In this pioneering book, soldiers write in their own words, no-holds-barred, about their true sexual experiences. These are men who are (or were) serving in the military and who often, because of fear of persecution, have to use pen-names. Contains about 20 in-depth stories on what really goes on behind barracks walls and inside ships when the military brass isn't snooping.

As a gay man who suffered through two years in an extremely homophobic military in the 1960's, I could easily sympathize with the authors of these stories. Once, in a savage shipboard ceremony, I even had to endure mock castration! How long will this barbarism continue?!?

The articles about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington alone should be required reading for all U.S. history classes. Kenneth Starr would have gone wild looking at the private lives of our country's two greatest leaders.

"Humongous" is one of three book-length collections of hot, male-male sex stories: true, unvarnished experiences. Together, the books in the "True Gay Encounters" series include such stories as ..."A Boy's First Love," and much more.... Other books in the series include "Lust" and "Eighteen and Over." 192 pages. In the various series of books, adult gay men write uninhibitedly about their sex lives. (The appearance of the word "boy" in any of these titles is in the gay usage of legal age or older.)

I am one of the writers, Gysgt Steve Aldea, and My Experiences in the Marine Corps with Sailors have been true in all of the past three books.

Marine Biology, Basic Training and Macho Marines tells it all about what goes on behind closed doors when the military is not snooping between the bed sheets of men in the Military. My experiences are true and to the best account, filled with fondness for male to male contact that goes on in the military!

I read this book many years a go and had been looking for it.I'm so glad to have found it again.Here americans can learn about authors that are not well know in the U.S. and what they saw and felt in their countries ie.oppression,hate,love,fear and joy.One of my favorite writers besides Reinaldo Arenas is De Andrade a brazilian author(gay) with a magnificent way of expressing the love for his fellow men and for a counrty in turmoil.One of his quotes is inscribed in a friends tombstone and it goes something like this"And the late night revelers and the drunken people passed us by say nothing".I recommend this book for not only gay people but for all americans to learn more about Latin Americans but to learn tolerence and understanding of what it is to be different yet the same.

In this pioneering book, soldiers write in their own words, no-holds-barred, about their true sexual experiences. These are men who are (or were) serving in the military and who often, because of fear of persecution, have to use pen-names. Contains about 20 in-depth stories on what really goes on behind barracks walls and inside ships when the military brass isn't snooping.

This compilation of short stories are reportedly actual sexual accounts of military personnel with their same-sex colleagues, and "Basic Training" leaves nothing to the imagination and impresses on us the power of the written word. Laced with graphic sexual descriptions, some of the narratives relate less to homosexual encounters and more to the essential need of man to have some human touch, even if it's from another man, an essential that is more an emotional than sexual need. Depending on who you're reading this to as a nighttime story, it's a great collection of shorts that permits the privilege of using a boundless imagination. After reading many of the stories, don't be surprised at the need for someone's human touch.

In this pioneering book, soldiers write in their own words, no-holds-barred, about their true sexual experiences. These are men who are (or were) serving in the military and who often, because of fear of persecution, have to use pen-names. Contains about 20 in-depth stories on what really goes on behind barracks walls and inside ships when the military brass isn't snooping.

In it's first section, "Queer Dharma" sets out to show that Buddhism is essentially silent on the issue of sexuality in terms of whether it prefers hetero vs. homo. This silence on the issue of sexuality (whereas Buddhist Dhamma is quite clear about specific sex acts in certain suttas) should make Buddhism a good choice for gays seeking a spiritual expression that carries no hidden agendas regarding them. It also shows how the Buddhist texts face the same problems today that Christian texts do: in that modern day connotations and denotations are ascribed to words that 1,000 years ago had quite different and more specific meanings.

The rest of the book contains personal essays by gays describing how they came to Buddhism, and many of these essays are very uplifting and tremedously well written as well as inspiring. My only concern is that these essays, and the entire book's perspective for that matter, is heavily stilted toward the Mahayana and Zen schools, with little attention paid to the Theravada tradition. In fact, a review of the Buddhist literature out there (and for sale at Amazon) mostly represents Mahayana and Zen traditions: the Theravadans apparently don't have very good agents. Despite that, the book is much needed I think for the gay community, as Buddhism provides a method that works and brings true peace that we gays desperately need.

This is one of the few books that I have read in recent years that actually inspired me as a gay man. There is little enough out there that offers us, gays and lesbians, a spiritual life. It is in itself a good introduction to Buddhism, though lacks a lesbian perspective. Still if you are going to read anything as a gay man on Buddhism, this has to be it.

