Zach Stafford

She lit a cigarette and smirked, “Well, I am sure you will finish it off before I even get some.” Stomach pain.

I think we, as humans, like endings. Books have endings, TV shows end, you crave the end of a work out; you even want sex to end, at some point.

Tops still can eat at Chipotle before sex, and that is a privilege. A huge one.

KOKUMO’s new video explores the issues, the struggles and the lives of transwomen and the men they love, and shows how complicated their love can be.

Just use the number they assigned you and fill this out – be truthful, it won’t hurt, I promise.

Racism isn’t just a “thing” that happens to the non-rich, but it’s something that can and will happen to anyone, Oprah Winfrey included. Especially if you do anything that involves Tina Turner in any way, shape or form.

At thirteen I couldn’t be me in real life, so from my metaphoric closet in the hills of Tennessee, I found myself by peering through a window in that closet, a chat window at a boy named John, who I have yet to forget.

You think about them all day, look at photos you’ve snapped together, stare at their Facebook constantly, and every time your phone buzzes you hope it’s a text from them.

I know that getting older isn’t a death sentence, but rather proof of life, proof that I was here and that I fought hard enough in some way to stay alive.

Michael Cunningham, marry me. Seriously.

It’s 2 A.M. and you find yourself in front of a fast food restaurant. The world spins, your stomach growls, and your heart beats. You’re drunk and hungry.

Airports, especially American airports, are the most monitored public places around. They are stacked with security, cameras, and emergency buttons that can get you help fast for just about anything.

Tensions rose even higher, leading to the man threaten her. I grabbed my phone and inched forward, ready to call the police if it turned physical.

Even a piece of fried chicken was harmed as these Nashville residents did everything they could to tell the world: YOU ARE NOT WELCOME.

At 13 I couldn’t control my attraction to men, but I could control what shirt I was going to wear.

I began putting one leg in at a time into my recovered jeans. As I slid them up I stared blankly into my locker and noticed my bottle of Fierce cologne — a cologne only sold at Abercrombie & Fitch — had a picture of a man’s torso on it. This man’s abdominal muscles were ripped and his body was lean. He had no face and I thought that was because any one could be him or at least dream of being him.

Over the past years we have seen the rise of GPS becoming intrinsic to our digital lives. From Facebook to Foursquare to Google, the divide between cyberspace and meat-space (term for ‘real life’) seems to be becoming smaller, making dating an obvious next stop.

Is monogamy not real or are my friends just a little promiscuous? Let’s look at some data.