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ISSUE #<strong>440</strong><br />
OCTOBER <strong>16</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
COVER: FRANKIE & HALE<br />
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Sunday Services<br />
I used to go to church<br />
every Sunday.<br />
I had to, not that I minded.<br />
My mother worked as the<br />
head of music and organist<br />
at Covenant Presbyterian<br />
in West Des Moines, Iowa,<br />
so every week I went to<br />
church and listened to her<br />
play.<br />
I didn’t really believe in<br />
God, but church wasn’t<br />
about that for me. It was<br />
about my mom’s music,<br />
about getting out and<br />
doing something as a<br />
family, about community.<br />
That’s exactly what Sunday<br />
Services at Therapy<br />
reminded me I’d been<br />
missing. I haven’t been<br />
to a church service in at<br />
least seven years, but I<br />
was transported there<br />
immediately: Our host,<br />
“Sister” Jarvis, brought<br />
my boyfriend and I to our<br />
table and handed us church<br />
programs. They were just<br />
as I remembered: The front<br />
had an image of a church<br />
printed in black on blue<br />
paper, the back had the<br />
“church’s” staff/performers<br />
and the inside had our<br />
agenda. (She also gave us<br />
fans and a spare yellow<br />
Sunday hat that matched<br />
my beaded Kate Spade<br />
cardigan.) Before leaving<br />
us, she had us write down<br />
anonymous confessions on<br />
small pieces of paper.<br />
We ordered two “Hail<br />
Mary” Bloody Marys, which<br />
were overflowing with<br />
Christ’s love and vodka.<br />
The buffet was extensive:<br />
bacon, turkey bacon,<br />
avocado toast, biscuits and<br />
gravy (“The best biscuits<br />
and gravy I’ve had in a<br />
long time,” my boyfriend<br />
quipped as quotably as<br />
possible), fruit bowls,<br />
hash browns (my favorite<br />
breakfast food)... the list<br />
goes on. We filled our<br />
plates and headed back to<br />
our table for the show.<br />
The room was lively and<br />
diverse: A group of girls<br />
behind us spoke excitedly<br />
in Spanish, a mature couple<br />
ate next to us and a group<br />
from Ireland sat at a big<br />
table across the room. I<br />
looked at my boyfriend<br />
across from me: Our song,<br />
“Don’t You Want Me Baby,”<br />
played right before the<br />
show began. I took this as a<br />
sign from above.<br />
While we continued to eat,<br />
Sister Lagoona Bloo, Sister<br />
Jackie Cox and Sister Mary<br />
Kizha ascended the stairs,<br />
lip-syncing a “Sister Act”<br />
remix. The brunchers went<br />
nuts: Sister Jarvis walked<br />
around with a collection<br />
plate, and everyone gave<br />
to God. (Hey, Ariana<br />
Grande does say that God<br />
is a woman...)<br />
Next, the sisters had us<br />
stand and hug a stranger—<br />
another act I was familiar<br />
with from my church.<br />
Everyone was friendly,<br />
introducing themselves<br />
with each hug—the vodka<br />
already kicked in.<br />
They each performed solo<br />
acts as well, like Sister<br />
Lagoona Bloo’s live singing<br />
“God Is a Woman.” (She<br />
also sang songs suggested<br />
by the audience in Shakira’s<br />
voice, most notably the<br />
“Friends” theme. It was<br />
perfect.)<br />
Afterward, we all stood<br />
