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Being in the military prepared me for a lot of things, but not my HIV diagnosis. I found it difficult to take medication every day. Fortunately, with the help of my doctor at the VA, taking my medicine is just another part of my morning routine, brush my teeth, wash my face, and take my meds. By sticking to my medication, doctor visits and support groups, I stay healthy and happy. As a support group leader, now I’m helping others to get into their own routine.

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Britney vs. Madonna It’s diva-vs-diva at two of the most popular Saturday dance spots on May 20. Leather and lace collide at Atlanta Eagle with DJ Pat Scott and his infamous Britney Bash, serving you Miss Spears beats into the wee hours. Over at Jungle, all things Material Girl are on the agenda with the party people of For All Humans and their ‘Icon: Madonna’ party. Your on-theme looks are appreciated at both, but you don’t have to costume up to have a blast at either.

BRITNEY BASH Saturday, May 20

ICON: MADONNA Saturday, May 20

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Greater Tuna

Finding Neverland

AV200 Victory Party

One of just a handful of requisite early gay plays to get your gay card returns. This time, the fast-paced, costume-crazy show in which two actors play dozens of male and female roles in a fictional Texas town called Tuna comes courtesy the gay-led troops at Process Theater Company. Don’t miss this one-weekend-only show.

The movie you love about the real-life creator of Peter Pan, his forbidden love, and his knack for making people happy in unhappy times with fantasy gets its stage due. Broadway in Atlanta brings the magic to town. Read our editorial on the show’s deep gay connections in this issue.

When hordes of fit cyclists return to Atlanta after a 200-mile trek across North Georgia to fight AIDS, they work up an appetite for DJ beats, food, beverages and a crowd of appreciative, admiring supporters. Be one of them and celebrate 15 years of the AV200 ride.

Through May 23

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HOMO HOME REDESIGNING YOUR DANDY DOMICILE CAN REDEFINE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. HERE ARE WAYS TO DO DESIGN ON A DIME WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

BY MIKE FLEMING The same four walls are bringing you down.

You’re ready for a change, but life just isn’t going to give you that right now.

You’d like to move, but your lease isn’t up.

You want to redecorate, but your wallet is tight. Making matters worse, you have no idea how to freshen things up without a total tear-down.

Let these tips and tricks give you a new view, without putting you in the poor house.

CONTAINED CHAOS Organization is everything.

All the pretty ideas in the world can’t be seen if you’re space is a mess.

You could put workspace clutter in a plastic box, or you can scour your house or go thrifting for unexpected storage that gives your desk character.

REARRANGE YOUR LIFE With zero dollars, you can give your room a new lease on life by reshuffling the situation. No ideas?

Clear the room. Start with one piece you that looks awesome in a new spot. Give accessories from other rooms a new home. Put the couch and rug on an angle.

DAPPER DRAPERY LOOKING UP Don’t forget your “fifth wall.” Put the ceiling to work by adding beams, installing a fun light fixture, or anything that draws the eye upward.

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Add trim to the edge of existing drapes, or move them up to ceiling level and add a border of contrasting fabric to make up the difference at the bottom.

When you do the latter, you also help make low ceilings look higher by drawing the eye up and down.

THROW SHADE Cast your room in a whole new light. It’s amazing how something as simple as a lampshade can make a huge difference. Recover to coordinate all the lamps in the room in one unifying shade – black is a dramatic idea – or do them all in neutral except one to put it in a new pop color.

REMNANT REALNESS Nothing brings a room together like a rug, but few items can be as expensive either. Consider buying two or more smaller rugs and putting them together, or ask to see the remnants at a carpet store. Cut to fit and bind the edges yourself. Creative types can mix and match remnants for their own custom design.

COLLECTED WORKS Allow your collected items to collect oohs and ahs instead of collecting dust.

Maximize its impact by bringing them all together. That’s how bottles become a centerpiece, hats become wall art, and globes become knickknacks.

DOUBLE TEAM Twin beds as seating? Yes, girl. When you can’t do a sofa or just want to maximize small spaces, dual-purpose items are practical and fashionable. Never let them tell you not to sleep where you eat and play.

