Are we a rare breed?

[hntnhole]

On 10/25/2023 at 3:17 PM, NWUSHorny said:

smaller conservative Midwestern cities with almost no openly gay population

I agree with that observation.  Given that we gay men are everywhere, and given residing where the opportunities for businesses that offer more "open" opportunities (i.e. backrooms, baths, fuckjoints), it stands to reason that without more opportunities, guys in the kind of smaller towns need to take advantage of what does exist.  For any number of reasons, some guys stay put in their smaller towns, and some guys ditch for the big city as soon as possible.  

I suppose it all boils down to what's most important to each individual guy, and that's totally ok.  

[anonCUMtainer]

On 10/25/2023 at 12:42 PM, hntnhole said:

To the OP, I'd guess that no, we're not.  

What we are however, is a lot of self-aware men that refuse to comply with cultural norms.  Most of us don't honor those repressions, and we go about our lives in freedom to be the men we were born to be.  

Acting on that self-realization as often as we'd like, or as often as possible, is nothing but an emotionally healthy way to live our lives, and the repressionists envy us our freedom.  That's where the anti-gay hatreds are sourced from.  

We're not such a "rare breed" - we're simply living our lives, doing what we must despite the attempts to subjugate us.  To those who attempt to force us to do otherwise, I say Fuck You ... NOT 

This is well said, @hntnhole! I think this hits the nail on the head. Let me encourage everyone to re-read this.

This is also why gay men are "slutty" or bottom-shamed. Etc. It's unfortunate gay men aren't embraced for being eager to help out (possibly provide relief for...) a common strain or pain point on the the existing cultural norms.