LGBTQ Archives - Hardline Chat

LGBTQ Archives - Hardline Chat

How Gay Hookup Apps Have Changed Dating Forever

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Let’s face it: It’s not the 1950s any more. Gone are the days when Peggy Sue waited anxiously by the wall-mounted phone for Bobby to call and ask her for a malt before the sock hop. Dating and hookup apps like Hardline have long since become the in thing, forever changing old-school dating trends and habits as we know them.

But is this necessarily a bad thing? Some people lament that romance has since been killed by millennial trends. But perhaps there haven’t been any acts of homicide. Perhaps it’s simply changed, as most things tend to do. Read More

How to Come Out to Your Parents

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Coming out to your parents can be the most nerve-wracking moment in your life of kissing men. The response from your parents can feel like the most definitive moment of acceptance, and you may find yourself taking anywhere from weeks to years to prepare. However, your preparation to come out to your parents—regardless of your age—has less to do with how exactly to tell them and more to do with your own readiness to tell. Here’s “How to Come Out to Your Parents,” for a little added preparation. Read More

First Date Fall Style Guide

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Dating in the fall is fun. You get to pull out all of your autumn clothes from last year or, if you’re the type to do so, actually go out and buy new stuff. However, staying warm and still looking your best can sometimes be a problem. How can you add on layers without looking too bulky? How can you make sure you still retain your stylish self without freezing to death? The best way is to take a look at each type of clothing and see how it stacks up on its own; that and well to follow our first date fall style guide! Read More

5 Things You Can Tell About a Man Just By Hearing His Voice

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We’re going to get a little science-y here for a minute. There have been countless studies running around telling people that straight ladies swoon over deep-voiced men because they just know it means such men will be good breeders. Bleh. We don’t have to go into all the problems of those findings and how those studies were conducted, do we? And don’t get me started on the concept of attraction in the whole nature vs. nurture debate. There’s only one true, sure fire thing we can deduce about men’s voices. Basically, the pitch of a man’s voice largely derives from the amount of male sex hormone he has in his system: good ol’ testosterone. The more testosterone he has, the more likely he will have a deeper voice and larger physique. Does that make him more masculine? Nah, it just makes him more of the trope of masculinity. There are lots of ways to be a man. But I digress. Here are five things you can tell about a man just by hearing his voice.
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