THRIFTY BITCH Hotel liquidators, estate and garage sales and thrift stores can be a redecorators best friend. Take the time to hunt for bargain pieces you can update with a coat of paint and new hardware. And keep your mind open to new purposes for old items.

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HOMO HOME, Continued

IN RECOVERY Chairs are prime candidates for recovering.

Scrap fabric and a coat of paint can turn a piece of junk into a prize possession. On a larger scale, slip-cover, dye or paint old living room sofas and chairs to match.

BACK TO THE CLOSET Look past boring doors as surfaces crying out for decoration. Consider them hidden canvases. Cover them with fabric. Use them as background mats to hang artwork, or paint them with your own original artistic creations.

16 CANDLES Clusters of candles, vases or other items give make more impact than stand-alones. Gather what you have, or thrift-shop for inexpensive additions. Think about the distinctive impacts of one-color, few-color or multi-color collections.

SIDE EYE Think outside the box for side tables. Or, inside the box. Stack boxes – or luggage, or trays, or books, or blocks – to create a one-of-a-kind side. You an also hang shelves on the wall next to seating and use that.

CANVAS THE AREA

BACK IT UP

Paint inexpensive or repurposed art canvases on one color contrasting or complementing the wall. Do singles or multiples, in single or multiple colors, and voila! Instant art. And think big: consider filling the whole wall with canvases for a big-statement backdrop.

Paint or paper the back of your shelves in a contrasting color to make every cubby pop. As with all of these decorating ideas, your wallet isn’t the limit; the only limit is your imagination.

Sources: HGTV, Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, Style at Home.

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GAY MEN IN

NEVERLAND THE GAY MALE-FINDING NEVERLAND CONNECTION, AS THE POPULAR MUSICAL VERSION OF THE SHOW HITS ATLANTA

BY MIKE FLEMING, David Atlanta Editorial Director THERE ARE CERTAIN SHOWS THAT just scream gay, even if it’s entirely unintentional on the part of the storytellers. How many LGBT people feel a personal affinity with the outsiders in The Wizard of Oz? Who is or knows someone that epitomizes the witches in Wicked ? Exactly.

And that’s just to name two. Here’s a third: Finding Neverland. The musical version of the Johnny Depp movie, which whisks kids and gay men alike into a world of escapism during rough times, is running now at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

Not only do some gay men make an art form out of never growing up like Peter Pan, the titular character in Victorian dandy J.M. Barrie’s most famous work, but we also know a thing or two about fantasy as medicine for hurt feelings.

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everyone around us saying we can’t or shouldn’t? That’s got us written all over it.

THE LESSON IN NEVERLAND IS THAT your dreams are worth chasing, and that staying in touch with your inner child is paramount to a healthy psyche.

But there’s a rub after you’ve sung the songs and felt the feels at the theater: Life in the real world.

It’s OK, sad sack. Let’s walk through it. You can still channel that little boy inside you who’s special to make your dreams come true, just do it with the measure of parenting that he deserves.

You owe it to him, and to yourself.

There’s a balance that some gay guys just haven’t learned to strike yet that would make us better at work, at play, in love and in life.

Whatever the reasons, being Gay Peter Pan can actually be enjoyable for a

while – until it really, really isn’t.

TOO MANY OF US FOUGHT AGAINST rejection just for being who we are, in society and within our own families and communities. At some point, gay life swooped in like a hero and made us feel accepted.

Then regardless of how age appropriate that gay life remains, we stay stuck out of fear. The Neverland fantasy is appealing on its surface. We don’t want to let that comfort go, even if it creates a life of self-sabotage trying to keep it up.

To compound the matter, gay men love a rebellious bad boy who can’t grow up.

Young free spirits who are all play and no work are rewarded for that kind of behavior. They can extend the façade with varying degrees of success, even into their 40s or longer, but when it finally catches up to them, the long, hard fall out of favor can be devastating.

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NEVERLAND, Continued

Escaping Neverland STEPS TO PUTTING YOUR INNER PETER PAN TO REST FOR GOOD WITHOUT SACRIFICING YOUR INNER CHILD.

FASHION PASSION

Nothing says, “I’m out of touch with my reality,” than clothes that don’t fit the man.

