Man leaves all-male naked yoga class feeling “extremely sexual” and deeply confused

Man leaves all-male naked yoga class feeling “extremely sexual” and deeply confused

Naked yoga is the latest fitness trend among queer men. More and more guys are getting into it. Including writer Zachary Zane.

Zane first heard about the all-male naked yoga classes being offered at MMX Studio in Manhattan through a friend. Having attended countless sex parties and nudist resorts, he figured he’d give it a shot, even though yoga has never really been his thing.

“I hate yoga,” he writes in an essay published by Men’s Health. “As someone who lifts weights five days a week and derives joy from being at the gym, yoga has never been a thing for me. I’ve tried it countless times on dates, with friends, and family members, but I’ve never liked it.”

Zane admits that when he first arrived at MMX, he was a little nervous:

I also get anxiety boners when I’m naked in public. It’s not because I’m getting aroused by the other naked people there, though there surely were enough hot dudes at MMX to get me hard at the studio. It’s because I know I shouldn’t be getting hard, and for some reason, that gets me hard. Every time I do a nude photo shoot, I get an erection. There’s just too much excitement going on.

Much to his relief, that didn’t happen. He managed to make it through the first 45 minutes of class without any, ahem, issue.

Until the partner exercises.

Zane explains that he was paired off with a man who he had never met before. Together, they went through a series of guided poses included one where “one person bends forward while the other stands behind him, like in a standing doggy style position.”

He recalls, “The bent-over person then twists his body, looking back at the ‘top’ person, who stabilizes the bent-over person by grabbing his butt and chest.”

He writes:

This is when I got hard, and it was no anxiety boner: This partner pose was extremely sexual and arousing. Then, he got hard. After we finished the pose, we hugged, looked each other in the eyes…and kissed. It just felt like the thing to do. I looked around afterward to see that other men, although not all, were kissing their partners, too. Then I switched partners, per Phillips directions. After two more tender partner poses, the class ended with everyone linking up in a circle, crossing arms, and doing a backbend together as a unit. Everyone was supported by the person next to them.

In the end, Zane says the experience was “slightly awkward” and “I still hate yoga,” but he’s glad he gave it a try.

“By the collective backbend, I felt like I’d become best friends with everyone in the room,” he concludes. “And maybe I even loved them all? Is that possible? Like, what just happened?”

Related: Meet the yogi who specializes in all-male naked yoga classes for gay and bisexual guys

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Anthony Rapp Shared His Engagement Photo Shoot and it’s Romantic AF

Anthony Rapp Shared His Engagement Photo Shoot and it’s Romantic AF

Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp, who announced his engagement to leadership coach and researcher Ken Ithiphol last November, just shared a very romantic shot from and engagement shoot the couple had done.

Colagrossi & Co, their photographers, shared an entire set of intimate photos on its Instagram page.

“As you know, I’m marrying this wonderful, beautiful man,” said Rapp, in a caption beside their photo. That wedding will take place, according to Rapp, about seven months from now.

Rapp and Ithiphol have been together for four years.

Rapp has been an outspoken voice against sexual abuse and harassment since accusing actor Kevin Spacey in 2017 of sexually assaulting him when he was 14. Rapp has since warned fellow entertainment industry professionals about director Bryan Singer, telling them,  “Any actor who agrees to work on this film is complicit in keeping a predator in power and will be put on blast.”

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Anthony Rapp Shared His Engagement Photo Shoot and it’s Romantic AF

Man travels from London to Helsinki for Grindr hookup

Man travels from London to Helsinki for Grindr hookup

Tim Wright is a data scientist from London. Last month, he booked a last minute flight to Helsinki to meet up with a guy who he had just met on Grindr two hours earlier.

“It was boilerplate Grindr fodder, ‘what do you do?’, ‘what are you into?’, exchange with a couple of pics,” Wright recalled to Pink News

“He told me that he lives in West London and was free to meet tonight, or after he gets back from his weekend away in Helsinki and jokingly said: ‘Unless you wanted to come to Helsinki?’”

So that’s what Wright did.

20 minutes later, Wright booked the flight… Then he asked for the guy’s name.

“It’s gotta be a better first date than getting too drunk in a Wetherspoons and making out in a back alley,” Wright told Pink News before his departure.

He later shared a screenshot of the chat. Naturally, Twitter had a lot to say about it.

See, people randomly book week ends away to meet and be spontaneous, and I don’t even ask for that much, just a spontaneous “let’s get coffee in a random coffee shop” 😭 you go girl, go get your man, this is such a cute story ! t.co/lyv5oGg339

— Fairy Potter ⚡ (@frenchtom34) January 22, 2020

Oh, yeah I think that’s…ok? Most of my new London friends are from Grindr/twitter so I suppose I’m constantly meeting new people that I don’t really *know* although Helsinki seems a little… excessive

— T🤖m (@sleepy_homo) January 28, 2020

some guy from london decided to go to helsinki on holiday with a couple of days notice with some guy from grindr and everyone assumed he was going to get kidnapped and/or murdered

— adão 🌸🇵🇹 (@hamaddition) January 29, 2020

I can’t meet guys I know are good guys and have been speaking to forever because I get anxious they won’t like me etc, this.. this is wild. I almost admire the confidence and spontaneity of it all, I could do with more of that! …but also, by all standards, this is just crazy. t.co/U9ayFRAhqf

— Joshua Masson (@Joshua_Masson) January 22, 2020

No word yet on how the weekend went.