"The Great Way is not difficult..." Thank you Winston Leyland and others for making it easier for all of us. A must read for every gay (would-be) Buddhist.

"Teleny" has long been an outlawed book and in many senses still is. The fact that it is only published by the occasional gay press is symptomatic, and only its presumed author has rescued this book from oblivion I fear. Its subject matter obviously excludes the book from the mainstream of literature, though in my opinion it is well worth reading for any open-minded lover of literature (as the unusual heterosexual female reading this book I think I can afford to say this). "Teleny" is a bizarre and confused book (due to its diverse authors) but never quite lets go of the storyline. The Victorian coyness of the many euphemisms used is quite touching in so explicit a book, and as a story "Teleny" is quite charming and tragic. The style may not be consistent, it is never banal and often witty (how otherwise could anyone even think it was Wilde's?). It is definitely the sort of book that if you start reading it -unless you're a prude- you'll finish. However, if you want to read this book because you think it is Wilde's, and you like his work, you'll find it is never quite up to his standards. If on the other hand you like Wilde and think he was fascinating, read this book: whoever wrote it gives an interesting outlook on the darker side of that famous life. If you love Wilde and are gay, well, read this, you won't have had so much fun reading a literary pornographic novel for a long time.

For anyone who has slogged through the artificial and self-conscious world of Victorian 'erotica', Teleny will seem both familiar and surprising. Written around 1893 by several anonymous writers of uneven ability, the novel claims our attention for two reasons. While the possibility that one of its writers was Oscar Wilde, an idea that grows more intriguing as one reads on, will probably remain its primary draw, it is also one of the first books to transcend its pornographic trappings and explore the emotional life of its protagonist. This progressive point of view, and the appropriately unaffected prose used to tell the tale, validate Teleny's position as the fountainhead of the modern approach to gender and sexuality in literature. Editor John McRae has succinctly summed up the circumstantial evidence of Oscar Wilde's authorship in his scholarly introduction to the only complete reprinting of the original text. This is not a case where the cheap edition just substitutes pulpier paper--for half the price you get half the book. Nor is Teleny for the weak stomach or the faint of heart. On the way to plumbing the depths of our human origins in our animal bodies, the book describes some extreme behavior. Readers who are offended by graphic descriptions of body parts and vividly imagined sex acts should look elsewhere. ON the other hand, those who would enjoy erotica more if it paid more attention to the sensuous and subjective experience may find something to celebrate.

Teleny is undoubtably the finest example of an erotic novel that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It flows smoothly and easily throughout the plot without becoming redundant or boring. The passion and conflicting emotions portrayed in these men are both riveting and timeless. I particularly enjoyed the subtle way in which sex and death, the two great constants, were so skillfully entertwined. The permanence of death serves to highlight the immediacy of our need to live life to the fullest extent. This is not a creampuff romance. It is a story of a passionate driving need to reach out and touch another human soul.

Highlights this time out: "Interrogation" and "Pledge" by "The Hun"-- as usual, his anatomy is seriously exaggerated, but his rendering this time seems more refined than usual, and he threw in a lot of details to "read" as well. "Hawk: Service Station" by Greg Garcia, in which his biker hero pushes himself on a smaller guy, only to have it done in turn to him by a BIGGER guy. "Coley And the Polynesian Dragon" by John Blackburn takes the blonde voodoo boy to exotic climes again; ironically, this episode isn't quite a violent as the one in Vol.17! As usual, the Coley installment is probably the BEST part of the entire book, in both writing AND artwork. 3 short episodes of "Johnny Leatherhead" by Stephen Clarke show a lot of potential in the art & visual storytelling. "The Buddies And The Bastards" by Sean is a fun romp in which a couple of guys stumble into the WRONG club initiation-- but the guys who take advantage of them get paid in kind by the end. Gerald Donelan contributes another 12 cartoons, including the back cover.

"What makes Meatmen so popular with gay readers, myself included? For starters, the men of Meatmen "live" in a homoerotic paradise where there is no disease or bigotry, and where every man is hot, hung and willing. Furthermore, comic characters "can" do things that real people cannot or dare not do, not even in adult videos. Everything goes in the world of Meatmen, just so long as the characters "are" over 18 (not even Meatmen can defy that taboo!) In other words, Meatmen act out most cherished, deepest fantasies." - text from Badpuppy's Gay Today