Dating my long time crush feels so good 🙈 - Sam (@official.samb) • Collective

For many gay men, love begins with unlearning. Years spent pretending to be someone else, hiding feelings, and fitting into expectations can make vulnerability feel terrifying. But that is what makes finding the right person so extraordinary. The moment someone loves you not for who you pretended to be, but for who you truly are, all those years of hiding begin to lose their weight. True love becomes more than romance,it becomes freedom, acceptance, and the joy of finally being seen. After years of keeping parts of yourself locked away, sometimes you end up unleashing the beast. 😏❤️‍🔥

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Join us for the LONDON launch of Issue #5, HETEROTOPIAS, on Thursday 02 July 🫦🏺 HETEROTOPIAS journeys through the queer spaces we build to survive, seduce, worship, disappear, and become. Bursting at the seams across a whopping 228 pages, the issue drifts through orgiastic rituals, architectural fantasies, nudist beaches, activist networks, dark rooms, drag stages, poetry, cruising grounds, cyberspace and sun-drenched islands. Thursday 02 July (London Pride Week) 6–8 PM Tenderbooks 6 Cecil Court WC2N 4HE, London Free entry, free 🥂, free 🫂