I am becoming frustrated again with Boston. This time in particular with the South End, the gay neighborhood, like Chelsea, Castro, the Marais, Boys Town, Italian back rooms, SoBe, etc etc. At one point, one could say that this neighborhood was a gay ghetto but lately prices have continously rocketed skyward again making it "dreamy" to more people and out of the budget of more than a few. Even though it is one of the most cultural, more expensive, hipper parts of the city, I am getting sick of seeing the extreme influx of straight people (sorry Mary P) 
into my neighborhood and the outpouring of homo's to other shit parts of the city (like Dorchester or where ever.. hell no I won't go!). I fully understand that gays follow artists (which usually overlaps) to rundown neighborhoods to build them up to then sell them off to straight people to then move away to another rundown area but seriously.. I have no urge to move to an outer part of the city to feel at home with the homo's. And I will still pay (through my nose if need be) for the ability to walk to whatever I do. Back Bay (old stuck-up overpriced outdated Boston) is no longer attractive to everyone looking to buy or rent a home and the South End now seems to be the trendy neighborhood. All fine! Except that I am sick of having to move aside to a fucking baby carriage and its blond stay-at-home mother instead of seeing a hot blond boy fucking in the corner.
Clearly other people in the world have issues with their gay neighborhoods too. So, I want to start a guerilla warfare (so to speak) in the neighborhoods that the homo's are being pushed out. I think we should just take part in more outdoor, exhibition-like sex, in random places if not everywhere around the South End. Make jokes about sucking off married men or guys with girlfriends. Have more pride rallies. Open up more porn stores. Gay bars. Eros toys. Etc etc.
Don't take this the wrong way. I am not trying to be obnoxious. I am just trying to understand why.
You know! I've been to the Top 3 gay areas (Miami, SF & NYC), and I've never once had the urge to move to any of those places. While I am a proud gay man, and would love to be in a place where I would be embraced (literally), I just don't see myself in a place that's predominantly gay. It's bad enough that we already have to stigma in society where we're suppose to be shallow. And this is true to a certain extent. I mean just look at gay chat rooms, if you don't have a 6-pack and hung, it's like you don't deserve to be gay! I don't know. I love, LOVE my peeps, but I would rather be in a community where diversity is more embraced.
I'm not disagreeing with you now. You have a very good point, just wanted to give you my 2 cents :)
Posted by: Groove | April 05, 2005 at 01:20 PM