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AEN Presents the November networking event. Network with other professionals, develop your career and expand your contacts! This is the perfect opportunity for open networking with other professionals in the Atlanta area occurring in a casual smoke free atmosphere! Bellissima - 560 Amsterdam Avenue $4 Signature Cocktails - Free Parking $5 for AEN members, $10 for guests “The Storytelling Ability Of A Boy” enters it’s third week at 7 Stages Backstage Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave. N.E. in Little Five Points. The first in a series of three contemporary plays for adults brings fresh, gutsy voices to Atlanta audiences for the group’s 2010-2011 season. Written by Carter Lewis and directed by Rachel May. In The Storytelling Ability of A Boy,“Love gets dangerous when a young English teacher gets involved in the personal lives of two of her students, a strange boy with a gift for writing and a brooding young girl with a nail gun. Darkly funny and deeply moving.” The play runs through November 21st with performances Thursdays thru Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Visit: www.synchrotheatre.com or call (404) 484-8636 to purchase tickets by phone or for more info.
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A woofy night of fur, fun and dance as the Eagle welcomes The Southern Bears and DJ Chris Griswold. The Bears will be serving drinks and selling Jello shots from 10pm-1:30am with proceeds to benefit the club and other charities. DJ Chris Griswold a longtime Atlanta favorite returns to the Eagle with his popular Brand of music and mixes. The Eagle 306 Ponce de Leon Avenue. Visit www.atlantaeagle.com or www. southernbears.org for more.
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‘Random Acts of Kindness’ with Second Sunday of Atlanta. For eighteen years the second Sunday of the month has been the time for Atlanta’s Black Gay Men to join for meaningful and topical discussions in a positive and open forum. This month’s topic: “Random Acts of Kindness!” with a Talent Show Contest. The group meets at Positive Impact, 139 Ralph Mcgill Blvd NE from 3-5pm.
Tuesday
“Sweet Honey In The Rock” Benefit Concert for People of Faith Against the Death Penalty. Steeped in the sacred music of the black church, the clarion calls of the civil rights movement, and songs of the struggle for justice, the Grammy-winning ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock® blends soulful harmonies and intricate rhythms in an unmatched a cappella experience. Shirley Childress Saxton American will act as American Sign Language interpreter
During intermission at the concert, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty will be joined by leaders from throughout the Atlanta community and beyond in awarding Martina Correia and Murphy Davis the Rev. Robert E. Seymour Award recognizing their many years of devoted efforts to end the death penalty. The event begins 7:30PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church 407 Auburn Avenue. Tickets are $30 general admission and also available at: Charis Books and More, 189 Euclid Ave., Outwrite Books, 991 Piedmont Ave. and Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore, 946 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd. This concert is a part of The Kairos Conference: Discerning Justice and Taking Action on America’s Death Penalty at Emory University, Atlanta, November 16 & 17. For more information, please visit www. kairosconference.org.
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Essentially Major
Room with a View by Michael Jeffrey
From the penthouse floor of the Marriott Marquis, all of Midtown appeared to be peacefully resting under the dull yellow glow of a thousand street lights. Until tonight I’d never seen the city from this particular point of view. Just a few blocks away I even saw my own building. Every window was dark except a kitchen light I’d forgotten to turn off earlier in the day. It’s 4:00AM now. “Time for me to get home,” I thought. Yet I couldn’t help but admire the view a little longer, reflecting on the long tumultuous love affair I’ve had with the city outside the window. After a few minutes passed I pulled away, quietly collected my clothes, and left the two men I’d spent most of the night with sleeping soundly behind me in bed. The party was officially over, in more ways than one. I hadn’t expected my day to go quite like it did. I couldn’t have known my friend Josh would call that morning and ask the unthinkable. “I have a proposition for you,” he said hesitantly. I knew right off he didn’t need something simple like twenty dollars or a ride to the airport. “You know it’s me and my partner’s anniversary today. And, well, I’d like to give him ‘you’ as a gift.” “Wait, give him what?” I said, sitting up at attention. “I didn’t know I was for sale!” Josh and his partner Chris have been together monogamously for half a decade. In gay years that’s arguably equivalent to a bicentennial celebration. They both thought what better time than now to introduce some much needed spice into their bedroom repertoire? That’s apparently where I came in. Mr. Spice Rack, at your service. “I know it sounds crazy,” Josh explained. “We’re both very hesitant about this, but I know for sure it could only work with someone we both trust.” He went on to explain that they’d discussed asking me before, but he wanted it to be 26 davidatlanta
