Your Job is to Tell the Truth: A Conversation with Edgar Gomez about High-Risk Homosexual
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...moreThe Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2020!
...moreThere is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
...moreFor Huffington Post’s Highline magazine, Jason Fagone profiles a trauma surgeon working to make a small dent in our country’s problem with gun violence. At Catapult, Abbey Fenbert writes a funny, heartfelt essay about trying to ban books in the seventh grade.
...moreTo give blood in the United States today is like joining an elite, profoundly uncool, hyper-exclusive club.
...moreWhen I say I am not like other gay men, I mean I am not like this man. I am not loose. I don’t just let things happen. But still I want to take him in my arms and kiss him on the cheek. If I am not here to have sex, then what am I here for?
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