Monday, February 25, 2008

Aaaah, The Heteros Are Taking Over!!!

I went out this weekend. For once, I got my shit together and I went out. Despite being tired and wanting to go to bed at about 9:30 pm I stayed the course. Sadly about half of the people at the birthday party I was attending did not follow through with our full night of dancing and drinking, but a small group of us managed to find the strengt to continue on. And I must say, I was pretty damn proud of myself when I sauntered home at 4 am, hearing the birds' chirping away in the early morning. However, I was also exhausted and slightly depressed. Why the sad face? Well, mainly because I was really really really hoping for something fun in the way of flirting/make-out session/one-night stand-wise to happen... and it didn't, at all.
But let's ignore my faulty flirting skills and how apparently unattractive I must be since no one hits on me and get to the part where I get to displace all the blame: I blame the heterosexuals. Not necessarily all of them. But definitely the ones that were at the club I attended Saturday night. Everywhere we turned, there they were. Hetero couples practically swallowing each other's tongues and grinding up against the walls. Cute girls that would peak my interest for a second before I noticed that they were nervously holding on tight to their boyfriend's hand (I swear, some of these couples will not let go of each other's hands ALL night. I mean, if you're straight and at a gay club: At least don't be so nervous that you can't give up showing off your heterosexual identity through your linking to your partner!). Blah.
Here's what I'm thinking:
  1. In my city there are tons and tons of hetero clubs. There is exactly ONE weekly gay club. So goddamn it, leave my gay club alone straight people! Let it be gay and stop watering down the queerness of it.
  2. With all those fag hags and other random hetero girls running around, a femmier type chick like myself has serious trouble getting recognized as gay. And duh, that's sort of the whole point of going to gay clubs: To be able to be seen for what you are and not viewed through that same old heterosexist lense that everyone in the straight world sees you through.

  3. Honestly, when it's not just a few straight allies (as in genuine friends of gay people) coming along to the clubs (it's not like I'm pro a super segregated gay world/straight world) it get's to be a sort of circus-y, "come-look-at-the-freaks" kind of scene. I get the whole sense of "whoo, we're so tolerant and free-spirited, partying with the gays!", it bores me to tears.

Oh well, what the hell do I know. Maybe I'm just bitter beacuse the only attention I got was from a wrinkly woman who was leaving the club with her husband (yes, even old straight people were there) and stopped to tell me I was a beautiful girl as I was outside the club, having a smoke and telling The Ex off for passing up an awesome flirting opportunity.

Speaking of passing up opportunities! Good Guy is rumoured to have left the single club. It's just The Ex and me now, bitter as ever and both convinced that the other will leave us any day now.
(I truly do appologize about the bitterness of this entry. