You can't handle the fabulous

Ugh, I went to school with Swiss twins. They were male models, Trilingual, ridiculously wealthy (they drove to school in twin Aston Martin Vanquishes), lived in a beautiful and world-renowned glamorous part of town, did extreme sports for fun, and were brilliant scholars.

Yup. If you haven't been tested, you don't "know" you have HIV, and you can't be prosecuted for willing transmission.

In some juristdictions it falls under "reckless endangerment", but others have specific "reckless transmission" laws in addition to that. See my other post. HIV criminalization laws are well-intentioned but actually increase stigma and transmission rates.

HIV criminalization laws actually aid the spread of HIV, not hinder it. It disincentivizes people to get tested and decreases the odds that they'll inform their sexual partners.

Ignorance is a problem, to be corrected by education. It is not a sin to be condemned for all eternity. And by the way, "just google it" is not actually a solution, particularly for someone going in totally blind. They don't know what parts of the things they find are accurate, and clearly it's a complicated issue…

As a human being with empathy, it would be the kind thing to do to forgive him.

I sincerely doubt you've never said anything nasty in anger. If you haven't then you should acknowledge that you are an exceptional person, and it is unrealistic to hold the entire world to that standard. He's sincerely sorry. People make mistakes and deserve to be forgiven.

I'm gay, and I was taunted by that slur and others throughout my entire childhood.

For real! I'm a gay man with a bisexual-identified phase. Coming out is a personal process for everyone. And even though it's common for young gay men to identify initially as bisexual like I did, who the fuck are you to make that call for someone else?

What a wonderful and thought-provoking essay. As a gay man, I've had to come to terms with my feelings and attitudes towards male bisexuality over the last few years, and it's always great to hear from someone with a personal experience rather than my own outsider's view.

I think you hit it on the head. Men who buy into gender roles as deeply as these guys don't form deep friendships with other men. They're not allowed to. Their only chance at deep emotional connection is with women, who reject them because they're creepy pieces of shit given human form.

Hormones, baby!

This never would have happened even five years ago. Celebrate victories as they come. It doesn't mean we stop working towards more progress, but it's ok to say "This is nice. I'm glad this happened." before "What's next?"

Well put

Bullying can include assault. "Bullying" describes the ongoing victim-perpetrator dynamic, "assault", "sexual assault", and "utterly reprehensible shitstain upon humanity" describe the individual act.

The more I learn about Iranian history, the more disgusted I am by how such a beautiful and ancient culture has been usurped by evil, power-hungry men.

It's ok to celebrate the little victories while working towards the big ones. People talk about "not getting a cookie for being meeting a basic standard of human decency", but the fact is that feminism isn't the standard. It should be, but as of right now, the default human male (and quite a few of the women) is a…

When my sister was pregnant the first time, she was happy and healthy the whole time... up until the 38 week mark.

Honest question: How? I truly don't see the difference between a white woman wearing a facial prosthetic to give her a different but still "white" nose and a black woman wearing one to giver her a different "black" nose.