Tag "Tragedy"

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CHILDREN OF DUST

Please forgive me, for my demons have taken free rein over my mind. It was one of those Sunday services that make me resent my conviction to stay Christian in

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Porn Star, Alex Riley’s Death At 22 Years Of Age Rocks The Adult Film Industry

Friends, fans and fellow gay adult industry insiders of Alex Riley were stunned to learn this week about the young performer’s death. The award-winning performer reportedly passed away at the

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THE TRUTHS THAT DON’T SET YOU FREE

February 4, 2014 At the back seat of the Danfo where I am ensconced between my best friends, Moyo and Ekah, I sit still. I’d wanted the window seat so

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A LOOK AT ALL THE REASONS WHY WE WON’T FORGET 2020 IN A HURRY

In the trailer of some Real Housewives of something-something, one of the women can be heard saying something about how she is so done with 2019, and that 2020 is

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IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

We met on Grindr. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime connections you make with a stranger, where everything just clicks. It was obvious right from the start that we had

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the senior liberal voice on the high court and a lifelong advocate of women’s equality, has died. She was 87. The court said she

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THE COLLEGE CHRONICLES (Episode 7)

Previously on THE COLLEGE CHRONICLES: My friend and lover, Duncan, had just died after a protracted battle with a cardiovascular disease. And it was a tragedy that hit me hard

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Would You Watch The Videos Of A Dead Porn Star?

The porn site, Queer Me Now, recently broke the news that Cuban adult film actor and body builder, Dairo Jovelar Ruiz, who went by the stage name Ridder Rivera (pictured

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‘Black Panther’ Star Chadwick Boseman Dies, Succumbs To Cancer At 43

Chadwick Boseman, who was the star of the enormously successful Marvel film Black Panther, has died of colon cancer at age 43. He kept his diagnosis and four-year struggle against

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THE COLLEGE CHRONICLES (Episode 6)

WRITER’S WORD: Okay, so far, I had put the homophobes in my lodge in their place. I had helped a friend recover from the scandal of his kito that happened