Category: Archer’s Just the Tips
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TIPS ON DATING SOMEONE LIVING WITH HIV
Tony Morrison is an Emmy and GLAAD Award-earning journalist and creator now serving as GLAAD’s Senior Director of Communications. Previously he had worked for a decade as a morning TV producer. It was during this time that he came out as living with HIV in secret for years in a powerful essay for Good Morning America. Today, Tony’s courage to share his lived experience invites a welcome new narrative for people like him living with undetectable HIV.
HIV. Just seeing those three letters together can elicit terrifying thoughts and emotions. Yes, HIV brings with it a cruel past. Yes, an HIV diagnosis can be awful. Yes, we must keep top of mind the generations of people we’ve lost to HIV over the years. No, HIV, and those living with HIV, are not…
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TIPS ON HOW TO NOT ALWAYS GO FOR THE SAME TYPE
Trevor Kuhn is a certified love and relationship coach based in New York City.
Humans are creatures of habit. We get used to doing things a certain way – whether good for us or not – and this includes in dating and relationships. It’s why most people have their “type,” something that friends playfully point out when we share that we’re into someone new, who looks just like our…
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TIPS ON HIV & AIDS 101 FROM TONY MORRISON
Tony Morrison is an Emmy and GLAAD Award-earning journalist and creator. As GLAAD’s Senior Director of Communications, he amplifies LGBTQ stories and brings truth to experiences like his for people living with undetectable HIV.
It goes without saying that HIV/AIDS has been the most impactful health crisis the LGBTQ community has ever faced. It’s reported that over 100,000 people died of AIDS in the U.S. between 1981 and 1990. As a community, we lost an entire generation. While deaths have slowed as a result of advanced treatment of HIV…
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TIPS ON COPING WITH INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA
Michael Kaye is the Director of Brand Marketing & Communications on Archer, and spent 5+ years volunteering with the Human Rights Campaign.
You may be asking, what is internalized homophobia? It’s something many queer people experience, and it’s what happens when LGBTQ people direct the hatred they experience from the sexual majority (straight people) towards themselves. According to The Rainbow Project, internalized homophobia —— can affect gay, lesbian and bisexual people, and even heterosexual people who have…
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TIPS ON SUPPORTING SOMEONE COMING OUT FROM NICK GUILLORY
Nick Guillory is a self-made entrepreneur currently running his own social media agency. He also serves as a social media consultant to the Human Rights Campaign.
Coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is a deeply personal and courageous journey for folks. So having people they trust to support them along the way is vital. I remember coming out to my parents and it being a complete shit show. But I was glad I did it, and I found…
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TIPS ON THE BEST GAY SEX POSITIONS FROM COURT VOX
Court Vox is a certified sex & intimacy coach based in L.A. He is a member of the World Association of Sex Coaches and founder of The Bodyvox.
Founder of The Bodyvox, Court leads courses, workshops, retreats, and private immersions where clients can cultivate toys to unlock limitations and shame, and embrace a deeper sense of intimacy with their whole self. Here’s my first hot tip: All gay sex positions bring something new to the party. So let’s party, right?! Trying out the various positions in…
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TIPS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH DATING REJECTION
Lamont White is a certified dating coach and matchmaker for gay and bisexual men in the United States.
If you’re genuinely looking for love and companionship, it requires really putting yourself out there, and getting comfortable with making the first move. I get it, it’s not easy! And I can’t lie, doing so means at some point you will inevitably experience dating rejection—yes, even you, you stud. For some guys, rejection sends them…
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10 TIPS FOR YOUR FIRST THREESOME WITH YOUR PARTNER
Zachary Zane is a sex and relationship columnist who recently authored Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto.
Threesomes are one of the most common sexal fantasies, but they’re also the most likely to go wrong in practice. Each guy has different expectations for how he thinks the threesome will manifest, and when reality doesn’t match expectations, guys often feel rejected, jealous, angry, or upset. The key to a successful threesome is, as…