and sang a hymn together:<br />
“I Will Survive.” Everyone<br />
stood, everyone sang their<br />
hearts out and the room<br />
was filled with love.<br />
Sister Jarvis returned<br />
and read several of our<br />
anonymous confessions: If<br />
you copped up to writing it,<br />
you got a drink ticket for a<br />
later evening. Among them,<br />
“I fucked 30-40 people at<br />
a sex party in Berlin three<br />
weeks ago.” (It was one of<br />
the birthday boys at the<br />
long table in the middle.)<br />
Mine, luckily, wasn’t read.<br />
Just when we thought<br />
we were full and drunk,<br />
we took communion—a<br />
shot and a double fudge<br />
brownie. (I couldn’t<br />
remember which you took<br />
first and which you took<br />
together as a congregation,<br />
so I took them both<br />
immediately.)<br />
After two hours of eating,<br />
drinking and performances,<br />
the girls did a final group<br />
number (a pseudo-dragsuicide)<br />
and we left: full<br />
of food, absolutely drunk<br />
and feeling the love of our<br />
community. I might not<br />
be returning to Covenant<br />
Presbyterian anytime soon,<br />
but I will certainly be back<br />
to Therapy for Sunday<br />
Services.<br />
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THOMAS<br />
TALKS<br />
ABOUT: CAMING<br />
I caught my boyfriend<br />
jerking off on cam,<br />
and I’m pissed. We<br />
never explicitly said<br />
that wasn’t OK,<br />
but we say we’re<br />
monogamous, and I<br />
didn’t think I needed<br />
to go over every<br />
possible thing that<br />
doesn’t fall into that<br />
category. He told me<br />
it’s not a big deal<br />
because they weren’t<br />
actually having sex,<br />
and it’s no different<br />
than watching porn,<br />
but I totally think<br />
it is. He said he<br />
wouldn’t care if I did<br />
it, but I think he’s just<br />
saying that to try and<br />
minimize it. I know it<br />
isn’t ACTUAL physical<br />
cheating, but it still<br />
really hurts. I think he<br />
wants to keep doing<br />
it, so should I just let<br />
it go? -Male, Gay, 23<br />
If you’ve agreed on<br />
being monogamous<br />
together, then this<br />
is definitely outside<br />
the bounds of that<br />
agreement. I agree<br />
with you that there is<br />
no reason to have to<br />
go over every single<br />
possibility, and I’d<br />
argue that people<br />
know if something<br />
is or isn’t OK. In my<br />
opinion, he’s just<br />
trying to get out<br />
of trouble, which is<br />
another issue. It’s<br />
now not that he just<br />
made a mistake, it<br />
sounds like he’s not<br />
acknowledging it<br />
and gaslighting you.<br />
I don’t objectively<br />
think what he did is<br />
the worst thing in the<br />
world, but he has to<br />
own up to it, and you<br />
guys have to agree on<br />
what’s OK and what<br />
isn’t, then move on.<br />
One of my kinks<br />
is watching live<br />
webcams of guys<br />
jerking off. A couple<br />
days ago I was on<br />
one and saw one of<br />
my straight female<br />
coworker’s boyfriend<br />
on there beating<br />
off, full face and all.<br />
I couldn’t believe it,<br />
because she’s always<br />
talking about how<br />
they’re only with<br />
each other and so in<br />
love and blah blah. To<br />
be totally honest, she<br />
a little self-righteous<br />