Usually, clothes that made you look hot in your 20s make you look “not” later. Even if you can rock it, don’t be afraid to ask for the honest truth from someone outside your own circle of “you look fab (but not really).”

BE HONEST

Scruffing, Grinding or Growling? There’s no place for a pic of you that’s 10 years old.

Man up and post pics personally and professionally that say, ‘This is me!’ It’s liberating.

PARTY PRIMER

It’s not cute to talk about how messy you were at the club. Enjoy your cocktails, but send a different message to potential friends, boyfriends, partners, hook-ups, even current friends, by stepping into full management and ownership of your recreational activities.

REIGN IT IN Everyone who’s dated or crushed on one of these guys knows: Peter Pan can be fun, but he can’t be The One. You deserve to be The One – for yourself, as much as for potential husbands, partners, boyfriends and lovers.

YOU’RE GETTING OLD, GUYS. AND there are a legion of our people who died to prove that growing old is better than the alternative: Not growing old.

Buck up, deal with it, and embrace it – or let it turn you bitter while you fight it fruitlessly.

When growing older is the enemy, it’s a losing battle. The elusive Neverland gets further, not closer, as the quest for it marches on. When the scared little gay boy is still trapped inside a 35, 45, 55, or 65-year-old body, the problem can reach critical mass if he doesn’t have the tools to fix it.

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we learn to take care of ourselves, we’re not just happier, but more desirable.

Yes, really. What’s sexier than confidence that comes when we man up and get it together? Other guys want the gay grownup you can actually be, not the one who pretends to be the young man you used to be, or never were.

Scary? Maybe. Growing pains suck at any age, but especially if it means “losing our youth.” Think of it this way: Youth is going away with or without our consent. Our best selves come when we embrace our experience, become reliable and responsible, and reap the rewards that come with it.

More good news: It’s never too late, and an increasing number of gay men are figuring out how to make it happen. The ironic part is, the little gay kid inside can come out and play with more security, because for the first time, he is truly protected.

Sources: Science Daily, Psychology Today, Your Tango.

Finding Neverland runs through May 21st at Fox Theatre, foxtheatre.org

Everyone is guilty of spontaneous splurges.

Without freaking out and looking too far ahead, the hardest “grow-up” conversation you can have comes when you realize you have no money for the future. It’s never to late! For starters, one less Starbucks per week puts $260 in the bank.

SEXY IS AS SEXY DOES

Retrain your sex drive to enjoy other forms of pleasure. It’s time to explore intimacy and let sex and orgasms be the icing on the cake.

GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK

Life’s a pressure tank. Don’t add more stress trying to keep up with the gay Joneses and their killer bodies, fab houses, extravagant vacations and 2.5 kids. It may sound cheesy, but you’re beautiful and unique with a contribution to make. Don’t check out early because your heart couldn’t take it.

SLOW DOWN TIME

Funny enough, amidst all this bemoaning the passage of time, there is one tip that actually allows you to battle its rapid progression. Scientists studying how time passes faster as we get older found that having new experiences slow it down. So for kids, every experience is new. Adults have to make it happen. Go skydiving, learn a language, take a cooking class, join the neighborhood association. It’s the only way to make yourself younger, all while learning, growing and improving in the process.

Adapted and expanded from the writings gay Life Coach Rick Clemons, author of ‘Frankly My Dear I’m Gay, A Late Bloomers Guide To Coming Out’

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I walk to work. I walk to the train. I walk to the bus. I walk to the gym. I walk to the grocery store. I walk to the bar. The whole time I’m checking out new tunes, new scenes, and your junk.

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BY SCOTT KING

A PEDESTRIAN’S GUIDE TO URBAN LIFE AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON WALKING WHILE GAY I’M TOO GAY TO DRIVE. I CAN’T drive a car. I can’t drive a hard bargain. I’ve heard I can drive you crazy though – with my love.

I have not been banned from any of the aforementioned activities, nor have I ever been pulled over for DWG (that’s Driving While Gay, for those of you reading from a position of privilege). It’s just not a good idea.

I can’t drive straight at all. I prefer “queerly forward.”

