I Feel Ya

STORY: The evening was warm and moonless. The only light was the odd firefly bobbing about as we three slipped into the cool waters of...

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Boston After Dark in 1975: My First Time

BAMMER47: The first time I had sex with a guy happened after, with much trepidation, I answered a personal ad in the After Dark section...

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First Times

STORY: I began having sex on a regular basis when I was really young. In fact, the first time it happened, I was only eleven. The school...

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Angels and Demons

STORY: We five were an unusual gang—“the famous five”—as we liked to call ourselves. It was comprised of me, my best friend Mark, his...

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Like a Virgin

STORY: Like most young men in America, I had gone my entire life believing I was meant to be with a woman. I had some satisfying sexual...

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My First Trip to Fire Island

STORY: 1980—I started going to Fire Island in the summer of 1980. My first time, I was invited by friends who’d rented a house on the...

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Guilty Pleasure

STORY: August 1972 - I chose this photo for a reason. It was taken one month after, at 20 years of age, I’d had my first sexual...

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Brotherly Love

STORY: 1976-1979—I moved to NYC for a position in a bank training program in October 1976 and almost immediately befriended another...

May 19, 20184 min read