Coarse stubble can feel like sandpaper on his hole, so burying your prickly face in his ass might not be much fun for him. And because we know most gay men are already adept at being and eating assholes, this time around, I’d like to help my straight brethren out. Think of it as the first time you ate ice cream and it dripped everywhere but that only made you want to lick it harder and faster. PrEP (PRE-exposure prophylaxis): The pill Truvada (one of the pills in PEP, actually), is a highly effective treatment in the prevention of getting HIV.

For the column’s inaugural entry, I thought it wise to choose a subject applicable to our current circumstance. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. When I came out, something I noticed straight out of the closet was the lack of legitimate sexual resources for queer people. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

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Just butts – precisely because we’ve been avoiding it as the thing that supposedly sets gay men apart when, in truth, it’s apparently one thing upon which we can all agree. After watching burly men eat each other’s hairy butts out in porn, I started practising it with consenting partners. If your anus is too tightly contracted when you are first penetrated, you’ll run the risk of tearing skin or damaging your sphincter.

That is a more important skill that will lead to more pleasure than being able to take the biggest toy ever and going for marathon anal play sessions. Proper education and experience, along with choosing a top who understands the ins and outs of sex (no pun intended), are key. While it might sound like something everyone does, can you say you’ve never just hung out after a workout? But shaving your butt isn't just a time-consuming act in support of unrealistic male beauty standards (although surely, that should be enough to make us think twice about it). Here’s something I wish I never learned today: some straight men don’t wipe their asses because they think it’s gay.