about it, and I love<br />
that he’s on there.<br />
Oh, and it was a<br />
gay site, so guys<br />
were watching him. I<br />
haven’t said anything<br />
to her about it, and<br />
of course I subscribed<br />
to his channel (I<br />
mean, it was hot).<br />
Should I tell her I saw<br />
him? It’s so difficult<br />
to not just blurt it<br />
out. -Male, Gay, 21<br />
You need to stay in<br />
your lane and stay out<br />
of it. Even if this was<br />
an actual friend and<br />
not just a coworker,<br />
you don’t know the<br />
ins and outs of other<br />
people’s relationships.<br />
It also doesn’t seem<br />
like you’re concerned<br />
about her or her<br />
feelings, you just want<br />
to rub it in her face.<br />
Note from someone<br />
who’s a bit older, if<br />
anyone is constantly<br />
talking about how<br />
great their relationship<br />
is, it’s generally pretty<br />
shitty, and they’re<br />
overcompensating.<br />
Another thing to<br />
consider, this is a<br />
coworker, and even<br />
bringing this up at<br />
work, to her or anyone<br />
else, could be sexual<br />
harassment. Keep it to<br />
yourself and enjoy the<br />
shows.<br />
Sex/Love/Relationship advice? Send your questions to: ThomasTalksAbout@gmail.com<br />
@ThomasWhitfield84
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GRANDE<br />
AND HALE<br />
LEON<br />
CELEBRATE SIX<br />
MONTHS<br />
A Romance<br />
of a Lifetime<br />
FRANKIE GRANDE—THE<br />
EFFERVESCENT, TALENTED,<br />
HANDSOME AND<br />
FLAMBOYANTLY CONFIDENT<br />
ACTOR, SINGER, DANCER AND<br />
PRODUCER— THE LOVABLY SHY,<br />
POISED, COMMERCIAL ACTOR<br />
HALE LEON, WHO LOOKS LIKE<br />
HE STEPPED OUT OF A GIORGIO<br />
ARMANI ADVERTISEMENT,<br />
AGREED WITHOUT<br />
RESERVATION TO REVEAL THE<br />
INTIMATE ACTUALITIES OF<br />
THEIR ADORED AND FIERY<br />
RELATIONSHIP.<br />
GRANDE IS RECOGNIZED FOR<br />
HIS ROLE AS FRANZ IN THE<br />
BROADWAY MUSICAL ROCK OF<br />
AGES, AS WELL AS IN MAMMA<br />
MIA AND SEVERAL ROLES OFF-<br />
BROADWAY. HE WAS ALSO<br />
A CONTESTANT ON THE U.S.<br />
REALITY SHOW “BIG BROTHER”<br />
AND “CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER”<br />
IN THE U.K. GRANDE WAS ALSO<br />
A JUDGE ON “AMERICA’S BEST<br />
DANCE CREW” AND A CO-<br />
HOST ON THE LIVE AMAZON<br />
FASHION SHOW, “STYLE CODE<br />
LIVE.” HE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR<br />
HIS PHILANTHROPIC WORK AS<br />
CO-FOUNDER OF BROADWAY<br />
IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND JUST<br />
HAPPENS TO BE THE BROTHER<br />
OF SINGER ARIANA GRANDE.
PHOTO BY CHRIS SHELLEY<br />
FRANKIE WILL BE STARRING<br />
AS FRANZ ONCE AGAIN IN AN<br />
IMMERSIVE PRODUCTION OF<br />
ROCK OF AGES, BEGINNING<br />
THIS FALL IN LA. THE SHOW HAS<br />
NEVER BEEN DONE THIS WAY<br />
AND PROMISES TO BE WILD,<br />
BUT THEN AGAIN, WHATEVER<br />
FRANKIE DOES SPARKLES!<br />
LEON IS A MODEL, ACTOR,<br />
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER AND<br />
INSTAGRAM STAR. HE HAS BEEN<br />
IN SEVERAL PRODUCTIONS,<br />
INCLUDING SWEET AND SOUR,<br />
MY PIANO LESSON AND THE<br />
<strong>GAY</strong> POLICE. HE IS ALSO A<br />
SERIOUS GAMER AND WORKS AT<br />
DEVELOPING APPS.<br />
IN BETWEEN KISSES, THE TWO<br />
EXPLAINED HOW THEY MET,<br />
HOW MUCH THEY ARE IN LOVE<br />
AND WHY IT’S A PERFECT<br />
RELATIONSHIP.
FRANKIE, FIRST OF ALL, ASIDE FROM<br />
HALE, WHAT’S GOING ON?<br />
FRANKIE: My big project that I am<br />
excited about coming up is I’ve been<br />
rehearsing for Rock of Ages. I’m going<br />
to be playing Franz in Rock of Ages<br />
in a new, immersive production in Los<br />
Angeles. It’s going to be at the Bourbon<br />
Room, so we are actually building a<br />
space that is going to be like a bar,<br />
and Todd English is going to serve the<br />
food, and then it will be an immersive<br />
production of Rock of Ages inside of this<br />
space. It’s going to be really cool. I got<br />
to close the show as Franz on Broadway;<br />
now I get to open the show in Los<br />
Angeles. It’s returning to the Hollywood<br />
strip. I’m super, super excited about it.<br />
WHEN WILL IT OPEN?<br />
FRANKIE: Rock Of Ages - Hollywood<br />
opens Fall <strong>2019</strong>, tickets available at<br />
Ticketmaster.com, and then it will<br />
be here forever. I’ll definitely be in it<br />
through February, so we’ve got some<br />
time for you to come and see it.<br />
I’LL BE THERE IN JANUARY, AND<br />
I WOULDN’T MISS IT. THAT’S<br />
SO EXCITING. SO WHEN YOU<br />
SAY IMMERSIVE, HOW WILL THE<br />
AUDIENCE BE INVOLVED?<br />
FRANKIE: It’s more like because there is<br />
no fourth wall. We are going to be in the<br />
audience doing the show, dancing next<br />
to the tables. We will be able to interact<br />
with the crowd. This has never been<br />
done. Rock of Ages has always been<br />
interactive with the audience, but this<br />
time we’re going to be in the crowd with<br />
people. We’re going to be able to grab<br />
their drinks off the table and directly<br />
address people. We have poles in the<br />
audience for pole dancing. It’s going to<br />
be very cool. The audience is going to<br />
feel like they are truly part of the show,<br />
in a way that’s never, ever been done. It’s<br />
so much fun!<br />
SO NOW IT’S YOUR TURN HALE.<br />
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?<br />
HALE: In terms of my profession, I’m<br />
an actor, but I am currently coming<br />
up with a couple of endeavors that<br />
Frankie and I are doing together. We<br />
have a lot of things to look forward to.<br />
I am a commercial actor primarily. I’m<br />
a huge nerd. I’ve developed apps. Just<br />
anything to do with technology is what<br />
I involve myself in. I have a massive pop<br />
collection.<br />
FRANKIE: I do too.<br />
OK, NOW LET’S HAVE SOME FUN.<br />
HOW DID YOU MEET?<br />
FRANKIE: Oh, that’s a fun story. We can<br />
tag team it. I was going out a lot to the<br />
Abbey and to West Hollywood. I was<br />
going out all the time, and I was getting<br />
so tired and bored of the scene, and I<br />
met these really nice guys there, and<br />
they invited me to a place called Oil Can<br />
Harry’s in the Valley where they do line<br />
dancing. I had already decided that I was<br />
not going to meet anyone that I wanted<br />
to date in West Hollywood; it was just<br />
not going to happen. I thought maybe I<br />
needed to go hang out in the library or<br />
something or sit at a GameStop and look<br />
for nerdy people. So I decided to go line<br />
dancing. There was a big crew of people<br />
at the Oil Can that were line dancing.<br />
I saw Hale—he was dancing up on the<br />
stage, because he is a prolific line dancer.<br />
There was just such an instant attraction,<br />
and I thought he was definitely the man<br />
for me. It was so weird. I haven’t felt<br />
like that in a while. But then there was<br />
this other guy trying to talk to me, and<br />
literally I told him, “I can’t talk to you, I<br />
have to go look at this person.” So I ran<br />
after him, but he had disappeared.<br />
HALE: I’ve been a line dancer for two<br />
years now, and I go to Oil Can Harry’s<br />
every Friday, but even sometimes two<br />
days per week. That Friday it was extra<br />
packed. That’s because Frankie brought<br />
his whole crew, and everyone was there.<br />
I was there with all of my friends, and<br />
I was wondering why it was so packed<br />
today. I was doing my thing, I was on<br />
the stage, and he saw me. After that I<br />
ran to the bathroom, because I have this<br />
crazy thing where I have to check my hair<br />
every five seconds.<br />
FRANKIE: Have you seen his hair? It’s<br />
quite amazing.<br />
HALE: When I go line dancing I sweat,<br />
so I get a little crazy about it, so I ran to<br />
the bathroom after that song, and while<br />
I was checking my hair I turned around<br />
and there was Mr. Frankie.
