I'm Only Happy When It's Gay // LGBTTQQIAAP+ // Fall 2021

I mean, everyone came out the other end okay so I feel only a little guilty about how I keep cackling every time I think about it

lol that's good.

Also good on ya'll for saving some drunk white woman.

lol

I also just rewatched Titanic the other day and confirmed my suspicion that Leo is my favorite actor

T your hang sounds so nice

It was! We love these friends.

finally rescheduling my second date with Danny, costume designer. first date was him plying me with beers, which I had no problem with. he suggested drinks for round 2, I guess that's fine? I feel like in straight land round 2 is always dinner

a friend of mine (ahem) works at a government agency. he was in the office early on a monday morning, and the director of said agency, also known to come in early, came by the cubicle for a visit. the first words out of this director's mouth were "did you see adele last night? *gasp* *swanning*".

in a video meeting a few weeks ago, the director was talking about the mission of the agency, and referenced the words of a practioner from long ago, which were, i shit you not, "as (professionals), we are riding the horns of uncertainty." my friend responded, "and we ride the horns that we're dealt," and the director burst out laughing. everyone else looked uncomfortable.

the director has shown my friend photos of his grandkids, and is mormon of course. either closeted or on a down-low arrangement, right?

he is a closeted married gay guy

there are many of them

true

my friend was delighted at first that he could "tell" but now he just wants to keep his distance. he is pretty sure there are some closeted lesbians at his workplace too.

Question for the U.S. folk:

Was ABBA a gay thing in America before "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"?

I figure it was an Australian and probably European thing, but then American straight people saw the movie and assumed it was a thing here too.

I don't know, tho Levan never played them at the Paradise Garage, according to this list:
https://x.facebook.com/housemastersmusic/photos/a.160929651951502/413817093329422/?type=3&source=48

I say this as someone who has come around quite a bit on ABBA and would even call "The Winner Takes It All" an A+ pop song ... good for Larry.

I love ABBA.

And I agree with you, Eric.

Can't fight the feelin'

Apparently, that list is hogwash and there's been some minor kerfuffle about it, from former PG DJs and party attendees!

I just found out myself.

still, what a list, phew

true!

Anyone ever put together a good playlist of holiday soulful house music?

no but i want one! please share if it comes to fruition.
i had a weird phone thing happen last night -

i met a guy on the phone and we had crazy conversations via text for like hours, like all night. is that weird? i feel like I'm in jr high school. like I'm 36?

sounds fun!

you know - fun is relative.

you know j0rdy i was thinking of u today - of your reaction once when i commented on something. it was very trivial but I have an emotional memory and it made me happy so I remember it. I'd rather not go into the details so as not to spoil the magic of the moment but just know that you left an impression!

i met a guy on the phone and we had crazy conversations via text for like hours, like all night. is that weird? i feel like I'm in jr high school. like I'm 36?

― surm, Friday, November 19, 2021

It's fun! Exhausting too. The guy I've been fooling around with gets miffed if like a normal person I determine the texting must end. He's also in his early twenties.

im 38 and romantic feelings toward a million people feel as intense as ever

marcos!

"feelings feel" lol

i usually edit a little more if i know alfred is in a thread

hey!!!

i usually edit a little more if i know alfred is in a thread

― marcos, Friday, November 19, 2021

dude, have you seen my typos?

you know j0rdy i was thinking of u today - of your reaction once when i commented on something. it was very trivial but I have an emotional memory and it made me happy so I remember it. I'd rather not go into the details so as not to spoil the magic of the moment but just know that you left an impression!

― s;-urm, Friday, November 19, 2021 2:46 AM (twelve hours ago)

<3 :-*

Going to be in NY for 36 hours, already have the whole thing planned. I'm jamming in a lot!

oh yeah!! i forgot. what's on the agenda?

hi marcos!!!

Well, I went to the Guggenheim with one of my oldest friends, we took a nice walk, then I went to Artists Space for a poetry reading, had an amazing dinner with friends in Chinatown, then another poetry reading at LOMEX, then a long long train ride to the Rockaways to stay with another old friend and her elderly dog (who is dying and whom I've known since she was a puppy). We had a lovely if bittersweet time. Then I left the Rockaways after a walk around Ft. Tilden and brunch, took the A straight to Penn Station and came back to Philly. All told, I was in New York for 27 hours and fit quite a lot in. I also managed to not get stinking drunk, a first for me in New York lol.

I just re-read my diary from my first solo trip to NY back in 2004 and it's highly embarrassing.

still feel like a rube when i visit big cities tbh, even though i've spent some time in them.

I'm sweating now and leaning on the John door

i met a friend of a friend yesterday that i barely know, we ended up having a very friendly and enthusiastic conversation. they run sound for a new gay-ish bar here that does a lot of drag shows and they want to put together a dance night at some point. there isn't much good happening in that area here, like at all. feels like queer nightlife is the grimmest it's been in decades.

xp good luck, take care of yourself!

Damn, table, for 27 hours you really covered a lot of ground. Artists Space rules, was the scene of some surprisingly wild nights (for an art galley) in my high school years.

Dogs should never die.

I read at Artists Space two months before the pandemic. They paid me more money than I've ever received for a reading, plus my train ticket and dinner. Art world money going to broke ass poets like myself is kind of cool.

that is super cool. I'm glad you had such a lovely time in ny.
also plax!! it's so nice to see you here.
I'm in St Louis seeing doctors, and relying heavily on shopping for holiday cheer
i watched a movie last night - obvious child feat. Jenny Slate - and it made me miss flirting. i had to reschedule on Danny to come here but he was beyond sweet about it, so I'm looking forward to seeing him when i get back to ny.
my friends (gay and straight) have shown me so much love in the past few weeks. i never expected to have that much love in my life. it's more than i thought i deserved. I'm trying to let them love me.

hope everyone's doing ok <3

Doing okay! Going to my friend's birthday party at a gay bar tomorrow! I haven't been in a gay bar since 2017!

I had good sex the weekend of my birthday with an old friend. I was knocked out so solidly that I awoke, smelled foreign smells, saw him beside me, and realized I wasn't in my aparmtment.

smelled foreign smells

mmmmm i long for this

ELMO

that beebs <3

and stevie!!!! honey I love that you're going out a bunch and healing. I've been there and you're doing the right thing. I've just now weirdly gotten to a stage in my life where I realize how much I love to dance. I need to go out dancing. I've been dominating a life situation for a number of months now so I'm sober as a judge but I have a nice stash on deck.

new thread to come in a day or two, just been slammed.

Real love -- I'm, like, searchin' for that Queer Love -- LGBTQIA+ love // A Thread for the Real Ones

PS I changed my username, let's not make a big deal about it I'll explain when necessary xxxoxox