All posts by Loren Couse

I started my gay career working in NYC on the Freedom to Marry campaign and have been actively involved in the LGBTQ scene in Boston. I have also lived and studied in Ireland, Russia, Japan and Korea where I learned a lot about being gay in different countries. I am now living in Taiwan working on my Masters. Coming out wasn't easy for me. I want the articles I write to make your lives easier and your experiences better. If you have a question, suggestion, or are just looking to chat, feel free to message me at: [email protected] or add me on Google+.

21 August 2016

Super!wear by Male Q – Behind the Mask by Loren Couse

Male Q has always been about pride and love, no matter your gender or sexual orientation. That’s why we are launching Super!wear, an..

16 August 2016

Illustrations of Same-Sex Love by Kubikouma by Loren Couse

For Male Q’s continuation of art in the gay community, we this week want to introduce Kubikouma, an artist and illustrator from Taina..

11 August 2016

Things Most Straight People Will Never Get about Gay People – Reddit by Loren Couse

There are a lot of things you might not know about gay people. Yeah, it might seem like we are everywhere now a days, but there are probab..

26 July 2016

Pjur Analyse Me Review – A Lube MADE For Anal Sex by Loren Couse

One of the most common questions I get on the site is: “What is the best lube for anal sex?”. This is because lubes are the si..

07 July 2016

Gay Body Art and Miss Liu Ling’s Traveling Silk Dream – 劉綾遊綾驚夢 by Loren Couse

To continue this month’s focus on local art and artists within the gay community, MaleQ chose this week to feature Miss Liu Ling, an a..

05 July 2016

Does True Love Exist in Gay World?? – MaleQ&A by Loren Couse

MaleQ gets a lot of questions about sex and coming out, but this week we want to shift the focus to a less talked about topic – the id..

02 July 2016

The Gay Faces of Taiwan – Sztsu Male Photography – 私處 l 男相 by Loren Couse

This month MaleQ is focusing on local art and artists within the gay community. For this week, we are featuring Sztsu, a photographer from..

02 July 2016

Pope Francis Calls the Church to Apologize to Past Mistreatment of Gays by Loren Couse

Pope Francis is starting to make a name for himself, as a new voice for the Catholic Church. He is consistently speaking up for marginaliz..

30 June 2016

Miss Missouri Crowns First Openly Gay Pageant Winner by Loren Couse

In a historic victory this week, Erin O’Flaherty was crowned as Miss Missouri’s 2016 Pageant winner. Although she said she did in..

25 June 2016

I Fucking Hate Running! by Loren Couse

My legs are aching, my chest is burning, my heart feels like it wants to jump out of my body. I can swim, I can bike, I can lift weights, ..

25 June 2016

Stonewall Named as Nation’s First National Monument to LGBTQ Rights by Loren Couse

Leading up to this weekend’s 2016 New York City Gay Pride and following the historic United States Supreme Court decision legalizing s..

17 June 2016

My Night in a Japanese Gay Host Club by Loren Couse

Here I was in Okinawa, a small island isolated Japanese island with not much in the name of “gay nightlife”, but I had just arri..

16 June 2016

Give a Hickey Wihtout Leaving a Mark by Loren Couse

I love kissing more than any other guy, and I love the feeling of getting a hickey. But here is something you might not realize – if..

16 June 2016

Iran’s Gay Refugees by Loren Couse

As far as much of the world has come, it is easy to forget that even today there are many places where being gay can be dangerous, illegal, ..

08 June 2016

How to Come Out of the Closet by Loren Couse

Deciding to come out of the closet is the biggest step you will ever take to being honest and true to yourself and the people around you. ..