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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YA’LL!!! As we celebrate our communities this month with Pride, let’s take a few minutes to talk about the Pride in Homeownership! Preparation is key in todays Housing Market and by preparing ahead of time you will have a leg up when you are ready to buy!

Here are Four Steps: 1. CHECK YOUR CREDIT: You should check your Credit History at least 6-12 Months before applying for a mortgage loan, and that will give you time to make any improvements needed. Most mortgage programs require a minimum credit score between 580 and 620. You will want to pull credit reports from each of the three Credit Reporting Bureaus; Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax; checking for accuracy, errors, and what needs to improve.

2. FIGURE OUT YOUR DTI: Your Debt-To-Income Ration (DTI) is the percent of your monthly gross income that goes toward debt repayment.

Mortgage lenders use this percentage to gauge affordability. Typically, lenders prefer a DTI ratio that’s no higher than 36% to 43%, depending on the mortgage program. You don’t have to be debt-free to purchase a home, but less debt can increase your purchasing power. Take this time to focus on minimizing your debts as much as you can.

3. SAVE FOR A DOWN PAYMENT: Today, most mortgage programs require a down payment that can range from a minimum 3% to 5% for a conventional loan, and a minimum 3.5% for FHA loans. Purchasing a home with less than 20% down would likely mean you’ll pay a Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) added to your monthly payments. Lenders will require Bank Statements proving you will be able to pay the down payment offered. There are also Down Payment Assistance Programs with the State available for those who qualify.

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Wow! It’s hard to believe that 2022 is already halfway over!

And with that comes Pride Month! When we took over Metra! late last year, we had no idea just how much love and support we’d receive. For so many, Metra has been a staple in the local LGBTQ+ community for over four decades, and they were thrilled to see Metra live on.

For others, a common discussion we have though is “is Metra even relevant anymore? Gay bars are far less common today than 40 years ago because being gay is accepted in so many ‘non-gay’ bars today.”

While acceptance for LGBTQ+ people may be an improvement from the past, there is still much to be done to continue to not just move forward, to keep from slipping back. Recent news from the Supreme Court and rhetoric coming from some anti-LGBTQ+ politicians need to be a constant reminder that our work for equality is far from over.

We must always be able to look back at the past to learn from our mistakes, but we must never go back to the days of hiding in the closet and feeling ashamed to love who we love. Pride month is more than an excuse to drink and have a good time (although, we do encourage your continued support of our fabulous Metra business partners). We must continue to be vigilant and always be ready and willing to fight for our right to LOVE who we LOVE! HAPPY PRIDE!

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The same holds true when “coming out” about your HIV status. How will my friends react? Will my family still love me? Will my partner, or future partner, accept me still? These are all questions that go through your mind when first presented with a “positive” diagnosis.

But the truth of the matter is, coming out about your status is far less scary than it needs to be. No one NEEDS to know your status until you are ready to share. Of course, it would be frowned upon to not share with a sexual partner (that’s a different situation for a future issue) but the fact is, coming out again with a status may seem scary and uncertain, but just remember that those who love you will love you regardless.

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Whore - o - Scopes Aries: The weather has finally been consistently nice! It’s the time you’ve been training for. Your hole is waxed.

Your hair is bleached and you’re ready for someone to bukkake the house down boots all over that baby smooth chest of yours. Make some new friends. Fuck your neighbor. Drink lots of water and stretch. You’re going to try and beat your “I gotta go to the clinic” record in 2022!

Taurus: You open a window, take a nice sniff outside, mind you this is all happening while the twins you picked up last night have DP’d that sweet juicy hole of yours. Quite impressive that you can take two dong-a-roo’s and still multi-task. Make sure you thank them for their service and leave a positive 5-star review on google.

Gemini: You’ve been working hard the past several weeks to go from meh’ to %&$#( Goddd DAMMNN. All-of-your efforts have been paying off! You got out of that speeding ticket (well, you let them use your mouth as a sex toy). You also got a free gift when you bought a new bed (that’s because you promised the sales-person you’d climb them like a tree if they hooked you up). Either way, congratulations on your being a hoe.

Cancer: You enjoy the outdoors. On the beach with your young cousins, swimming with your siblings or getting drilled like a machine on the side of the freeway (on your way to go camping). You’re just excited to be let loose (I mean explore the outdoors). Make sure you bring sunscreen and maybe a nice big summer hat (you know, faSHON)?

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Leo: Warm weather tends to make you a little sleepy baby. Make sure you take your vitamin, eat breakfast, and swallow that gunk when Daddy offers it to you (I’m talking about a special family recipe, ya-nasty). Just make sure you stretch out your energy level and maybe make a list? Grocery: check, Bank: check, 6 person glory hole extravaganza: double check (tee-hee). Enjoy your Summer, it’s gonna be one for the books!

Virgo: Normally mild-mannered Virgo can be quiet and demure. However, this weather makes you want to throw your calculator to the wind and let your freak flag fly! It’s time to paint someone’s face like the Picasso mastermind you are and grace someone with that wand (a-la-kazaam, bitch!)! Make sure you say the magic word and make people feel special (low key magic word is NOW!) Libra: You recently sat down to make a list of priorities for the summer. Pay off that credit card. Rotate those tires. Fuck your EX-Uncle-In-Law (your Auntie gave you her blessing, so it’s fine as wine, child). Lists make you feel productive.