Don’t tell anyone, but I have busted at least two tires on street curbs, not because I was drunk or fiddling with the stereo, but because I was distracted by all the beautiful babes.

I see god in everyone.

WHAT DOES ALL THIS HAVE TO DO with global warming? Well, like I said, I’m too gay to drive. As in, I

care too much. As in, I’m better than you. As in, I prefer to loiter.

As in, it’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes. And walk on down the road. You’ve been working out. And it shows.

Driving your car, and, yes, sitting in traffic, is detrimental to the environment, because of the CO2 emissions and because of the bad mood it puts you in.

Global warming, not Trump or gay people, is the reason we’ve all had ashy air due to the flaming wildfires in north and now south Georgia. It’s not because we’re proud or flamboyant. It’s because we drive cars too much.

I HAVEN’T DRIVEN A CAR IN TWO years. I also haven’t done cardio or gained an ounce of weight in two years.

Funny that.

Straight people also like to walk. When they are in a couple, they hold hands.

When they are by themselves, they ask you if the burrito place is good. And they will flirt back. Get out of my car, and into my life. #tacotuesday I don’t see that many gay people out and about on my walks. They’re usually in their cars. Trying not to hit me as they pull out of a fashionable parking lot.

True story. Three days before I submitted this article, I was walking down Piedmont Avenue, and I almost got hit by a car full of gays pulling out of the Burkhart’s parking lot. It was daylight.

They were chatting away happily and did not see all six foot three of me as I was cruising them. Two of them were pretty cute. I didn’t cuss at all.

IMAGINE IF YOU COULD TURN THAT simple errand of running to get some headache medicine or body spray into an epic journey of the soul. Smell the trees.

Smell the flowers. Run away from the bees. Run away from the hours.

You don’t have to worry about running someone over with your nice car. Because you’re not driving one.

All you’ve got is your sneakers and your backpack and your phone and your wits.

It’s all you need, really. If you see me out there, just give me the bro nod, and I’ll know that it’s you.

One of my favorite things about being gay, besides making sweet, sweet love to/with men, is the feeling of being untethered. We get to choose to have spouses or extended families or kids.

It’s not necessarily expected or possible as a biological accident. And it is so groovy, y’all.

If I’m feeling antsy or bored at the haus, I can just walk out that door, turn one of four different directions, and have an adventure. If I drove a car, I feel pressure to go somewhere.

But I don’t. So I go my own way.

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Go-Go Guys 11pm - 2am BURKHART’S HUMPDAY KARAOKE with Darlene at 10PM COCKPIT Karaoke - Humpday Specials FRIENDS Hump Night with Regina Simms 8pm HERETIC WarpZone Video Game Night 7pm - Pig Dance Black Out Party DJ Stan Jackson 10pm-3am NO COVER HIDEAWAY Beauty and the beat! Ruby Redd Charity Bingo @8:30 free to play. karaoke W/ Tyler @ 11:00 $ 3.00 well drinks all day long LIPS ATLANTA Bitchy Bingo MODEL T Wonderful Wednesdays 7pm OSCAR'S JukeBox Wednesdays SWINGING RICHARDS Wasted Wednesdays! Free VIP Lounge.

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interest. I grew up fat but had finally turned a corner on fitness, nutrition, and the psychology that led me to overeat. After a devastating personal loss, I slipped into old habits. I despise my body again.

I recently found my fattest fat pants ever. I see how far I’ve come, and how far I could slip even further.

I need help, hugs and encouragement from those aroundme to go back to a healthy lifestyle and be proud of my body again!

So Annoyed & Down Dear SAD:

HEY,

DADDY! 19 AND IN LOVE

Loving your body is the first step, not the last, in this process. That includes tough love: Accept your physical being as is, but love it enough to eat right and exercise.

Getting a handle healthy habits isn’t a one-anddone proposition. After a setback, we all might need refreshers to get back on track. That you have the know-how from past experience is something to celebrate, not a problem to get down about.

Get some professional advice if needed, and buck up. Everyone needs hugs, but what you need more are bootstraps to pull yourself up. You got this.

Hey, Daddy!

I’m 19 and in love. You’ve been around the block. What do you know now that you wish you knew at my age?

