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May 16, 13 •
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By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly There aren’t many things that stop me in my drunken, partying tracks. That’s not to say I don’t notice distractions — old lovers, ex-friends; I notice plenty. I’m simply finding, with age, that pretending you’re...
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Apr 18, 13 •
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By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly It’s not much of a secret that I’m a city boy; I find solace and comfort in the roar of the streetcar, the chatter of drunken passers-by outside my open window, and awkward interactions with former suitors at the local 24...
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Mar 21, 13 •
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March/April 2013, The Lady Chronicles •
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Lent or bust! (On Grindr and its wicked kin) By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly Year after year, an old friend of mine gave up alcohol for Lent. I, in turn, would always mock him, mostly because I considered the prospect of that sort of self-imposed punishment...
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Feb 20, 13 •
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‘Get a taco, get a taxi’: an L.A. retrospective By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly When I was a young gay — before I could (legally) enter bars and I still frequented The City — I worked in the mortgage industry. Specifically, as a receptionist at a...
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Jan 16, 13 •
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‘I won’t respect you if I top you’: A dating retrospective By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly On New Year’s Day, still smarting from a late night with Heklina at The Eagle, my friend Ryan and I embarked on a grand project: a makeover of my apartment’s...
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Dec 19, 12 •
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The rules of distraction: K-holes and a variety of firsts By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly It takes very little to distract me. There’s always some electronic message or courier standing by to send me down some mental, time-stealing k-hole. A song will...
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Nov 15, 12 •
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November/December 2012, The Lady Chronicles •
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Hope rides a platinum palomino By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly This past summer, I experienced an elusive, almost-mythical scenario: a meaningful Grindr connection. Like the platinum palomino (you know, the new guy who doesn’t know half your friends...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Thanks for the gay, OCA: An ode to Lon Mabon By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly (Author’s note: if unfamiliar, google “Oregon Ballot Measure 9” before reading on.) I imagine the list of side effects from growing up hyper-religious is long enough...
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Sep 19, 12 •
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Movies, AIDS walks, and Julia Roberts: An ode to autumn By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly Every year, I eagerly await the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. My love is twofold — it’s one part seeing queers of all stripes lined up and wrapped around...
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Aug 15, 12 •
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Meet your newest super couple: Fried chicken and soap operas By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly This is a tale about how I met my favorite soap actress — and how she became the first woman to break my heart, with just a handful of words....
