Lifelube has been running a wonderful social marketing campaign on their lovely website and on buses running through Chicago (ads that were the subject of a coordinated attempt to vandalize and silence the campaign) asking the question, "How are you healthy?" Many have chimed in, responding on their blog with short but punchy pieces on how these people understand themselves to be healthy. It's a cute and smart campaign.

Jim asked if I might submit something, so I wrote up this piece last month and sent it over. It was published today at Lifelube. Here's a taste:

What keeps me alive, thriving, and sane is quite simply my friends. I have been blessed over the many years to have a wonderful group of queer men and women (and everyone in between) in my life who have kept me sharp and critical in the face of a culture that would rather me as a gay man tell straight folks what to wear or how to style their hair (two fabulous professions, to be sure, but neither of which suit me).

I stay healthy by celebrating the mind-blowing sex I had last week over cocktails with my friends. I find pleasure in talking about sex and exploring what makes it so powerful for me, and my friends keep me sane by facilitating an open, honest discourse about our sexualities. My friends believe that sex is good, healthy, and potentially transformative -- and that shared approach is what bonds us together...

Head to Lifelube to read the rest!!!!