FRANKIE: So the<br />
first time when he<br />
went away, I didn’t<br />
know where he went.<br />
I couldn’t find him<br />
again for another<br />
half hour. That was<br />
annoying, and I<br />
wanted to talk<br />
to him.<br />
So the second time<br />
he went and ran<br />
off the dance floor,<br />
I followed him. I<br />
saw him running to<br />
the bathroom, and<br />
that’s where we<br />
met. I chased him<br />
into the bathroom,<br />
because I wasn’t<br />
letting that<br />
person out<br />
of my<br />
sight.<br />
PHOTO BY CHRIS SHELLEY
SO WHO SAID WHAT FIRST?<br />
HALE: I’m definitely the more reserved<br />
person. I’m pretty shy. So Frankie ran in<br />
there...<br />
FRANKIE: I said, “Hello, I’m Frankie,<br />
nice to meet you, what’s your name?”<br />
He said, “Hale,” and I asked, “Are you<br />
are professional dancer?” He said,<br />
“Absolutely not.” I said, “Wow, I think<br />
you’re really cute, we should dance<br />
together.” He was so nervous, so<br />
adorable, so shy, so I had to literally woo<br />
him. Hale was not someone that was<br />
immediately into it. I had to convince<br />
him that my intentions were pure, and<br />
that I was really in it for him as a person,<br />
and it was really cute. On that first date<br />
when we were dancing together he was<br />
so shy, even about kissing me on our first<br />
meeting together.<br />
HALE: I’m very traditional. I have my<br />
moments where I get crazy, but in<br />
most situations I’m not very boisterous.<br />
Frankie was very upfront though, and I<br />
thought, “Oh God, what do I do?” So I<br />
panicked a bit.<br />
HOW’D HE FINALLY CONVINCE YOU?<br />
HALE: He convinced me because after<br />
talking a bit, I was nervous, and for<br />
some defensive way, however I said it,<br />
I came out with, “I’m a nerd,” and then<br />
he told me he played Nintendo Switch.<br />
That immediately caught my attention,<br />
because I would never have thought<br />
of him as someone who played video<br />
games.<br />
ME NEITHER.<br />
HALE: Yeah, I know, right.<br />
FRANKIE: I am a huge video game freak<br />
and fanatic. And I’ve got skills too! So<br />
basically once I started talking about<br />
Switch, we started talking about games<br />
and asking each other questions like,<br />
“What’s your best Super Smash Bros.<br />
character?” I had all of the answers to all<br />
of his questions.<br />
HALE: He passed the initial test for sure.<br />
FRANKIE: And if you look at Hale, you<br />
wouldn’t think he was a nerd; he looks<br />
like a damn Versace model. On the first<br />
minute we met we both realized about<br />
each other that there was way more than<br />
meets the eye. It was really intriguing to<br />
both of us I think.<br />
HALE: It was definitely really eyeopening<br />
for sure. I would’ve never<br />
thought that he was into video games,<br />
but then I looked at his arms and he<br />
has loads of tattoos that definitely are<br />
evidence of that. It’s just crazy that two<br />
individuals were brought together. I<br />
would’ve never thought we had so much<br />
common ground, but we were literally<br />
so similar. It’s such a beautiful, amazing<br />
thing to happen.<br />
FRANKIE: And we met at country line<br />
dancing. How did that happen? It was<br />
definitely the universe.<br />
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN<br />
TOGETHER?<br />
FRANKIE: We just had our six-month<br />
anniversary last week.<br />
DO YOU FIGHT EVER?<br />
FRANKIE: Our fights are more like<br />
a passionate discussion. I’ve actually<br />
never been in a relationship that was so<br />
supportive, and Hale is so grounded.<br />
So when I get dramatic, he doesn’t dial<br />
into me. That quickly neutralizes my<br />
dramatics. I will be honest, I have a flair<br />
for the drama, I definitely do. He doesn’t<br />
dial into it, and so it passes really quickly.<br />
We don’t really disagree very much.<br />
HALE: In terms of our arguments,<br />
honestly, the way I describe this<br />
relationship is it’s so easy. There is<br />
hardly ever any problem. There were<br />
no struggles and conflicts, and it’s just<br />
easy and fun. It’s just so crazy, I didn’t<br />
know this could exist.<br />
I THINK THE TWO OF YOU ARE THE<br />
CUTEST COUPLE EVER. I HAD NO<br />
CLUE THAT YOU ARE BOTH NERDS.<br />
HALE: The foundation of our relationship<br />
is it was built on literally us board gaming<br />
together. I have a massive collection,<br />
over 100 games. I introduced him to so<br />
many games, and that’s all I ever wanted,<br />
someone to just share that with me.<br />
It’s just so cool. Frankie is just totally<br />
down for all the nerd stuff, and gives me<br />
competition too! He beats me, and I love<br />
it and I want to play again.
