Growing up, I was quite the sissy boy. “Hey, Nancy,” people who called my family’s house would say if I happened to pick up the phone. Nancy is my mother’s name. “No, it’s her son, Ben,” I’d respond, ...

Without realizing it, many gay men made vows when we were very young. In spiritual traditions and even psychological terms, a vow is a sacred agreement made at the soul level, often in a moment of ...

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