a complete surprise to Chris that he’d followed through with inviting me along. I was to show up unannounced at their hotel suite at 10pm sharp. Josh would tell Chris to listen out for room service while he showered, but it would be me knocking at the door instead. Never have I been able to say no to these kinds of things. And why they happen to me as often as they do, I’ll never understand. Atlanta seems to burn with this very particular brand of adventurous sexual energy. People arrive here young, full of libido, and low on experience. Even the well intentioned usually end up playing out their romantic lives with the restraint of a toddler in a toy store. I am equally guilty of this and have left no stone unturned since I arrived so long ago. But shouldn’t there come a time in everyone’s life that instead of wanting more, you start wanting something deeper? Maybe so. But when time is of the essence and two gorgeous men are in need, turning into a prude all of a sudden just didn’t feel like the right decision. It wasn’t until the adventure was over and all the testosterone had melted away that I really saw things with a clear perspective. While Josh and Chris were celebrating their commitment to each other, I was still (somewhat selfishly) only celebrating myself. And although there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, seeing the two of them asleep together made me wonder what it would feel like to finally share all of who I am with someone else. On the short walk home I thought about the years ahead of me, all the changes I plan to make, and the things I want to accomplish. But I wondered most of all if Atlanta would be the city to give them to me. By the time I reached my doorstep I’d came to one conclusion. If Atlanta had given it all to Josh & Chris, then turned around and gave Josh & Chris to me, even if I end up empty handed, I’ll have the time of my life figuring it out along the way.
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Gone but certainly not forgotten, Backstreet still echoes in the minds and hearts of Atlanta’s GLBT community. The influence that Backstreet continues to have even today and even for those who have never been there is amazing for a nightclub. You seldom hear anyone longing for the Armory the way they do about Backstreet. Perhaps more than the building, the twenty-four hour bar, the glitz and glamour Backstreet was about the people, the customers, staff and the performers. The Backstreet cast list reads like a who’s who of Atlanta’s drag community. In fact many still hold key positions in Atlanta’s club scene, Heather Daniels, Lilly White, Lena Lust, Shawnna Brooks, Lauren Lemasters and Charlie Brown to name a few. Twice a year The Jungle Nightclub is home to the Backstreet reunion party. A time for old friends to gather and reminisce and for the newbies to have a taste of what once was. The next Backstreet re-union approaches, it will be held at the Jungle Nightclub 2115 Faulkner Road in Atlanta, Saturday 11/27. On hand will be Heather Daniels, Lilly White, Lena Lust, Shawnna Brooks and Lauren LeMasters . Charlie Brown the Bitch of Backstreet is back in town to join in and celebrate one more night together as well. Charlie Brown has been absent from Atlanta’s drag scene since July when she accepted an offer from the Horizon Casino and Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Charlie Brown is back in the south for the next few weeks and is taking full advantage of the time to visit old haunts and 28 davidatlanta
meet up with old friends again. “It was a great opportunity” Charlie said and she is having a great time heading up the Carnival Cabaret as the hostess/emcee. The acts are all celebrity impersonations and characters’ , Bette Midler, Cher, Judy Garland, Brittany, Madonna and the like. In the show Charlie Brown besides hosting also does a killer Paula Dean as well as Charlene Mae Brown her evil sister who puts the Ho in Tahoe. Besides The Horizon, Charlie Brown has also performed at the RIO in Vegas a couple times and enjoys the new friends, beauty of the region and the opportunity for a new level of the art. However “I really miss home, my husband and friends and I will be coming back!” Charlie says, she will be returning to Nevada in December but for now she is with us for a few more weeks. Charlie Brown ever busy and ever the promoter will be touring the South during this visit home, she will be performing at: Alexandria Martin’s farewell show at the Jungle 11/13 - KAOS in Macon 11/19 – Images in Dothan, AL 11/20 – Carousel in Knoxville, TN 11/26 – Backstreet Reunion at Jungle 11/27 – Vieux Carre’ in Hunstville, AL 11/28 – The Park in Roanoke, VA Dec. 3rd, 4th & 5th and her final Southeast performance for the next several months at KAOS in Macon on 12/18 for their Christmas show. Make sure you catch this iconic diva at one or more of the venues listed above. You’ll get a taste of one of those who helped make Backstreet what it was and why the loss is still mourned by Atlanta’s GLBT community.
