Elite Daily

Alan Jude Ryland

Spirit animal: Confused subway pigeon. A friend posted that on Facebook once and it resonated.
I was feeling rather low last winter. I was stuck at home applying to all sorts of staff writing positions. I'd left behind a rather demoralizing job writing content for a software developer for the uncertainty of freelance work. I was a walking…
When you’re gay on Valentine’s Day, you are constantly reminded of the lack of representation of men and women just like you in advertising, marketing campaigns and even in the terrible shopping catalogs that get sent to your apartment. When you’re…
I found myself in the throes of a sexual drought several months back. A friend said, “Alan, get on Grindr. Everyone else is doing it. You'll fit right in." “No,” I said. “It's stupid and shallow.” Besides, the most successful flings I've had have…
The weekend went by too quickly, and you didn't get the chance to finish watching "Making A Murderer" on Netflix. You walk into the office on Monday morning with a chip on your shoulder. You need to know what happens, but you have your co-workers…
On October 25, 2006, my tiny and highly esteemed New York performing arts high school was rocked by revelations that a student had threatened to shoot a fellow classmate. School authorities acted on a tip from a female student. Sometime after noon,…