FRANKIE: He kept saying from the<br />
beginning of the relationship, “Are you<br />
lying to me, or are you really having fun?”<br />
I said, “Hale, not only am I having fun, I’m<br />
kicking your ass!”<br />
HALE: I didn’t believe<br />
him. It took forever to<br />
actually accept it.<br />
PHOTO BY CHRIS SHELLEY
I WOULDN’T HAVE BELIEVED IT FROM<br />
EITHER OF YOU.<br />
HALE: Don’t judge a book, right?<br />
DO YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE PLANS<br />
TOGETHER THAT YOU CAN DISCLOSE?<br />
FRANKIE: Hale has moved in, which is<br />
awesome. So we’re living together now,<br />
and from this point forward we’re just<br />
going to start doing the deal of living our<br />
lives. I’ve never lived with someone in<br />
my life, so that’s where we are right now.<br />
That’s where we’ll stay until the next thing<br />
comes along with the next phase of our<br />
relationship. We’re going real good and<br />
strong right now. Believe me, when there’s<br />
a ring you will know. Everyone will know. It<br />
will not be a secret.<br />
HALE, WHEN FRANKIE TRAVELS, DO<br />
YOU GO WITH HIM?<br />
HALE: I’ve actually been joining him in<br />
a lot of his travels. We were just in New<br />
York; actually, that’s where I met you. We<br />
go on these random little journeys for<br />
work, which is great for me, because I am<br />
someone who actually doesn’t travel much.<br />
I’m a huge homebody. I love staying home<br />
and being by myself half the time and just<br />
doing whatever. So he’s been showing me<br />
the world, and I just see all these amazing<br />
places, which I love. So yeah, it’s been<br />
great.<br />
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT EACH<br />
OTHER?<br />
FRANKIE: For me, the thing that I love the<br />
most about Hale is he makes me smile all<br />
the time. I’ve never been in a relationship<br />
with someone who does the littlest thing<br />
and it just gives me so much joy. Just last<br />
night we were going to bed and I said, “I<br />
love you very much,” and he said to me,<br />
“I love you more than very much.” It was<br />
just the cutest thing, and I literally thought<br />
about it and I smiled for 20 minutes before<br />
I fell asleep. It just was so adorable and<br />
sweet. It’s the little things that bring me so<br />
much joy. Also, he likes to set up elaborate<br />
pranks on me, and I love it so much. It<br />
makes me so happy. I don’t stop smiling<br />
when he’s around me. He’s so playful. I<br />
think that’s the thing that I like. That’s what<br />
it is.<br />
HALE, YOU’RE UP.<br />
HALE: This is going to make me sound<br />
like I’m copying him. Fundamentally, when<br />
I think about this relationship, why am so<br />
happy in it, it’s literally because I get to<br />
wake up every day with him and play and<br />
have fun. He is such a fun spirit, a loving<br />
spirit, and so smart. I get to joke around<br />
with him and smile, and I’ve never laughed<br />
so much in a relationship. I laugh all the<br />
time. Stuff that comes out of his mouth,<br />
I just sit there and laugh. It makes me so<br />
happy. I found someone that I get to have<br />
fun with and play with for the rest of my<br />
life. That right there is essentially... that’s<br />
all I could ever ask for. He does everything<br />
for me. He’s so caring and puts me first.<br />
It’s crazy how much he puts me first and<br />
makes sure I’m comfortable when I’m not.<br />
Fundamentally, I have such a fun time with<br />
him.<br />
I’M JUST SO GLAD YOU GUYS OPENED<br />
UP ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP<br />
TOGETHER.<br />
FRANKIE: I loved this too, because I don’t<br />
think many people know about this side of<br />
our gaming and all the nerd stuff, and that<br />
it was that and country line dancing that<br />
was initially what brought us together. I<br />
feel that it’s nice that we get to represent<br />
another perspective of LGBT love. We are<br />
both sober, by the way, which is kind of<br />
cool. I’ve been sober for two years, and<br />
Hale has been sober for his whole life.<br />
HALE: I’ve never actually drank or touched<br />
any drugs before. It’s amazing that I<br />
found someone that is sober. That alone is<br />
something also that bonded us.<br />
THAT’S A BIG DEAL IN THE <strong>GAY</strong><br />
COMMUNITY.<br />
FRANKIE: We know! I meet sober people<br />
all the time, but it’s not when I’m out. It’s<br />
usually at meetings or something. He’s<br />
sober just because he has been his whole<br />
life. It’s made the relationship so much<br />
easier that we’re both sober. Crazy how<br />
much easier it is.<br />
HALE, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?<br />
HALE: I know, I’m very spiritual. I have<br />
a strong faith in God, so my entire life<br />
has always been revolving around that. I<br />
decided when I was very young that God<br />
doesn’t want me to do drugs, and so I<br />
stuck to that my entire life. It’s just how I<br />
live my life. All my friends around me all<br />
drink, but I’ve always stood by my choices.<br />
I’ve never touched anything. I love it, and I<br />
think it’s made me a very good and unique<br />
individual. It’s everything to me.
