MOVING ON

At this time and age, unbelievably, these LGBT issues are still being not accepted by people who, I suspect, are closeted gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered persons themselves. I don't understand really why we have to make loud announcements about who we really are as persons, especially when it comes to our respective sexuality (as if it's not a dynamic aspect of our selves, as if it's not something unique to each one of us). Generally, coming out, which is a moving on event, is always an ugly process, although it is a very liberating personal undertaking. I wonder how many times Robbie Rogers will out himself to others who may have not heard about his coming out announcement (not everybody read the news, anyway).  It's been the case with me, and each time, the outing process becomes easier to handle. I hope it's the same with him. And I understand Rogers plans to move on from playing soccer to other endeavors. He knows it's a crazy but very brave un

Update: HNY has already closed shop with the lead yogi Aaron Starr focusing his energies on Blue Osa , a yoga retreat and spa in Costa Rica. I've since then written 3 articles from what I learned by engaging in yoga: Men and Yoga The health benefits of yoga for men A guide on how and where to get yoga instructor certification in New York Read about what got into my mind in one of those times when I showed up at the former HNY's studio in Chelsea below: Last night's nude yoga session ( see Hot Nude Yoga ) led to a brief chat that gave me the opportunity to quench my curiosity over the penis rings that hang on the genital region of one of the participants. The metal rings would glisten in the space where Luke, the name of the said participant, has him making his stretches on his yoga mat. As all of us participants would work on the stretches and (challenging, whew!) poses being coached to us ably by our teacher, Hollis, in one session, I took note of Luke's p