As a culture, we are facing a sexual moratorium that, for gay men, is simultaneously familiar and completely new.

I discuss the impact on gay men’s connecting culture, hooking up, missing the gym, AIDS vs. Coronavirus, and the opportunities this social isolation presents.

The GerleMen team was planning to launch this podcast in June of 2020 on Father’s Day, but right now, it’s impossible to have a conversation about brotherhood, conscious sex, and heart-centered connection without also discussing the isolation caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic.

So, we are putting this out now because it’s relevant and because we need connection more than ever.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Connection [2:38]  
• Sex [5:33]
• AIDS vs. Coronavirus [6:24]
• Importance of gym culture [3:12]
• Huge opportunity for personal growth [10:46] 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• GerleMen Website: www.GerleMen.com 
• Facebook: @GerleMen 
• Email us at [email protected]

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I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s as a kid in the state of Nebraska, Wyoming and Idaho with a last name pronounced girly.

Yeah, you heard that right, girly. That name was challenging. It was a daily experience and being seen for who I was a gay boy. And then lying to everyone, telling them that the girly nature inside of me was just a joke.

Fostering heart-centered connections between gay men is what this podcast is about. 

It's a place for gay men, and anyone self-identified as “the other”, designed to help you: own your personal dignity, strengthen your connection to your chosen family(ies), and thrive in general society.

This is an authentic, honest, and open space - not a forceful, overhyped or fanatical one.

Welcome home, brother!

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