FRANKIE: I introduced him to a bunch of sober people. He said, “What do<br />
you mean your friends don’t drink?” I told him they were sober and they<br />
don’t drink. He thought that was so weird, and he didn’t know that there<br />
were people that don’t drink. I was like, “Yes, Rose.”<br />
PHOTO BY CHRIS SHELLEY
BY HAILEY ROBERTSON<br />
WINTER UNDERLAND<br />
Addicted Unveils Its Steamy ‘Flammable Ice’ Collection<br />
“This winter’s underwear collection is designed to transport men<br />
to the kingdom of their deepest fantasies,” says Chris Lynch of<br />
Addicted USA. The brand’s new “Flammable Ice” underwear<br />
collection features tight-fitting briefs, boxers, jocks and long johns<br />
in bold primary colors and camouflage prints. Some have padded<br />
garments, others include faux fur; all include their new 3D spacer.
What is that, you ask? It is a<br />
highly breathable, cushioned,<br />
multi-faceted fabric that is water<br />
resistant and provides a solid and<br />
comfortable fit.<br />
“The collection is sporty, stylish,<br />
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Lynch continues. “All gear is<br />
perfectly suited to be worn in the<br />
gym, bed or outdoors in the snow.”<br />
Because who says sports briefs have<br />
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Addicted has always been intended<br />
for guys who feel good about<br />
themselves, are comfortable with<br />
their bodies and are daring enough<br />
to be overtly racy.<br />
PHOTO BY LEONARDO CORREDOR
All garments in the collection are finely and meticulously crafted<br />
by Addicted’s artisan team in Barcelona. “As a men’s fashion label,<br />
materials and craftsmanship are top priority,” designer Carmen<br />
Monforte confirms. “More time is put into the sewing of each<br />
garment so that they are built to last through the roughest play.<br />
They are tailored to fit every body type perfectly.”<br />
Back to the 3D Spacer: Unlike regular, 2D fabrics, 3D Spacer uses<br />
two separate fabrics, joined by a microfilament yarn. It creates a<br />
breathable, 3D “microclimate” between each layer of the brief.<br />
Heat and vapor leave the body, moving to the brief’s first highly<br />
permeable layer. Then, cool air provided by natural ventilation<br />
pushes the heat and vapor out, providing temperature control<br />
and maximum air circulation in the brief.
<strong>Get</strong> it now? If not, just enjoy the<br />
photos of half-naked men in ice,<br />
shot by photographer Leonardo<br />
Corredor.<br />
Addicted is the sister line from<br />
ES Collection, the popular men’s<br />
athletic wear company. Since 2009,<br />
the brand has been dedicated to<br />
the design, manufacturing and sale<br />
of men’s underwear, swimwear<br />
and sportswear. It was founded by<br />
Eduardo Suner, also the founder of<br />
ES Collection, and has distinguished<br />
itself by setting trends and pushing<br />
the envelope in stylish, sexy and<br />
very wearable men’s fashion.<br />
Addicted’s “Flammable Ice”<br />
collection is sold directly at<br />
AddictedUSA.com.
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