Just make sure you don’t write it on the back of some trick’s back with a sharpie and not take a picture. Write it on paper.

Scorpio: Scorpio’s over at the club looking like a Snack-A-Saurus. And they know it too. That’s why sometimes people don’t approach them. That’s fine.

Scorpios love holding the door open, extending your hand to shake someone’s hand, slipping a thumb into their wonder wall when you told them it was only going to be your pinky.

Sagittarius: You truly enjoy seeing your friends succeed. That’s why you’ll gladly hold one of their legs as they’re getting that beer bong, or pull back their hair as they let their new friend wreck holy hell on their mouth. You like to see everyone win and that’s a cute look for you. Just make sure you don’t forget you’re competing too.

Capricorn: Sometimes it’s a dry day and you’re not scoring the Zac Effron you were hoping for. It’s okay. Just reboot, reroute and that 6 becomes a 9 when you sit on their face and can’t see them. That crooked ass nose could stimulate you better than you imagined with Mr Perfect Face. Plus, Quasimodo is gonna try their darndest to get a call back so you can get your bell rang again (SANTUARY!!!!)!

Aquarius: Always the logical one.

Don’t drink that drink from a stranger.

Don’t barter sex for whatever you want.

You’re supposed to have battle scars from your youth. You want to surround yourself with a balanced network of friends. The smart one. The slutty one.

The ugly one. Enjoy yourself, no one’s gonna die.

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Welcome to the “Sideverse” What if a guy isn’t a top, a bottom or even versatile?

What about gay men who have never engaged in anal sex and never will, ever? I created the term “side.” And Grindr just included it as a sexual position in addition to tops, bottoms and versatile.

“Side” behavior isn’t something new. It’s been around forever—but we just didn’t have a snappy term to describe it in the gay community. In 2011, Research found that of all sexual behaviors that occurred during gay men’s last sexual event, those involving the anus were the least common. Sides prefer to kiss, hug and engage in oral sex, rimming, mutual masturbation and rubbing up and down on each other, to name just a few of the sexual activities they enjoy.

These men enjoy practically every sexual practice aside from anal penetration of any kind. They may have tried it, and even performed it for some time, before they became aware that for them, it was simply not erotic and wasn’t getting any more so. Some may even enjoy receiving or giving anal stimulation with a finger, or even a sex toy, but nothing beyond that.

Many people believe that penetration is the “gold standard” of sex. Everything else is just foreplay. It’s so difficult for some people to conceive that you don’t engage in anal penetration, they can’t even hear it without pathologizing it.

If you are not then people ask you if something is wrong, or if you have been traumatized, haven’t met the

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right guy, or even label you immature or a virgin. Gay men will ask, “Then what is it you do” as if that is the only sex act! Foreplay is sex.

I’ve seen gay male clients who carry a load of shame about not liking or wanting to get or give anal sex. They wonder if something is wrong with them, why they can’t be “normal.” They’ve tried, maybe early on in a romantic relationship, in order to please their new love, but the deception of them being turned on by it is unsustainable. Some sides are afraid to say these things in public for fear of judgment and shaming, so they could find no one to talk with about it.

Some gay men, like myself, are 100 percent orthodox, gold star sides. Others are ”side verse” where they are mostly sides and occasionally bottom or top. A frot side is a guy who likes to engage in frottage, a male-tomale sexual activity that usually involves direct penisto-penis contact. It can involve one’s hand, trying to bring the two together for pleasure, but isn’t always a necessity in the act. You can be a power side who likes to take charge of a sexual situation or a passive side who likes someone else to take charge. There are dom and sub sides who enjoy BDSM role play and never engage in anal sex.

If you are a side there’s nothing wrong with you.

Come out as the side queen that you are!

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ll Ho hell m he from -up fro ok-up Hook The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” definitely goes both ways. I judged a book once by its cover, and not in the way I expected.

I was talking with a guy I had met on one of those dating/ hook up apps for some time. We had exchanged pictures and even chatted a few times on the phone. He was nice, funny, and absolutely gorgeous! He was fit, nice skin, handsome smile, you name it. So when he finally invited me over to Netflix and chill, I was ready for action!

I got to his place and it started off fine.

The living room was a little messy, I could tell he had a dog based on the dog hair, but nothing terrible. We started watching tv and

making out. I could tell that this was about to get hot and heavy, so I excused myself to use the restroom to freshen up. When I got up, my date warned me that it was a bit messy.

“Messy” was an understatement.

The toilet didn’t look like it was ever cleaned; there was an almost black residue around the entire inside of the bowl. The sink in the bathroom had no hot water and no soap. And the icing on the cake: there, in the corner of the bathroom, was a pile of dog sh*t on a puppy pad. Apparently this not-solittle dog was trained to go INSIDE. I gagged. I grabbed my things, I politely excused myself, went home, and showered.

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