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La Nota Rosa
TIEMPO DE VOTAR
by Luis Chiruco
Se acaban de celebrar elecciones en Estados Unidos. Unas que no se presentaban precisamente cómodas para la Administración del Presidente Barack Obama. La larga espera en la recuperación del empleo, sobre todo en determinados estados del país, habían elevado una ola de protesta en forma de movimiento populista, el ‘Tea Party’, sin objetivos realmente claros, pero aglutinador de las frustraciones de un cierto sector de la población norteamerica, no demasiado ilustrada pero con ganas de que algo o alguien los representara. Al final, al mucho ruido ’ les han acompañado pocas nueces. Dos senadores y dos congresistas distan, a Dios gracias, de ser una victoria grande del profascista movimiento. Sin embargo, como era de esperar, de las dos Cámaras del Capitolio de Washington DC, los Republicanos han logrado el control del Congreso, mientras que el Partido del Presidente, el Demócrata, seguirá con mayoría en el Senado. Para los que buscaban en esta derrota a medias el final precipitado de la era Obama, decir que salvo en dos ocasiones, durante la primera legislatura de Franklin Delano Roosevelt y la primera de George W. Bush, los presidentes no consiguieron convencer a los ciudadanos en sólo dos años, perdiendo sus respectivos partidos la mayoría de las Cámaras durante sus presidencias. Sin embargo, los Republicanos no han visto ni de lejos una victoria aplastante en todo el país. California les ha dado un bofetón con la mano abierta al partido de los Bush, Reagan y Sarah Palin, haciendo ganar con holgura el Gobierno del Estado al veteranísimo Jerry Brown, explícito defensor de los derechos civiles de los gays en el Estado, que sucederá a Arnold Schwarzenegger, acompañado de un aliado aún más progayer si cabe, el hasta ahora Alcalde de San Francisco, Gavin Newsom. El primero como Gobernador y el segundo como Vicegobernador o según terminología USA, Lietunant Governor han puesto fin a ocho años de irregular gobierno republicano comandado por el ex actor austríaco. Jerry Brown, a sus 72 años, se convierte en el hombre de mayor edad en gobernar el Estado de California y el único que lo hace por tercera vez, ya que fue elegido dos veces antes, en 1974 y 1978 convirtiéndose entonces, curiosamente, 30 davidatlanta
en el hombre más joven en alcanzar semejante responsabilidad. Brown ha ganado frente a la candidatura de Meg Whitman, ex ejecutiva de varias grandes corporaciones californianas y considerada hace unos años como una de las mujeres más poderosas de Estados Unidos. La fortuna de Whitman es incalculable, y de su propio bolsillo salieron más de 150 millones de dólares para una campaña en la que se enfrentó a un Brown mucho más humilde. Apenas 1 millón de dólares salieron del bolsillo del ahora ganador, más aportaciones, obviamente, de manos privados. No obstante, ayudó y mucho la presencia de la más icónica voz viva del Partido Demócrata, el carismático ex-presidente Bill Clinton que estuvo a su lado gran parte de la campaña. Gavin Newsom, por su parte, que en su día comenzó a hacer campaña para el mismo puesto, renunció poco más tarde en favor del veterano Brown para evitar confrontamientos que sólo habrían resultado dañinos para su partido. Sobre la gestión de Newsom frente al Ayuntamiento de San Francisco, poco más os vamos a contar. El fue el primer promotor del matrimonio gay, desafiando la autoridad de Sacramento, fue el primer opositor activo a la Proposición 8 y como Alcalde de San Francisco fue uno de los denunciantes, frente a la Corte Suprema de California, para que dicha Proposición fuera anulada, cosa que sucedió, aunque ahora la sentencia esté en proceso de apelación. Brown, por su parte, como Fiscal General del Estado, se unió también a Newsom en dicha demanda y se mostró en todo momento contrario a la inclusión, primero, de la Proposición 8 en la balotaelectoral y más tarde abogó por la anulación de la misma. ¿Cómo afecta esto a los Gays de California? Por lo pronto, y según lo visto hasta el momento, el Gobernador ha respetado tradicionalmente las decisiones resueltas en las urnas y los tribunales, pero el Gobernador también tiene derecho a veto, y este podría hacerlo si las cosas continuasen poniéndose cuesta arriba para los derechos de la Comunidad LGBT en el Estado Dorado y contar con dos voces progays como cabezas del Gobierno es mucho más que un horizonte prometedor...got leche?
