2006-7 Issues

Other issues: 2005 | 2007-.

FICTION: The General. By DoggyJ. Devotion can come in quiet forms, as a sergeant major demonstrates.

"Can I get you anything, sir? Tea or coffee?" "Coffee, Sergeant Major." 'Sergeant Major'. It was going to be one of those nights.

LEATHERMEN

NONFICTION: Infernal. By Drew Kramer. A top attending the Chicago Hellfire Club's infamous annual leather run decides to do a little switching. But is he prepared for what he faces?

"I was mostly incoherent. But a few times, I remember saying, 'I am really scared.'"

FAMILY MEN

MUSIC VIDEO: Good Soldier II. Music by Deadlee and Micah Barnes. Directed by Johnny Skandros. A rap singer's tale of a Latino young man who tries to carry on a love affair, despite the opposition of his homophobic father.

EDITORIAL: Gay Warriors: Aspects of a Lost Tradition. In their eagerness to promote equality in the military, have proponents of gay military men lost sight of past lessons? 

"Give me a whole squadron of such sinners – so that they be young – and I'll not complain."

FICTION: Death and the Veteran. By Ruthless. As Christmas approaches, a veteran looks back on a lost past and awaits the inevitable arrival of a skeleton.

We woke early, stayed in bed, bodies locked rocking and fused by the moistness of sweat. . . . Death come dance with me. Let your hand link my hand with Noel's hand.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Views. Text and photos by Kobi Israel. A former Israeli soldier offers photographs that are shot in military settings where soldiers dare not "cross the dangerous line" between homosocial and homoerotic.

You change overnight from a child to a man – a man that has the right (and the duty sometimes) to love and hate, live and die, make love and kill . . .