Hugh Ryan

Freelance writer

I’m a Hustla

Originally published in The Advocate on 10/14/2009. Read the article in its entirety, with comments, here.
On October 11 the Hustlaball returned to New York, the city where it began. Now in its 12th year, the Hustlaball, according to its organizers, “brings the world of porn stars, hustlers, hookers, pimps, streetwalkers, flesh-peddlers, and other scandalous sorts [...]

We Are (From) Everywhere

Originally published on Advocate.com on 8/25/2009. You can read the original, with comments, here.
At 28, Nathan Manske might be a poster child for fun employment. Tan, attractive, articulate, and recently laid off by a large advertising firm, Manske has spent the last six months channeling all of his energies into creating and maintaining the website [...]

Pixelated Pride

Published in The Advocate, 6/10/2009. Read the original (w/ comments) here.
When most people think about online video games, they think of teenage boys and Angelina Jolie dressed as Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. But a growing number of LGBT adults are taking to the (virtual) streets, carving out a home for themselves in what are [...]

Linday Lohan’s Fight for Marriage Equality

Originally published in The Advocate, 4/25/2009. Read the original (w/ comments) here.

Lindsay Lohan’s recently released faux eHarmony profile is perhaps the most brilliant 90 seconds in the young actor’s career. She simultaneously manages to poke fun at herself, her relationship with Sam Ronson, and eHarmony — a homophobic dating website that would never allow her to [...]