Gay Men Datg Gui — Oogachaga

Contents:

• CAN RELIGN AND GAY DATG EVER COEXIST?
• FILLS THE VOID FOR GAY & LBIAN DATG & RELATNSHIP ADVICE WH THE LNCH OF GLAM (GAY LOVE ADVICE MAGAZE).
• , NEW ONLE SE FOR RELATNSHIP-MD GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY, IS POISED TO CHANGE FACE OF SAME-SEX DATG
• OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999

CAN RELIGN AND GAY DATG EVER COEXIST?

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Solutn: OneGoodLove, a sort of eHarmony for the gay and lbian muny, is evolvg s matchg system.

FILLS THE VOID FOR GAY & LBIAN DATG & RELATNSHIP ADVICE WH THE LNCH OF GLAM (GAY LOVE ADVICE MAGAZE).

The se asks for preferenc mat–many of which are unique to the gay datg muny–and discreetly filters potential match. “There’s a misperceptn that olr gay upl are the only on applyg for gay marriag and civil unns.

But wh people g out earlier and earlier now, gays their twenti are on the same relatnship track as the heterosexual muny. Meanwhile, on the gay hookup s, people are takg upon themselv to intify publicly what they’re not terted .

So we’re puttg those kds of preferenc behd the veil, along wh other rmatn that’s of unique tert to the relatnship-foced gay muny.

, NEW ONLE SE FOR RELATNSHIP-MD GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY, IS POISED TO CHANGE FACE OF SAME-SEX DATG

Relign is typilly a ntroversial topic for most, but ’s an pecially ntroversial issue for gay people, bee of what relign often says about sexual orientatn. This is a signifint topic for me bee, as the owner of a succsful gay datg webse (), and as the iend of many gay men relatnships, I’ve seen firsthand how people’s relig beliefs affect their liv – and tst me, ’s not a pretty your relig beliefs say that you are sng simply bee of whom you love, n be a cshg blow to your self-teem and happs. I am not tryg to brag about my life; rather, I am tryg to spire others to jo me havg a happy life is hard for me to watch close iends and others stggle wh the issue of relign and gay datg.

I n hardly image how feels to be told your whole life that beg gay is wrong, a s and a barrier blockg your way to heaven, only to realize that you are ed gay and the object of so much misplaced hatred the world.

I rpect all religns even if I haven’t taken the time to unrstand advice to my iends and others stgglg wh gay datg and relign would be to unrstand that the Bible was wrten a vastly different time perd and is not always meant to be terpreted lerally. I hope one day the ntroversy over gay datg and relign will be a thg of the past, but until then, we need to help each other get through the of that is simply gettg the nversatn gog.

OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999

Mt a person’s relig beliefs be modified or abandoned if he or she wants to be a happy gay person? Your answer uld lead to salvatn for all your gay and lbian brothers and sisters out there.

The se was treatg me jt like a heterosexual man: All the imag beg shown to me were of women, the ntent was foced on straight datg, and there was absolutely no acknowledgment om the se that I had jt told them I was a gay a few short days of the experience, I'd had enough. I walked to the office of the Vice Print of Marketg and asked a simple qutn: "Why don't our se regnize me as a gay man? " At that pot I cid to explore gay datg s, thkg the experience would be better, but I quickly realized that I felt like I need a cigarette and a big bottle of Purell after visg them.

I started the journey by seekg gay Ph. But if I was really gog to make this happen, I would need more than a gay tt. )We want to make sure that the money that the LGBT muny spent on our se is put back to the hands of other LGBT pani and advocy groups, which is why we sell our advertisg space to gay-owned and gay-operated bs.

“Our goal is to provi an outstandg and prehensive rource for the gay and lbian datg muny that enhanc the onle datg experience. July 20, 2010, a leadg relatnship-foced datg se for the gay and lbian muny, announc the lnch of their groundbreakg onle magaze, lled oneGoodLove GLAM (Gay Love Advice Magaze).