Andrew Huesman, 21, of St. Paul, Minnesota

By Jeff Walsh

Many gay teens have crushes on their best friends. Some insist that if they could just manage to tell their friend "I'm gay" at the right moment, things might combust into kissing, sex and an amazing relationship. But the words rarely come, and if they do, it rarely ends up being a mutual feeling -- although we've all heard tales of such teenaged best friends-turned-lovers that make us all feel a slight tinge of envy. But they are truly the exception.

Robert Perez, 25, of San Francisco

By Jeff Walsh

"The Radical Right Has Blood On Its Hands" screams a yellow flyer emblazoned with a bloody red palm print. "They're killing us," the flyer continues on the flip side, "The Radical Right tells us that we're abnormal and forces us to live our lives locked in the closet of fear and shame."

The flyer is promoting SQUIRM! a coalition of queer youth planning to protest this month at the GOP National Convention in San Diego. The youth will speak out at a special time from the protest area outside the convention. Queer youth "action teams" will also be posted near events around town that will be attended by the GOP delegates.

Powerful new movie provides history lesson

By Jeff Walsh

A new film documents the era and events that led to riots at the Stonewall bar in New York City in 1969. "Stonewall," the movie based in part on Martin Duberman's book of the same name, tells a powerful story about drag queens who refused to be hassled by police any longer, and fought back. The riots are considered the birth of the modern day gay and lesbian rights movement.

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Crazy like a fox

I'm a generally unfuckwitted, liberal, not-too-generous, not-too-selfish, seizure-inducingly boring spod!
See how compatible you are with me!
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JB's picture

Used Dildo's For The Poor

This was originally part of my attempts to wooo Hol in her contest to win her heart. it is the expanded version of our "proposed first date"

here goes!

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This one time at band camp.... Ok so it wasn't band camp it was summer math courses at one of the local universities. one of my classmates Stated that she was working at a sexuality and health store, selling books and other such pleasure items. She, not knowing that I kissed boys invited me to visit her at work as she stated it often gets boring while she was at work. What a clever girl, ionviteing me to a porno store in hope of seduceing me with porn and sex toys.... little does She know that I am INFACT immune to porn!

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Things never done before

I did something tonight that I have never done before.

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Language was made so we could complain

ugh...its like 12 o clock...and im not tired...but i'm really bored

I'm new here so I really don't know what i'm doing...so if somebody is actually reading this just bear(did i spell that right?) with me

It sucks to be 14...and closeted at the same time. i though that is could only get better after 13...and in some ways it has, but god i wish i could come out...if only i could. Every day i have the most irresistible urge to tell my sister...she's the only one who would understand and not make fun of me...and yet she'd probly tell everyone.

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*plop*

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I wasnt made gay by anyone, it was all just pure luck?

My weekend is progressing ok ..
Had a very constructive linux user group meeting =) ..
Kind of came out to all of them..

Someone was like 'you are just a closet neo-nazi' .. and i was like 'sweeeetie.. i am not a closet ANYTHING!' .. and at some later stage we were discussing irc, and i was like.. 'yeah .. i have been an operator on #gaysa for years and years"

Also notable is that I have managed to garner quite a bit of support with the guys and generally managed to find a direction for us to head in the future.

This is one of those cases where I am taking leadership because everyone else is too non-committal and it is hurting the local linux community ..

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The Plot Twister

And here I am, again, at Oasis. I used to write a column, you may remember me as Chrisg. I wrote about my life, as I will continue to do in my column: Tales of the Pretty, Mischeivous, or just Bored. Some of the highlights of what I wrote were about my experiences with boys: Dave and Tim are perhaps the most memorable. I wrote about friends, the plays I was in, and in general teenage life. I hope you will find my column interesting still, and for the new readers, I hope you will just plain enjoy it. Thanks for reading!


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