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There was a day when every brief was the basic standard cut, sold in packs of three and all came in bright white. You knew it was time to change them when they turned dingy grey or when the elastic was stretched to disrepair. Life was simpler then. When did drawers get complicated? In the early nineties, Victoria’s Secret launched a revolution in women’s underwear. Back then, no one believed a store that sold only underwear could survive. With sales surpassing $5 billion last year, the stores have done more than survive – Victoria’s Secret has thrived, sparking a multi-billion dollar industry in women’s undies. It was only a matter of time before retailers set their sights on men. It began with designer brands like Calvin Klein and CIN2. Then came the funderwear brands: Joe Boxer and Ginch Gonch. Today, there are hundreds of men’s underwear brands competing for space in your underwear drawer but only one authority on all, Dailyjocks.com. We spoke with the sites editor to get the skinny on what to wear down there. How did DailyJocks.com become authority on men’s underwear?
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Once upon a time Luke went to a palm reader in Gwinnett County. The palm reader told him, “You must move to Atlanta, Luke, for you will find love there.”
November has always been an important month for Luke. November is Native American Heritage Month, National Novel Writing Month, American Diabetes as well as Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, National Pomegranate Month and, according to the Roman Catholic Church, the month dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. For Luke, November was also the month scheduled for his yearly physical and annual CAT scan. Luke trucked on down to a local hospital where a medical clerk told him, “We can give you a CAT scan here but we can’t do no physicals at this facility. You have to go to a medical center in south Fulton for that.” The clerk handed Luke a clipboard full of governmental forms and told him to sit down and fill them out. Luke took a seat next to an old lady with a green purse. The old lady stared up at an old school Sony television mounted to the wall. She was fully engrossed in an episode of “The People’s Court.” The old lady noticed Luke, she watched him sigh in exasperation over all those governmental forms. “Welcome to twenty-first century America, you pathetically young idiot! You dumb fool!” The old lady hissed and pointed her arthritic hand towards Luke as she gripped the steering 56 davidatlanta
handles on her nearby walker, “You see what Obamacare is? It’s nothing but a bunch of papers you have to fill out at the hospital! It’s nothing but more bureaucracy and for what? Just so old people like me can sit here in the waiting room and rot while idiots like these people fight over money?” The old woman scoffed like a cartoon character, “You idiots are fools, all of you! No backbone, no backbone whatsoever.” “Luke,” a nurse stepped out through a swinging door and said his last name, she said, “Are you here, Luke?” “Yes!” Luke raised his hand and got up to his feet. The nurse wore blue scrubs, “The doctor will see you now.” “The doctor?” Luke hadn’t even so much as written his first name on any of those papers clipped to that clipboard, “I didn’t think I would get in so quick to see the doctor.” “Internist, actually.” The doctor was nothing more than a second-year medical student from Bangalore, India. Although he wore a white coat and had a stethoscope draped around his neck, he was not a “doctor” per se. “But,” he said, “I can perform a CAT scan on you, just as long as you take off your shoes, socks and pants and lie down on that table over there.”
