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Madison Moore, who received his PhD from Yale in 2012 and taught a class about "clubbing" in 2011, believes that if you do not find people of color attractive, you are a "sexual racist." In an article titled "Here’s A Fascinating Survey About Sexual Racism Every Gay Guy Needs To Read," Moore details the damaging effects of not finding black men sexually attractive. He begins by explaining that he's written articles on "gay sex, race and racism." In response he has received a backlash, including one email in which a reader said, “You’re just mad because you’re black and ugly...

Robert Reece has found that ignoring the Man Code has improved his life enormously. Not only does traditional masculinity oppress women but it also severely restricts the agency of men (a topic, I’ve written about in the past in the context of straight man love and hip-hop), often in simple, taken-for-granted ways. Straight men go to extreme lengths to perform masculinity. They avoid a wide variety of activities that they arbitrarily deem feminine or “gay” without analyzing the detrimental effects of this type of gender policing. Often mundane, seemingly inconsequential activities are heavily policed, inhibiting men’s ability to live freely...

February 17, 2007 -- ANDERSON Cooper, one of New York's most eligible men, appeals to both genders. When a lunch date with the CNN anchor went on the block at the Puck Building the other night at the benefit for Bailey House, which helps AIDS victims, British bachelor Oliver Hicks bid aggressively and won the date for $21,000. Hicks, who shuttles between New York and Los Angeles, runs production company North Six. "The invitation allows him to bring a companion, but I have a feeling he will go solo," said one source. "Anderson is cute," said Hicks.