Alan Ryland
100 Thoughts I Had Playing Pokemon Yellow Again As A Grownup
OH MY GOD PIKACHU IS WALKING BEHIND ME! THIS BRINGS ME BACK!
Read This If You’re Wondering Whether You Can Find True Friendship Online
The tools we have at our disposal are just as capable of strengthening our capacities for social interaction as they are at isolating us.
Learning To Accept Myself On National Coming Out Day
Don’t believe that we are equal, because we are not. The war is not over. Far from it.
This Is What It’s Really Like To Work In Customer Service
“Do you have any dinosaur erotica?” and other awesomely bizarre requests one has to field when the customer is always right.
31 Scary Movies That Will Definitely Get Under Your Skin
BLACK CHRISTMAS: Suitable for any time of the year if you ask me; but what can you expect from perhaps the finest slasher ever made?
Another Day, Another Mass Shooting in America
That’s a very bitter pill to swallow, or it would be, had it not long ago lost its power to induce sobering thoughts.
Every Train Within The New York City Subway System, Explained
The B train seems an innocuous creature until it takes you on a hellish joyride…
Surviving is Difficult: A Gay Man’s Experience with Domestic Violence
“I have done it again.
The Invisible Statistic: How My Grandmother Became A Victim of Elder Abuse
For a time, I was enraged at an extended family that knew perfectly well what was going on, but chose to look the other way, because it’s easier to ignore the elephant in the room, even when it’s practically stamping on your head.
Healing is Difficult: A Gay Man’s Experience With Domestic Violence
The first time he slapped me across the face, it seemed almost reasonable.
Snapshots Of My Single Mom
“I know it’s not true,” you say, “but sometimes I think no one really loves anybody.”
This Is What It’s Like To Be ‘Gay Like Me’
As a gay male, I don’t have the right to male privilege. Male privilege is straight male privilege.