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THE YEAR OF DANGEROUS SEX

N JUNE — the day Obergefell v. Hodges established marriage equality for same-sex couples across the nation — I was drunk in a Savannah, Ga., gay bar with Destiny Myklz, the drag queen emcee of Club One. She sauntered up in a red dress and kissed me on the cheek. We started talking, as friends do, about bathroom blow jobs. I told her I was surprised there wasn’t a “back room” of the club. She rolled her eyes.

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