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Almost 40 and recently single from a decade LTR. I know what I want and what I can and can’t give wiggle room to. However, single and dating life is even more different now than 2012. I’ve met a few and have gone on dates. One guy in particular has given me butterflies.
However, the more I get to know him, the more I can already tell I will hate his friends. Some of them I know and some are friend of a friend and I can honestly say they are not my people. Especially at 39 when I want quality people in my life, not quantity.
I know I sound judgemental but let’s be real. At this age, you know the type of people you want to hang out with and when people show you who they are, most of the time, it is who they are.
So for you older gays - are friends a red flag in potential new situationships?

In season 2 episode 14, The Glee kids go to Rachel’s house go have a party and get drunk. When playing spin the bottle Rachel kisses and Blaine and Rachel ends up having a crush on him. Later, Rachel then asks Blaine out and Blaine says yes. He tells Kurt that he might be bi and figuring things out. Kurt then replies with saying “Bisexual is a term that gay guys in high school use when they want to hold hands with girls and feel like a normal person for a change”. He could be just arguing abt this because he liked Blaine and he was jealous of Rachel. But lmk your thoughts

Is it just because republicans oppose them?
I have been to several drag shows in my life. I had some gay friends in my circle and they loved going to those shows. They were fine, lots of humor etc but the thing that always struck me was how sexist the shows were.
They boiled down to men, mostly gay men, dressing up as caricatures of women and making fun of women by acting way over the top. I always thought it was pretty similar to black face, but directed at women.
I just don't see the appeal to a progressive agenda.

I am 35 and have done mushrooms 2-3 times per year for the last 20 years. I typically take somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5g and get the giggles, wild hallucinations and a deep sense of connection. I did not do them for some time due to finishing school and then covid happening. I started again 2 years ago.
I have tried them 3 times in the last 2 years and I havent gotten high any time. The people Im with are high but I feel literally nothing. I am on no medications. Supplements include beef liver, vit c, magnesium and a mushroom blend of lions mane and turkey tail etc.
Things that have changed since they stopped working:
I used to be in a deeply loving relationship with a man I was open to completely (he was gay so we broke up) and I was recently doing them with a man I have since broken up with who was quite emotionally abusive so my heart was completely closed to him. Additionally, the first time I did them with this man I did get high but it was the closest Ive ever had to a bad trip because this man WOULD NOT SHUT UP. Holy shit he wouldnt shut up. Im used to mushrooms being an internal journey where occasionally you say "mmmm a goddess is pulling black cords out of my throat" and he says "mmmm, thats good" and then you lapse into silence for another half hour. Not an aggressive monologue of everything thats happening (it was his first time but still). Can you make yourself not get high if youre around bad people?
I started lemon teking instead of a grotesque peanut butter sandwich
I have been meditating most days, live a life of zero stress, connect with nature daily... I have a good gig. My spiritual journey has been on point and the last time i did them I felt like my body was trying to get high but it simply was no different than my regular life. I can also just stare at things and make them do the swirlies, no fractals but they can move about like on mushrooms. Is there a chance its just become like my normal life so being on them isnt different?
Anyway, if anyone can shed light on this Id appreciate it. My therapist and a friend who studies Ram Dass said that its a level of enlightenment where you just dont get there anymore but while I am kind and grounded I do not think myself even in the same sphere as Ram Dass so that one doesnt check out for me.

I don't know why this whole debate has to be an "either-or" thing.
I'm gay. It's nasty out there for us sometimes. Most LGBT just want to live their lives, get married, adopt a few kids that need adopting, etc. Yet we're still somehow debating whether being gay is some abhorrent mental illness, if gays should be allowed to adopt, etc.
I'm also a man. I have the privilege as a gay dude that I can hang with the girls safely without any pretext, and even that's enough to know that men (particularly straight men) kind of have it rough. Society says that men can't express their feelings or demonstrate weakness; men get beat up with shit jobs. Women routinely, and not entirely politely ask or tell me to "use my man strength" to help lift boxes or do labors at work and elsewhere. I've had my problems dismissed outright. I've been sexually assaulted -- by men sometimes, sure, but also plenty of women -- and I've been laughed at.
Black people have had a rough go of it. Listen to your black friends; they experience their world a little differently, but it's enough to be different sometimes. I've always lived in lower income areas that are predominantly black, and I've been surrounded by that culture. I'm also white. In the above case, I also got shit on for being white. It created the perception of weakness, of "vanilla-ness". I lacked "culture". Casual racism against whites has been normalized in many ways, even if all of us in those neighborhoods were bound by a commonality of being low-income.
The point is, we've all got problems. Focusing on one set of problems does not mean that we don't care about another set of problems. All of us are a part of multiple groups; this is what intersectionality really means. Being in a majority doesn't make anyone's problems less valid, it's just that being in a minority group makes it easier to be discriminated against or mistreated.
Human rights and improvement of our collective lives isn't a zero-sum game. We can address the problems that exist for various groups regardless of whether they are a minority or a majority in society. We can't talk about them all at once, of course; that's why you've got groups that advocate for LGBT rights, groups for Men's Rights and mental health advocacy, Black Lives Matter and similar affiliates, etc.
By recognizing that we've all got problems and we can all help each other improve our conditions by working to fix those issues, we can create a freer and better society.

I (Bi man) have been researching a bit on my own about the community, how it represents both different sexual orientation and gender identity. But I don't seem to understand clearly what Queer means, and I don't know if it's a language barrier thing or what.
From what I understand, it simply refers to anything that is different from a hetero and cis, so gay, lesbian, bi, etc, as well as trans. But isn't that a bit redundant? Isn't that like saying: Mexicans, Colombians, Argentinians, +, Latinos? If the + is already doing the heavy lifting of representing everything that can't be displayed for the sake of simplicity, what is the word Queer doing?

