1,000 Subscribers! Highlights Of My Very Gay Substack.

Hello, beautiful reader!

I’ve just passed 1,000 subscribers on Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality Substack!

A big thank you to the guys who have been with me since the 2000s while facilitating TRIBE, a Gay Men’s Discussion Group in the West Hollywood Library, and the guys who stayed with me through my Evoco Naked Yoga and life coaching days, and all the people, who have found me here on Substack.

It’s a privilege to be in your inbox.

I have always wanted to give back to the gay men’s community that has given so much to me: a sense of belonging, love, and comradery, not to mention the gravitational forces that keep us all coming back, sex, and passion.

Giving back through my shared experience is what Going Deep is all about.

Here are some highlights of past articles:

I’ve organized my recent posts into three categories:

• Sex Ed: Advice For Dudes Who Have Sex With Dudes

• Culture & Community

• Aging: Getting Gay Old

And if you want to see all the explicit stuff in one place, check out:

• The Sensitive Slut

Here are some of my favorites:

• Advice for Hot Guys
  Hot guys have different challenges. Here’s some advice when you’re attacked for your hotness.

• A Lament for the Good Old Gays
  On missing the closed physical spaces where gay men once gathered.

• When Dancing Gets Old
  On the transformation of a dancefloor gay whose feet are getting tired.

• The Disorienting Quiet of a Post-AIDS Reality
  The noise of AIDS ended, and nobody told me.

• Brotherhood is Earned
  How belonging has its own responsibilities.

• Feeling Sexy and Socially Homeless
  A lament for all the old spaces that are no longer available for gay men.

• From Two Worlds to None
  When the necessary wall between the gay world and straight worlds collapsed, so did a part of my identity.

• Battlefield Awareness: Finding Focus in Sexual Playgrounds
  How to hunt and close the deal in public sex venues.

• Jealously And Sluts
  No matter how “open” you are, jealousy is gonna happen. Here’s how to face it.

• Finding Meaning With Your Pants Down
  With so many sexual choices, it’s important to choose options that edify your spirit as much as your hormones.

• Pool Party: Contempt & Love
  The true angst of gay pool party culture.

• “Have Sex with Me, or You’re an Asshole.”
  Boundaries and personal responsibility are your only protection from manipulative users who abuse the empathy of “nice” guys.

• Integrity is NOT what they tell you it is
  Being true to yourself is integrity. Occasionally, bowing to the dominant culture is not.

If I can get 100 subscribers, I’ll get one of those cool Substack checkmarks you can’t buy. All of my posts are still free, but it would still be awesome to have my own little checkmark to show all the other Substackers that readers value my work.

Please consider subscribing for the cost of one paperback book, $30.

Thanks again for following my work,

Mike