This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

Author:Juno Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction

CHAPTER 8:

WHERE TO MEET

PEOPLE LIKE YOU

Do you like the following things:

• Holding hands?

• Kissing?

• Picking the devil mushrooms off your pizza and giving them to someone else?

• Sex?

• Hugs?

• Watching TV while snuggling?

• The idea of any of these things?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, then I’m afraid, sooner or later, you’ll have to meet someone. You’ll note that none of the activities are one-player games.

As previously mentioned, LGBTQ people are in a minority. MOST people identify as heterosexual, therefore finding someone the same gender as you who wants to hug and hold hands with you is that little bit tougher.

Clearly, being trans has nothing to do with your sexuality. Some trans people will be gay, others will be straight. Later in this chapter, we’ll talk about the specific issues trans people might have when meeting someone.

You probably won’t BELIEVE this but, once upon a time, gay men used to hang coloured bandanas out of their back pockets to signal that they were gay and what kind of sexyfuntime they liked. Complicated much? Also, with rainbow-colour hankies dangling from their bums, you can only imagine they looked like My Little Ponies.

Luckily, LGBTQ people have emerged from the shadows. The days of gay or bi people hiding away in unmarked subterranean bars and clubs are over (although those clubs do still exist and they serve a function, as we’ll discuss later). We have trendy bars and hip clubs for the over eighteens, and websites, organisations, clubs, marches and more for everyone – all designed to help us meet potential partners or friends.

The Look of Love

Ancient gay scholars (my gay friends) have often posited that there is a MYSTICAL SIXTH SENSE that allows homo-inclined people to sense when our own kind is close at hand. We are sex mediums, if you like: ‘There is a gay in this house . . . yes . . . yes, the presence is strong now . . . he’s definitely a gay.’

This gay radar became known as GAYDAR.

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