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Looking for Native Penfriend

My name is Steven. I'm a whiteman with Native American heritage. I have been looking for more than a year for Native American penfriends. Does The Guide have any? No e-mail only, and no prisoners, please.

S.D.
Danville, Pennsylvania

We've had guys who identify as Native American who've placed MaleBox penpal ads in The Guide print magazine, as well as online at Guidemag.com; you might keep your eye on those pages.

'In Romania the gay is despair'

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am from Romania. I was born June 26, 1976. I qualified as a waiter/cook and I have graduated the Faculty of Religious Science. I live with my parents, and my life is a Hell because I am gay. My life is an ordeal! My family is determined to throw me out away their house because I am gay. I cannot manage myself. I don't have house, and I work for $100 a month. I am desperate and on the ridge of patience.

In Romania is discrimination for gays. The homosexuals meet in toilets and woods as animals. Is revolting. We gays is not freedom with bars, clubs, saunas, hotels, restaurants. In Romania the gay is despair.

I want work, a house, a job, and a friend gay for a beautiful and freedom life. I want to go from Romania.

B.V.
Suceava, Romania

Of course, meeting in toilets and woods "as animals" can be delightfully life-affirming, but if such places are one's only refuge from an unrelentingly hostile world, the charm fades. Perhaps your ad in MaleBox will provide you with some helpful contacts.

Wants to Hug All

I am not gay. However, I have dated men who are bi or gay. I understand the heartache you feel. I am an open-minded woman. I understand that people do not choose to be born straight or bi or gay. It's part of our genetic code. People who point fingers or make jokes are immature and unsure of themselves. It's a shame people judge you because of your sexual preferences instead of your abilities.

Each one of us is different. Sometimes, people try to mold us into people we are not. It can't be done.

It's very difficult to be a Christian and be gay. Most churches do not accept or tolerate homosexuality. But prayer is free, and God hears all prayers. God made us. He will listen to you.

If I could, I'd give each one of you a hug, and try to encourage you when you are downhearted. Life isn't fair.

True love endures all things. I have unconditional love for all people, including you. I understand if you are sad, alone, and in need. I've been there.

I will remember you in my thoughts and prayers. Take care of yourselves and each other, and remember, each moment you spend with a loved one is precious.

R.C.
Dunbar, West Virginia

Well, thanks, R.C. When we read the first two sentences of your letter, we howled in the office, until we read on, and realized you were a woman! While we might take some exception to your assertion that one does not choose to be gay (with the not-so-subtle corollary that if being gay were a choice, it would be justifiably condemnable), we appreciate your spirit of inclusive love.

Foreskins Stink

In reference to the letter from K.F. about "foreskin intolerance" and discrimination [Letters, May 2007, available at Guidemag.com], foreskins are like toilet paper. People take a shit and then wipe their ass with toilet paper, and some shit is always left in ones asshole and then the asshole walks about irritating people like me because they smell like shit. Foreskins give bacteria and disease and foul odor a place to hide. The greatest thing about homosexuals is that they are clean and health conscious and most do not stink unless they have some unnatural and unclean body odor. Stink is what bothers most gay people the most. Some people love and thrive on other people's stink. Stink is what drives me away from a stinker.

I make it a practice that every time I shit, I wipe my ass with toilet paper and then I clean out around my asshole with soap and lukewarm water whereby I never smell like shit or walk around with shit-streaked underwear. That's the purpose of circumcision: cleanliness.

C.W.
Equality, Illinois

Your mother must be very proud.