Henry and I had connected really well — or, so I thought. He hadn't told me he was moving before it became public knowledge.

The other guys told me about the Korean spa and how those experiences helped them. This sounded like something right down my alley.

I am not interested in a new machismo, finding a new way to be a man, a new way of determining what a real man is and isn’t.

If it's not permission to read our stories that my new friend needs, and the insight is still not enough to help him feel welcome, what else does he need?

We decided to go to a nudist resort. My first trip to a nudist resort! Maybe I'd form a good, close friendship with the guy I was about to meet?

I wanted to tell my new friend not to go. I wanted to tell him to stay at our church. To stay with me. I wanted to throw my arms around him and thank him.

I am an older single guy but am thankfully anything but lonely and depressed. I am very happy and full of hope for my future!

I've written before about having never been kissed. But that doesn't mean someone's never tried to kiss me.

I went to the clinic by myself to get myself checked. I entered the clinic and had this fear that if I had contracted an STD, it would stay with me forever.

Is it really acceptable for men to cry? American culture has told me and countless other boys and young men that crying is not manly.

"We want you to help us reach LGBT people," my pastor said. "It's our belief that this is your true calling. And we want to help you."

I get into times of doubting, specifically regarding my choice of celibacy. At times, it seems ridiculous that I choose celibacy all because of my faith.

Not all guys feel comfortable hugging another guy. So, when should I hug another guy, a male friend? The answer is different for each friend!

I realized something while mowing my lawn: I was the only one pitying myself. The only person doubting my masculinity was me.

He reached for my hand and held it. It was the first time another guy had ever held my hand. His boldness caught me off-guard, and his touch sent energy rushes all over. I'd never felt this before: holding hands with another man. In public, no less.

It was an SSA guy’s dream, being close friends with ten straight guys. We had our ups and downs, but our community shared a deep intimacy.

My father's Father's Day text message sat on my phone the entire time, still waiting to be read. A message that could potentially ruin my Father's Day.

What if I did partake in male nudity in a non-sexual setting? What if I could make my nudist desires feel more normal and less of a sexual fantasy?

My nudist desires have never been entirely sexual. I've long known that it comes from a deep desire for intimacy. To be known fully as a man by other men.

After my friend started trusting me, he opened up more. And I began to wonder if he was same-sex attracted when he talked about not having a girlfriend.