HIV still offers a particular stigma, a particular brand of isolation.
My First At-Home HIV Test
Dennis Milam Bensie remembers what it was like being tested for HIV in the middle of the AIDS crises. Decades later, he tries the new at-home HIV test for the very first time.
Bug Chasers
Dennis Bensie had lived his entire life practicing safe sex in the era of AIDS, so he was shocked to learn about “bug chasers” – people who seek out HIV+ partners to have unprotected sex with.
A Boy And His Married Gay Dads
Dennis Milam Bensie shares the experience of his gay friends’ raising of their son and their battle to do so.
Testing Your Partner At A Play About Relationships
Dennis Milam Bensie’s combined experience in theatre and dating demonstrate how conflicting views on relationship presentation may be detrimental to the relationship.
A Single Threat Of Violence
Dennis Milam Bensie discusses a relationship of a different time period, but an issue still very present in our current culture.
Coming Out To Your Wife
Dennis Milam Bensie needed a straight marriage and inspiration from a controversial film to come out.
The Young Gay Man and the Wedding of a Queen
A gay man recalls attending a drag queen’s wedding in his youth and harboring fantasies of his own marriage.
What Can We All Learn From Gay Couples?
The success of a household depends on open negotiation of roles which have nothing to do with gender.
Do Married Gay Men Care About Infidelity?
Urban lore says gay men, committed or not, get as much sex as they want from multiple partners. Is it true?
A Bully Comes Around
The issue of gay marriage leads a bully to introspection and empathy.
Gay Rings 101
A brief history of the relationship between homosexuals and marriage.
Man Searches For Husband in Seattle Bear Scene
An excerpt from Dennis Milam Bensie’s book, One Gay American.