Luke introduced himself, he said, “What’s your name? I like to know the other guy’s name before I, like, strip down to my panties to lie on a table in front of him.” “Of course,” said the doctor, “my name is Ray Raji Rama Pushkar Gopal.” He smiled and, to Luke’s surprise, he had blindingly white teeth that contrasted well with the dark, subcontinental flavor of his skin. He said, “Very pleased to meet you, Luke.” Luke blushed, he said, “Likewise,” and smiled as he took off his shoes. Luke did not know what came over him, but he knew he found this “doctor,” this second-year medicalstudent from India, devastatingly handsome and debonair. “So,” Luke wrapped a paper cloth around his naked waist, “how long have you been in Atlanta, Dr. Ray-Ray?” “For many years now.” He tinkered with some buttons on the big x-ray machine, “I did my undergraduate work at Emory.” “Oh,” Luke exposed himself as he climbed up onto the examination table, “that’s nice. Are you married?” Luke did not see a ring on that good doctor’s finger, “Do you have any wives, kids, boyfriends or girlfriends?” Ray turned his head sharply to look down at Luke, he said, “No, none of the above.” The good doctor flashed his brilliantly white teeth, he said, “I am totally, one hundred percent single but,” he smiled, “I am looking…” “Looking?” Luke winked, “Looking for what, exactly?” The second year medical student from Indian grinned, he chuckled and said, “Have you had anything to eat or drink in the past twelve hours?” The doctor consulted a chart with graphs and numbers. Luke said, “I had some coffee this morning and some vodka at lunchtime.” “And how do you feel, sir, mister…” the doctor flipped back to the first page, “…Luke; how do you feel about being shoved into a big, deep hole, a hole so warm and so inviting that it’s big enough to contain all of you. Do you think it will feel good, or do you need to be loosened up?” “Go ahead and shove me on up in there, doc. I’m ready. But,” Luke said, “how about after; you and me; we go have a drink at some romantic little hole in the wall somewhere?” The doctor chuckled, he giggled and then he threw his head back in laughter at Luke’s daring invitation. “So…” Luke raised an eyebrow and asked him, “…is that a ‘yes’ or what?” NEXT EPISODE: “Y is for ‘Yes, Sir!’”
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Capricorn Details aren’t all that intimidating to you this week, and you should find that you’re better able to cope with the small things. In fact, big-picture planning should be put off for a while.
Taurus You are somewhat down this week, but not in a way that should call much attention to you. In fact, you can work your mood to great effect, and possibly even get your people to do the right thing.
Aquarius You need an audience right now, no matter how shy you might feel. It might be one person who can reflect what you’re really feeling back at you in a new way, or it might be a board room full of eager investors.
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1. Amsterdam 502 Amsterdam Ave. 404-892-2227 myspace.com/amsterdamatlanta
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2. Bellissima 560-B Amsterdam Ave. 404-917-0220 myspace.com/bellissima_lounge
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3. Blake’s on the Park 227 10th St. 404-892-5786 myspace.com/blakesonthepark 4. BJ Roosters 2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd. 404-634-5895 www.bjroostersatl.com 5. Bulldogs 893 Peachtree St. 404-872-3025 6. Burkhart’s 1492-F Piedmont Rd. 404-872-4403 www.burkharts.com 7. Chaparral 2715 Buford Hwy. 678-886-3205 8. Club Europe 4001 Presidential Pkwy. 770-452-1240 www.thelionsdenatlanta.com 9. Club Opera 1150-B Crescent Ave. 404-872-1150 www.operaatlanta.com 10. Eagle 306 Ponce De Leon Ave. 404-873-2453 www.atlantaeagle.com 11. Felix’s 1510-G Piedmont Rd. 404-249-7899 12. Friends On Ponce 736 Ponce De Leon Ave. 404-817-3820 www.friendsonponce-atl.com 13. Gilbert’s 219 10th St. 404-872-8012 www.gilbertscafe.com 14. Heretic 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd. 404-325-3061 www.hereticatlanta.com 15.HOBNOB 1551 Piedmont Ave. 404-968-2288 16. Joe’s on Juniper 1049 Juniper St. 404-875-6634 www.joesatlanta.com 17. Jungle 2115 Faulkner Rd. 404-844-8800 jungleclubatlanta.com 18. LeBuzz 585 Franklin Rd. (Marietta) 770-424-1337 www.thenewlebuzz.com 19. Las Margaritas 1842 Cheshire Bridge Rd. 404-873-4464 www.lasmargaritasatl.com
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Ask Momma Mona Dear Momma Mona, What’s the word out there about coming out at work? While I’m pretty open about my social life, I’ve found that I automatically shut it down at work and actively avoid talking about my plans for the weekend and especially any reference to dating or if I happen to have a boyfriend for awhile. Timid at Work