I found out I’m HIV positive right as things were getting going with a new guy who I really like. I’m afraid telling him will ruin our chances. What’s my obligation here?

Transfer Wisdom Into Nice Kid

Pouting Over Situation

Dear TWINK:

Dear POS:

Hey, Daddy!

Trust yourself. If you don’t, explore why and get there before you commit to someone else. Past that, relationships are learning experiences. Here are a few lessons I discovered along the way: You marry his family as well as him; Bathroom taboos and personal space evaporate; Both of you have to change some; Relationships are works in progress that are never finished.

Hey, Daddy!

I read your recent advice to guys ashamed of their bodies with

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There’s a saying that our readers in recovery know well: We are only as sick as our secrets. There’s a cure for what’s really ailing you: Honesty.

DADDY LOVES HIS BOYS He knows the answers you need, and you’re going to get them. Reach out to him with your burning questions via our editor, mike@davidatlanta.com.

Warning: Advice given in this column is intended for entertainment and novelty purposes. Please proceed at your own risk.

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ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19):

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22):

New information, important as it is, points to a more important larger picture. Don’t get too hung up on details. Taking the broad view is worth the effort.

Keeping cool at work is a challenge too, but could get you a raise.

Nobody is right all the time; admitting when you’re wrong makes you right more often. Staying one step ahead of your partner is not acting as a team. If you must be competitive, make it the two of you against the world.

TAURUS (Apr. 20 – May 20):

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21):

Even with good reason to feel sure of yourself, cockiness can stir up arguments with your partner.

Is financial stress driving your competitiveness or the other way around? Don’t jones on keeping up with the Joneses!

Arguments at work could get worse over the coming months. Your real brilliance will show when you challenge your own ideas. Think hard about where you want to be in two years and how you need to adapt to get there.

GEMINI (May 21- Jun. 20):

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21):

Instincts to keep quiet are good, but temporary.

When you get the urge to talk, first employ your partner as an editor. Being mature and responsible, especially with information, is not only effective, but could prove to be fun.

Devotion to your partner could come across as bossiness. Devote some attention to yourself! If you’re single, speed dating could prove amusing.

Even if you don’t find The One you could meet lots of interesting folks.

CANCER (Jun. 21- Jul. 22):

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19):

A breakthrough in old memories is just the beginning of illumination. Work with that information and get some real insight. Balance your social activities with time alone to charge your batteries. If you wear out so will your welcome.

Connections you’ve been building with colleagues need repair. That will take time. A sense that they’re not reliable is probably more about miscommunications than intent. Talking with them is part of the solution, but first look inside yourself for keys to the problem.

LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22):

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18):

Strictly speaking friendship is a benefit. You and a pal may have some confusion about what benefits are included. Awkward? For a bit. True friendship endures much worse. Dreams of future accomplishments are nice. Doing it now is better.

Anxieties can be a great source of creative expression. The next few years will be difficult but even in your pessimism a clear idea of the dangers ahead can offer a clue to making the most of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22):

PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20):

Promoting your own ideas can take you far.

Listening to new ones can help you get further. The next few weeks are excellent for work, but don’t neglect issues at home. Invite the boss home (or somewhere) for dinner.

Nestling into cozy domestic fantasies will only create trouble and confusion. Express your ideals and your dreams with your family or roomies, clear up misconceptions, and take responsibility for creating a cozy domestic reality.

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bitch session Overheard: Girl, I thought he was a mumbler, but now I know his lying mouth was just full of bullshit.

How can someone with so little to say talk so damn much?

Excuse me. You were not invited to my barbecue, so get out my damn grill.

Whoever told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice.

Dear former roommate: Heard you promising to be better at sex than anyone. Now all you need is a partner.

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It’s no coincidence that those guys’ child is the most ill-behaved, and that they are the ones with the biggest superiority complex about their parenting style.

Why you keep trying that look? Is no one giving you feedback about those skinny jeans and your gigantic ass?

I was where you were, baby. The D is fantastic, but you’ll find any similarity between him and a decent human being is purely coincidential.

Jesus, hunty, that face! Are your parents siblings or something?

Go ahead. Tell them everything you know about me, then take another two seconds to tell them everything else you know.