTCTN OF SEX AS A BARY ERAS AND STIGMATIZ TERSEX PEOPLE. HEALTHY TERSEX PEOPLE ARE OFTEN FORCED TO UNRGO PLETELY UNNECSARY SURGERY (OFTEN AT FANCY, SOMETIM RETURNG FOR SEVERAL SURGERI AS CHILDREN AND TEENS) SO THAT THEIR GENALS WILL F MORE NEATLY TO ONE TEGORY: PENIS OR VAGA. IT SHOULDN’T BE UP TO A DOCTOR OR EVEN TO AN FANT’S PARENTS TO CI TO SURGILLY ALTER A BODY THAT IS NOT THEIR OWN JT SO THAT ALIGNS WH SOCIETY’S FN OF “ACCEPTABLE” GENALIA. IF ONE 2000 PEOPLE ARE BORN TERSEX*, WHY DO WE SIST ON NTUG TO UPHOLD THE NSTCT OF SEX AS A BARY? WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH ANXIETY ABOUT SEX AND GENALIA FTG TO BLACK AND WHE TEGORI WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT F TO THE TEGORI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-FE AND LABEL OUR OWN BODI AND GENALIA. THE TERMS A DOCTOR WOULD E TO SCRIBE MY GENALIA OR SENDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME TERMS I PERSONALLY E FOR MYSELF. FOR EXAMPLE, I TYPILLY LL MY CHT JT THAT -- MY CHT. SOMETIM WHEN I’M A CUTE TOP AND AM FEEL’ MYSELF A LA BEYONCé AND NICKI MAJ, I’LL REFERENCE MY CHT G THE WORD “T-TS.” THE SAME GO FOR MY GENALIA. IT’S ABOUT FORT AND OWNERSHIP OF MY BODY. I’M NOT FORTABLE WH OTHER PEOPLE LABELG MY BODY ON THEIR OWN TERMS. WHEN I’M SEXUALLY TIMATE WH SOMEONE, I ALWAYS IATE A NVERSATN ABOUT WHAT WORDS EACH OF TO SCRIBE OUR BODI, AND WHAT WE ARE FORTABLE WH. SO, WHEN YOU ASK IF I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA, MY IA OF WHAT NSTUT EHER OF THOSE PARTS IS GOG TO BE DIFFERENT OM YOURS. WHAT YOU LL A CLORIS, SOMEONE ELSE LLS A PENIS, BUT THAT PERSON DO NOT OWE YOU AN ANSWER WHEN YOU ASK WHAT GENALIA THEY HAVE, NOR AN EXPLANATN AS TO WHY THEY LABEL ANY PARTICULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM AN AGENR PERSON. I HAVE A BODY, AND THAT BODY DO NOT SPEAK ANYTHG TO MY GENR, MY PERSONHOOD, MY PERSONALY, MY AMBNS, OR MY CHARACTER. MY BODY IS MY BS AND NO ONE ELSE’S. BUT IF YOU’D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW ME, YOU N START WH, “HI, HOW’S YOUR DAY GOG?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*STATISTICS OM INTER/ACT. NOTE: I AM NOT TERSEX AND NNOT SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF AN TERSEX PERSON. FOR MORE RMATN ON TERSEX PEOPLE AND TERSEX ADVOCY, VIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS YOU FOR TSTG ME WH YOUR QUTNS! IF YOU HAVE QUTNS OR NEED ADVICE, SEND YOUR NCERNS TO ME VIA TWTER AND INSTAGRAM @TYWRENT. TAG YOUR QUTNS WH #HEYTYLER! FOR LONGER OR MORE PRIVATE QUTNS AND NCERNS, YOU N MSAGE ME AT . YOUR QUTNS WILL BE POSTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}DATG & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN GAY MEN DRAW VAGAS
• GAY MEN TOUCHG VAGAS IS NOT PROGRS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS

'WHAT DO I DO WH THAT?': GAY MEN TOUCH VAGA FOR FIRST TIME

A group of gay men who have never touched a vaga before do so on mera and are surprised by the experience. Bee I've been wrg this lumn for several years, and get to talk to lots of amazg people, my iends, mostly the straight on, like to quiz me about who's gay, who's not, and who's the fishg expedn is mostly generatnal, sce 's mostly my ntemporari who quire about the sexualy of celebri and policians.

