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I'm a 29-year-old gay man who started coming out when my state, Ohio, passed a law banning gay marriage, civil unions, and domestic-partner benefits. The people who run this state keep saying how they don't want to lose to other states the young, creative people with professional degrees. Well here I am, Ohio, and soon I will go.
I was filled with this coming-out gusto until Super Bowl Sunday. I went to the biggest gay bar in Cleveland. There were at least 50 TVs in the joint. Not one had the game on. I asked the bartender if they were showing the game. He said they don't show sports. \"This is a gay bar you know,\" one of the patrons added. Now I don't know what to do. Most of my friends are straight--hell, I would be straight except for the likes-to-lick-hairy-chests thing. So where is someone like me supposed to go? Straight Ohio doesn't want me, and Gay Ohio apparently doesn't either. Maybe there really isn't a place for me.
Guy from Ohio
I was filled with this coming-out gusto until Super Bowl Sunday. I went to the biggest gay bar in Cleveland. There were at least 50 TVs in the joint. Not one had the game on. I asked the bartender if they were showing the game. He said they don't show sports. \"This is a gay bar you know,\" one of the patrons added. Now I don't know what to do. Most of my friends are straight--hell, I would be straight except for the likes-to-lick-hairy-chests thing. So where is someone like me supposed to go? Straight Ohio doesn't want me, and Gay Ohio apparently doesn't either. Maybe there really isn't a place for me.
Guy from Ohio
[ February 28, 2004, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: twin58 ]
