the gay gays

Having never stepped foot into a gay dance club until Saturday night, I quickly realized that I really was missing out on something quite marvelous. For the first time, I was fully immersed into the gay culture, completely raw and unmasked. The men and women that are socially inclined to ensconce their identity from the often-not- accepting-of-gay-culture in which we reside were allowed to be themselves. No homonymic coincidence, these folks were truly gay, as in blithe, lighthearted and carefree.

It occurred to me that they epitomized the essence of being gay gays. Walking around shirtless, embracing the same sex, unrepressed dancing--it was thrilling, exciting and an anthropological study all in one fell swoop. Anti-gay provocations were unwelcome and the truly elated energy abounded within the walls of the premises...if only everyone in our myopically minded society was more accepting.