Those of who are LGBTQ+ and over 50, still look on wh low-level shock when someone we know announc they are straight people this mographic, beg gay, or beg the closet is still somethg that they sensatnalize.

He's often acced of gay- bag, but if he were to e out tomorrow and say he was a relatnship wh a man, most young people would simply ngratulate him.

DO I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY TYLER FORDAUGT 13, 2015/2:57 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}COL GRAYBY TYLER FORDAUGT 13, 2015 / 2:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-13T18:57:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-13T18:57:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"TYLER FORD","KEYWORDS":"DATG & SEX","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY NAME IS TYLER FORD, AND I’M A QUEER, TRANSGENR WRER AND ADVOTE. EVER SCE I ME OUT AS TRANS ON NATNAL TELEVISN ON “THE GLEE PROJECT” THREE YEARS AGO, I’VE RECEIVED TONS OF QUTNS AND LLS FOR ADVICE ABOUT BEG LGBTQA (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, QUTNG, ASEXUAL)-INTIFIED, AND ABOUT LIFE GENERAL. I’VE RVED OUT A SPACE HERE TO SHARE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WH YOU, AND TO DISCS ANY FEARS, FEELGS AND CURSI YOU MAY NOT FEEL FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT WH ANYONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO LET'S GET STARTED WH THE QUTNS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT JUDGG, BUT I NEED TO KNOW: DO YOU HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHG. PERSONAL RMATN ABOUT MY BODY IS NOT GOG TO TELL YOU ANYTHG ABOUT ME, MY GENR OR WHO I AM AS A PERSON. IT IS NOT GOG TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE UPON FDG OUT; FACT, THIS RMATN IS NOT RELEVANT TO YOUR LIFE AT ALL. SO: WHY ARE YOU ASKG? WOULD YOU ASK THIS QUTN TO A STRANGER ON THE STREET? HOW ABOUT YOUR BOSS OR YOUR TEACHER? WOULD YOU ASK YOUR GRANDMOTHER WHAT HER GENALS LOOK LIKE? NO. IT’S APPROPRIATE AND VASIVE. WHY, THEN, DO YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE TO ASK ME? I WOULD LIKE YOU TO S WH THIS QUTN FOR A MOMENT. WHY DO YOU FEEL I OWE YOU THE TIMATE TAILS OF MY ANATOMY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WILL MY GENALS TELL YOU ABOUT ME? GENALS DO NOT TERME GENR. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BOTH TT AND VAGAS. SOME WOMEN HAVE PENIS. SOME MEN HAVE VAGAS. SOME PEOPLE (LIKE MYSELF), REGARDLS OF GENALIA, DO NOT INTIFY WH A GENR AT ALL. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYP OF BODI OUT THERE, AND NONE OF THEM ARE EXCLIVE TO ONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEX IS NOT BARY, AND THE NSTCTN OF SEX AS A BARY ERAS AND STIGMATIZ TERSEX PEOPLE. HEALTHY TERSEX PEOPLE ARE OFTEN FORCED TO UNRGO PLETELY UNNECSARY SURGERY (OFTEN AT FANCY, SOMETIM RETURNG FOR SEVERAL SURGERI AS CHILDREN AND TEENS) SO THAT THEIR GENALS WILL F MORE NEATLY TO ONE TEGORY: PENIS OR VAGA. IT SHOULDN’T BE UP TO A DOCTOR OR EVEN TO AN FANT’S PARENTS TO CI TO SURGILLY ALTER A BODY THAT IS NOT THEIR OWN JT SO THAT ALIGNS WH SOCIETY’S FN OF “ACCEPTABLE” GENALIA. IF ONE 2000 PEOPLE ARE BORN TERSEX*, WHY DO WE SIST ON NTUG TO UPHOLD THE NSTCT OF SEX AS A BARY? WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH ANXIETY ABOUT SEX AND GENALIA FTG TO BLACK AND WHE TEGORI WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT F TO THE TEGORI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-FE AND LABEL OUR OWN BODI AND GENALIA. THE TERMS A DOCTOR WOULD E TO SCRIBE MY GENALIA OR SENDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME TERMS I PERSONALLY E FOR MYSELF. FOR EXAMPLE, I TYPILLY LL MY CHT JT THAT -- MY CHT. SOMETIM WHEN I’M A CUTE TOP AND AM FEEL’ MYSELF A LA BEYONCé AND NICKI MAJ, I’LL REFERENCE MY CHT G THE WORD “T-TS.” THE SAME GO FOR MY GENALIA. IT’S ABOUT FORT AND OWNERSHIP OF MY BODY. I’M NOT FORTABLE WH OTHER PEOPLE LABELG MY BODY ON THEIR OWN TERMS. WHEN I’M SEXUALLY TIMATE WH SOMEONE, I ALWAYS IATE A NVERSATN ABOUT WHAT WORDS EACH OF TO SCRIBE OUR BODI, AND WHAT WE ARE FORTABLE WH. SO, WHEN YOU ASK IF I HAVE A PENIS OR A VAGA, MY IA OF WHAT NSTUT EHER OF THOSE PARTS IS GOG TO BE DIFFERENT OM YOURS. WHAT YOU LL A CLORIS, SOMEONE ELSE LLS A PENIS, BUT THAT PERSON DO NOT OWE YOU AN ANSWER WHEN YOU ASK WHAT GENALIA THEY HAVE, NOR AN EXPLANATN AS TO WHY THEY LABEL ANY PARTICULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM AN AGENR PERSON. I HAVE A BODY, AND THAT BODY DO NOT SPEAK ANYTHG TO MY GENR, MY PERSONHOOD, MY PERSONALY, MY AMBNS, OR MY CHARACTER. MY BODY IS MY BS AND NO ONE ELSE’S. BUT IF YOU’D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW ME, YOU N START WH, “HI, HOW’S YOUR DAY GOG?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*STATISTICS OM INTER/ACT. NOTE: I AM NOT TERSEX AND NNOT SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF AN TERSEX PERSON. FOR MORE RMATN ON TERSEX PEOPLE AND TERSEX ADVOCY, VIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS YOU FOR TSTG ME WH YOUR QUTNS! IF YOU HAVE QUTNS OR NEED ADVICE, SEND YOUR NCERNS TO ME VIA TWTER AND INSTAGRAM @TYWRENT. TAG YOUR QUTNS WH #HEYTYLER! FOR LONGER OR MORE PRIVATE QUTNS AND NCERNS, YOU N MSAGE ME AT . YOUR QUTNS WILL BE POSTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}DATG & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When I worked there, I, like many, knew who was the closet maly bee we'd see them a gay bar or knew someone that had a relatnship wh them. There really were no secrets on the example, most of knew former Wisns ngrsman Steve Gunrson was gay before he was outed on the Hoe floor.