Heyo fellow gays gals and nonbinary pals. For the ones of you who have neopronouns, I was curious how you describe your identity. Im part of loscon, obviously, and most of the con is old folk, and I want to find ways to relatively explain the concept to them. I myself am nonbinary, but I don't have neopronouns, so I can't speak on them

I have been with my boyfriend for two years. There’s this girl he goes to college with who has always wanted him and she knows I’m his girlfriend even though I don’t go to their college. One night they had a party and got really drunk and she had her gay best friend (18m) flirt with him. They ended up hooking up. My boyfriend is bisexual. I knew this from the start of the relationship. I just never thought he would cheat. Turns out she did that so we would break up and she could try to get with him. She knew I would hear about it. He told me about it and said he isn’t going to get drunk around people anymore and that he messed up and hates himself for it. I don’t know what to do. I wanted to be with him forever. Now everything is messed up. I love him so much and now I have no one. I don’t know what to do. How should I handle this situation?

I (18NB) grew up in a Bible Belt-esque home. Big white conservative christian household. Growing up, I was taught that gay people are evil, that everyone is out to get me, and that I would die for my religion. Looking back and explaining to others, it’s cultic. Over the last few years, I’ve been reprogramming myself and exploring the world beyond this household. I’ve discovered that I am Aromantic, Asexual, and Agender. I no longer hold any of the conservative beliefs my parents tried to indoctrinate me into. I feel more free and happy when I am away. My parents are extremely conservative. They believed COVID conspiracies, such as 5G and vaccine microchips. They have several anti-pride shirts that make me feel awful when I see them, as well as anti-vaccine and pro-apocalypticism shirts. The church they attend is much the same, spewing hateful, apocalyptic, and cruel messages that demean lgbtq+ individuals, people of other faiths, and even people of color. That we will die for simply being Christian, despite not being at risk at all in the United States. I just want to say it out loud, while I’m at home for the summer. I am aroaceage, and I am proud. I am happy with myself and don’t need a romantic or sexual partner. I don’t need gender. I am happy with who I am and I am free. Happy Pride.

Hey y'all, this is the first time I've done something like this but I figured it probably doesn't hurt to try.
I am:
I'm a recent Texan Asylum seeker who ended up in Philly somehow. I've got no friends in the area, and it's just me, my ace partner, and my dog.
I ended up getting hurt during the move and am feeling super lonely. I used to live in the area, but before actually being me. I tried going to pride today, but ended up rolling my ankle on my injured leg twice thanks to some uneven roads.
Roughly 6'0 280lbs.
I'm demi sexual lesbian, so if we hit it off as friends maybe we could do some more? I'm a Service top leaning switch.
Fun wise, I really like: playing games: Elden Ring and Souls titles, Spelunky 2, and coop games. Competitive multiplayer not so much, because I get really competitive 😅😅
Reading manga and other graphic stories, mostly Yuri, but I enjoy a lot of fields from Isekai to fantasy and romance I'm a fan of cooking and food but I haven't been able to recently bc of everything 😭
I've been dying to go to the museums near me but between the injury and social anxiety I've been too torn to go
Looking for:
Some cool friends to adopt me and hang out and do low key fun stuff. I don't know how long it'll take before I can heal proper, so I won't be able to climb mountains or top cuties for days.
That said, I'm generally willing to experiment with both sexy and non sexy stuff. I'm pretty much brand new to this world and am a COVID baby gay.
Generally speaking, I'm only interested in people who'd consider themselves Lesbians, which could include butches, femmes, women and enbys.
Men I'm not really into unfortunately thanks to some not great experiences. That said, if you're chill about it maybe, though I would still have a long preference with lesbians, then bi folk, straight trans Men/masculine enbys, then cis men are a pretty close hard no unless you're really chill.

I live in like bum fuck nowhere and I cannot find gay people for the life of me the nearest lebvsian bar is like 50 miles away and im 18 out of school and I haven't found a single person interested in me very very few lesbians on dating apps got a few swipes and lack of commitment how the actual fuck could I find people like I dont wanna be single forever 18 feels like too old to have never had a relationship. I have had a few people try to just hook up but I want commitment I want to bury myself in a girls hoodie I don't wanna fuck and leave.

Ok here it's the day after a night after drinking the better part of a handle with my buddies
And I'm feeling really really lonely
You're sitting in my house and I think oh god you're gonna leave
And we're feeling really really sad
So you take off down the street in your Toyota Camry
And the bastard machine is falling apart at the seems
Meanwhile I'm taking off my vodka soaked pants
And I'm listening to a sad song by this band that usually makes joke songs
Meanwhile in the tight two way street you get pulled over by a gay biker couple or something
And they tell you your exhaust pipe's laying in the road
Okay so you're back at my house
And I'm unprepared and almost about to sleep
Then you start to cry
And it's kind of weird because I don't have any pants on
And seeing you cry is like seeing a grown man cry
Your car's parked outside my house
And I miss it being 24 hours ago
I miss our other friend
I miss your exhaust pipe
And it's still kind of weird because I don't have any pants on
I couldn't clean my room today
My head was too foggy
Instead in my moments alone I wrote more about you two
There's 3 months until you leave for a brightly colored education and city
And I stay five hours away in my uncleaned room without you
How does an exhaust pipe even fall off a car
And it's still weird because my pants are on the floor