How far would you travel for a Grindr hookup? Sound off in the comments section below…

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: February 11, 2020

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: February 11, 2020

IN A WIN FOR TRANS AND NON-BINARY YOUTH ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA, ANTI-TRANS BILL IS DEFEATED IN STATE’S SENATE COMMITTEE: “Across South Dakota, transgender and non-binary youth and their families were able to stand up, make their voices heard and make a difference,” said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid). “It’s heartening to see how strongly South Dakotans stood against HB 1057 and that elected officials in the state are standing up against the misinformation and anti-transgender attacks that came from the bill’s proponents.” More from Daily Kos, Dakota News Now and The Daily Beast.

BREAKING: #HB1057 in South Dakota, which would have done incomprehensible harm to trans kids, was moved to the 41st day of the session — essentially killing the bill.

Congratulations to all of the advocates who worked around the clock to defeat this dangerous bill. #SDLeg

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) February 10, 2020

TUESDAY TWEET — I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE — HOW NON-BINARY TEEN QUINNCY PARKE OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE HARMFUL LEGISLATION TARGETING TRANS AND NON-BINARY YOUTH: “Kids like me deserve the opportunity to consult with our doctors, our parents and our physicians to make the decisions that are right for us,” said Parke. Watch the video here.

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South Dakota was on the brink of passing a bill that would do reprehensible harm to trans & non-binary kids, and several states are now on the same path.

Here’s what’s really at stake for trans & non-binary youth. pic.twitter.com/PQjYfIocQ9

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) February 11, 2020

HRC TO HONOR SNL STAR BOWEN YANG AT 25TH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA DINNER: The trailblazing comedian, writer and actor will receive the HRC Visibility Award on February 22 in Charlotte. “Through his hilarious representation on and off the screen, Bowen Yang is inspiring LGBTQ young people and many others to embrace their authentic selves,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “As one of SNL’s openly gay and the only Asian American cast member, Yang is boldly moving visibility forward.” More from HRC, Bustle, New York Daily News and Trilby Beresford (@trilbyberesford) at The Hollywood Reporter.

OVER 200 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN THE SOUTH SIGN OPEN LETTER OPPOSING BILLS THAT TARGET TRANS YOUTH: “These bills run counter to the growing consensus in the medical community that improving access to gender-affirming care is a central means of improving health outcomes for transgender people,” stated the letter, which was coordinated by the Campaign for Southern Equality (@SouthernEqual). More from Nico Lang (@Nico_Lang) at NBC

2020 HRC YOUTH AMBASSADOR ASHTON MOTA IS WORKING TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS, PAVING WAY FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: “Being able to be that voice and kind of be a role model for people that are figuring out their gender identity or just their identity overall is just like really inspiring to me,” said Mota. “Regardless of what other people think, you know who you are and you’ve always known who you are.” Mota will be speaking at this year’s HRC Foundation Time to THRIVE Conference, which kicks off Friday. More from Nicole Defuedis (@Nicole_DeFeudis) at the Lowell Sun

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TRANS PEOPLE CHALLENGING BANS ON UPDATING ID DOCUMENTS FOR THOSE CONVICTED OF CRIME: While specific law language varies, The Marshall Project has determined that least 17 states automatically ban people with some criminal convictions from changing their name, either permanently or temporarily. More from ABA Journal.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, SAME-SEX COUPLES INCLUDED IN COUNT OF MARRIED WORKERS IN U.S. ECONOMY: Previously, only different-sex couples were counted. More from CNN.

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ACTRESS, AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST MARIA BELLO IS ENGAGED TO CHEF GIRLFRIEND DOMINIQUE CREEN: Bello was honored with the HRC Equality Award at the 2015 HRC Austin Gala. More from People.   

Congratulations to longtime @HRC supporter @maria_bello on your engagement! We can’t wait to welcome highly accomplished chef @dominiquecrenn, who is the only 3 Michelin Star female chef in the U.S., to the HRC family. t.co/0R3pTMaT44

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) February 10, 2020

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

HEAR THOSE WEDDING BELLS? TODAY MARKS THE FIRST FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NORTHERN IRELAND: Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards will be among the first to take advantage of the new law. Read more about the couple from Suyin Haynes (@suyinsays) at TIME.

  • HRC Foundation tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Learn more about the work here

Today, #LoveWins as marriage equality in Northern Ireland takes effect. t.co/D27c1WppF6

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) February 11, 2020

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