February 1997.
I attend a meeting of Lavender and Green, an Irish and Irish-American GLBT group. The members are almost exclusively gay men, mostly second generation New Yorkers with a scattering of immigrants. (There is one former nun who is fabulous.) I think quite a few of them, had they not been born gay, would have been conservative Republicans. A few of them are anyway. My earrings are noteworthy to some, though they make sure to tell me they like them.
In greeting and parting, we all shake hands, firm and manly.
After the meeting I head over to a party of friends who are fellow actors. There are quite a few women there, but funnily enough the group is again mostly men. I am the only gay guy present.
In greeting and parting, we all hug and kiss on the lips.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Long Before the Metrosexual
Labels:
acting,
Celts,
community,
friends,
internalized homophobia,
New York,
queer stuff,
the closet,
theatre
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