Hey Momma Mona, Just a quick thank you about your column and writings. The one you shared about your mother’s death gave a little more insight into who you are. I read your underlying pain even though you were a bit cavalier about it. I wish you well in your endeavors to “release” as much pain as possible. I especially liked your response to the guy asking about his “ball sacks.” Your initial response of “How yuck!” was playful and funny and true. But I most liked the research you did and the fact that you gave website links for more information. The writings from the two Vietnam Vets took me back to that time, but I was only in high school then and not out. I had never really thought about what it was like for gays in the military at that time in history. And, I DID rent the movie “The 60s” and it did give a flavor of that decade, although the gay population was totally left out. Can’t say I actually enjoyed reading about others hardships with coming out, but I certainly do relate. And, you are right. If these experiences are not shared, it is like they never happened. Others do need to know. So, thank you for being that medium for at least putting it out there by way of your Momma Mona column. Thank you, Robert
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Dear Timid at Work, Divulging your sexual orientation at work sometimes can be a double-edged sword in that you may face problems if you don’t and problems if you do. In Griffith and Hebl’s 2002 article The Disclosure Dilemma for Gay Men and Lesbians: “Coming Out” at Work (Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(6), 1191-1199), if you don’t come out, you may risk lower levels of psychological well-being, increased health risks, less life satisfaction, and you’ll extend energy trying to cover up a stigmatized identity. If you do come out, you may risk discrimination. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (http://www.thetaskforce.org/) is a good site to explore because they have a Research and Reports page that covers a whole slew of topics. Do some exploring with your company, too. Over half of Fortune 1000 companies now offer sexual orientation as part of their diversity training and include sexual orientation as a protected class. If your company has training and policies supporting non-heteros, then you may feel more comfortable divulging bits and pieces about yourself. If not, then Momma Mona says “bite your tongue while at work!” Until legislation is passed to protect LGBT’s in the workplace, it is best to play the double personality game while at work. My Best, Momma Mona
If anyone has a story about workplace discrimination, please write in and share! I’m working on my PhD on non-hetero diversity and inclusion in the workplace and would love some current feedback from the David Atlanta readership! Momma Mona
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Bitch Session Why are the activists, “do-gooder” liberal bitches so judgmental and self-righteous?
To all the guys who try to hook up in the shower at a certain local gym: Get a clue. Those that can, do. Those who can’t, go to gay gyms Bitterness over “pretty boys and old men couples?” Your shallow light is blinking. I’m not one to judge but... you look like a walrus. Don’t wear sleeveless dresses. Dear God. If polo shirts were outlawed, what would lesbians wear? Your boyfriend is fat. And so are you. I can see that the love you share is food. To the guy in the locker room who told his friend “I guess I could get a flat stomach, if I was a 26 year old Tina addict.” No, maybe you could get a flat stomach if you put down that jelly donut and go for a run. My six-pack comes from hard work, not a white powder!
God doesn’t hate gays. Don’t let the bigots behind organized religion stop you from having a relationship with God. I am sick to death of lesbians getting their Wal-Mart granny panties in a twist and playing the victim over gay marriage! I’ll send each of you girls some Corning Ware if you would just shut up! You do not have a heavy pre-cum, you are premature ejaculator- you stupid bitch! How is it that grown adult men are so clueless about the basic terminology and in and outs of sex?
So now that the election is over could the former candidates have their trash picked up from the road sides? The Christmas music I don’t mind but having to hear all of Taylor Swift’s songs (even though I know all the words) over and over and over is taking its toll on me. Mostly you bitches make me think “ewww.”
I would like to remind you ladies, that cotton-spandex blend leggings are not skinny jeans, and should not be worn with shirts that don’t cover your ass. Use a mirror! When I lived in South Beach, everyone always loved the men from Atlanta-they were so nice. I live here now, so where are all of them now? “Who killed cruising?” Same thing that killed the radio star. Old age and limp parts killed cruising. Dang, you guys are really mean to each other. If we just started dating, please do not “surprise” me and show up without notice. Ask first, thank you very much. Stoop with all the lies. Have some morals, and be upfront and honest. Call me if you like. If you had a phone of your own, perhaps I could.
I am so tired of church queens. Instead of spending all of your time loving an imaginary God who obviously doesn’t think much of you, you need to start loving yourself.
If you truly believe gay marriage would be legal if gay men were more monogamous; you are totally clueless to the magnitude of hatred toward gay OTP. Just grab your pom- poms and get back on the bus.
White gay men are just plain bitter and jaded, and should not be allowed to bitch! Swallow your own poison or learn to enjoy the rainbow, bitches!
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