Bob Dornan joked about Gunrson on the floor of the Hoe of Reprentativ durg a bate on a bill that would have disuraged school districts om adoptg gay-iendly curricula.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN GAY MEN DRAW VAGAS

"Clearly, we were livg different and difficult tim regardg public officials beg openly gay, " Gunrson told me.

"At that time, there was no procs for g out as gay, nor were there any pretermed exampl and parameters about how to e out.

GAY MEN TOUCHG VAGAS IS NOT PROGRS

And, this year, for the first time ever, two gay men, one a Republin and one a Democrat, are nng for Congrs New York's Third Congrsnal be sure, not everyone is out.

Whether they choose to rema the closet might be for several reasons, bee they're fearful of the reactns of their nstuents, that they still thk beg gay is a srlet letter, or out of some ep seed self-loathg which sometim n pot, former Illois Republin ngrsman Aaron Schock. He was on a trajectory to be a risg star the party, when he began to unravel, all the while nyg mors that he was gay.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS

Everyone who I knew who still worked on or around the Hill knew he was gay, so when he me out, that wasn't a surprise. Translatg that to Congrs, that would allow for at least 30 queer members, which means that a very theoretil hypothis, 19 are hidg the, that brgs to what you've all been wag for, ever sce the tle of this lumn drew you -- is Senator Ldsey Graham gay? In fact, to me this whole dance around Graham's sexualy seems more like a sophmoric joke, pecially wh that unfortable "Lady G" nickname that trends on Twter every other fact that he may or may not be gay, to me, seems far ls important than the herent danger he creat his job as a bachelor senator.