Comments on: In Search of Pride — By Eric Marcus http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/in-search-of-pride-%e2%80%94-by-eric-marcus/ Bringing our gay community together Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:16:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Joy http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/in-search-of-pride-%e2%80%94-by-eric-marcus/#comment-155 Joy Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:51:49 +0000 http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-155 Nine blog <a href="http://www.gaypedia.com" rel="nofollow">Gay</a> Nine blog
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]]> By: taylor Siluwe http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/in-search-of-pride-%e2%80%94-by-eric-marcus/#comment-148 taylor Siluwe Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:36:13 +0000 http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-148 BRAVO Harry! And thanx to B for sending me this link, because ironically I've brought up this subject on the Rod2.0 Tiger Tyson air freshener post. I mentioned just he act of dangling a sexy male porn star in their car would be a bold act for some. Then it sparked a memory. Recently I was in a car wash checking out the different air-fresheners and wished they had cute guy ones. There were plenty of busty females to hang from ones rearview, but no hot guys. I wanted to bring it up with the owner (an amiable guy), but I chickened out. Such a little thing. But little things matter. Every day activism, of which I usually speak passionately about. So Eric, I truly understand that no happen how out and proud we think we are, that fearful, ashamed person we though we left in the past is still liable to 'assert' himself when we least expect it. I want the Tiger Tyson one, on principle. Because at this very moment I've got a black pine tree. BRAVO Harry!

And thanx to B for sending me this link, because ironically I’ve brought up this subject on the Rod2.0 Tiger Tyson air freshener post. I mentioned just he act of dangling a sexy male porn star in their car would be a bold act for some. Then it sparked a memory.

Recently I was in a car wash checking out the different air-fresheners and wished they had cute guy ones. There were plenty of busty females to hang from ones rearview, but no hot guys. I wanted to bring it up with the owner (an amiable guy), but I chickened out. Such a little thing. But little things matter. Every day activism, of which I usually speak passionately about.

So Eric, I truly understand that no happen how out and proud we think we are, that fearful, ashamed person we though we left in the past is still liable to ‘assert’ himself when we least expect it.

I want the Tiger Tyson one, on principle. Because at this very moment I’ve got a black pine tree.

]]> By: Harry Matthews http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/in-search-of-pride-%e2%80%94-by-eric-marcus/#comment-147 Harry Matthews Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:26:58 +0000 http://ourcommunitycalendar.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-147 Eric, I have about a decade on you in the coming-out department, and I have felt your concern about being "too public." I once had a friend, for instance, who refused to visit gay bars or restautants for fear he might see a colleague from work. We tried to explain that seeing a colleague means that BOTH of you are gay, and equally "at risk," whatever that may mean. For many years, I was happy to receive my copy of THE ADVOCATE in a plain white wrapper, and never read any gay mags on the subway. Then I got involved with the gay alumni association at my college (Williams). The students and alumni were so flamboyantly (to my eyes) out to friends, family, employers, and the world, that I decided to stop cringing and carry on howver I wished. It's hard to grasp, for those of us in the over-40 set, but the world really has changed. No one (at least in New York City) really cares who you sleep with, or what magazine you read, or how guilty your parents made you feel. Gay is good, gay is proud. Most astounding of all, gay is ordinary. Eric, I have about a decade on you in the coming-out department, and I have felt your concern about being “too public.” I once had a friend, for instance, who refused to visit gay bars or restautants for fear he might see a colleague from work. We tried to explain that seeing a colleague means that BOTH of you are gay, and equally “at risk,” whatever that may mean.

For many years, I was happy to receive my copy of THE ADVOCATE in a plain white wrapper, and never read any gay mags on the subway. Then I got involved with the gay alumni association at my college (Williams). The students and alumni were so flamboyantly (to my eyes) out to friends, family, employers, and the world, that I decided to stop cringing and carry on howver I wished.

It’s hard to grasp, for those of us in the over-40 set, but the world really has changed. No one (at least in New York City) really cares who you sleep with, or what magazine you read, or how guilty your parents made you feel. Gay is good, gay is proud. Most astounding of all, gay is ordinary.

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