Gay designer Tom Ford knows a thing or two about S-E-X. The Santa Fe-bred stunner practically reinvented copulation with his work at Italian fashion house, Gucci. It's been a few years since Ford left the brand and, as we're sure you've heard, Ford recently opened an eponymous store on Madison Avenue. And - surprise, surprise! - he's been making the press rounds.

This week's New York contains a hefty profile of the sex-crazed sartorialist, in which Ford laments our culture's rigid sex laws:

It’s part of our nature, wanting sex; you eat tonight and you think you’re full, but then tomorrow you’re hungry again. Now there’s all this cartoon sex because porn is so widespread—the girl going he he he he and the guy going uh uh uh uh—so boring. Imagine a hundred years ago, when you were just drawn to the person—imagine all the weird sex that happened! They didn’t know what to do, they just did what they liked. Think of how perverted it must’ve been…

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Dear Queer Questions,

Signed,
Glabrous isn’t Glamorous

Dear GIG,

Well the real issue here is the fact that you are dating a blogger! By definition they are self-obsessed and controlling so you have a battle ahead of you. But do not fret. We have the answer.

There is a compromise. Perhaps you can agree on trimming, or manscaping. This will keep his hair under control while saving you from his sandpaper stubble. Shaving does not need to be to the skin. A trimmed chest looks 100 times better than a bare chest covered in razor bumps. Look to Tom Ford for inspiration. He was a huge fan of the hairy chest and made it sexy during his reign at Gucci.

You may also want to start watching 70’s porn. Get your boyfriend all hot and hard by watching all these hairy guys go at it. He obviously is not seeing enough positive images of guys with hairy chests. This could be a way to show him that hairy guys are hot too.

Hoping for Hair,
Queerty Queers

Today is National Coming Out Day. Hooray! The holiday has been celebrated each October 11th since the March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Equality in 1987.

We Queerty people only need to come out of the closet when we can’t decide between our Gucci jeans and our Alexander McQueen suits. Among our readers, though, there might be some souls who shiver in their Fruit of the Loom underwear at the mere thought of coming out. To them we say “Exit that damn closet.” The stale air, not to mention the straight threads in there can’t possibly do you any good.

The Human Rights Campaign has declared that the theme for this year’s National Coming Out Day is “Talk About It.” Last year’s theme was “Come Out. Speak Out. Vote.” The votes went all the wrong way, as far as our rights are concerned, but if even one past closet case is now holding hands with her girlfriend in public, the effort was worthwhile.

One trend we touch upon often at Queerty is the urban toy trend. And if one is into urban toys then one must go to Kid Robot. They have shops in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Kid Robot sells toys. But not the toys you think. These are limited edition, pieces of art. Kid Robot puts it this way: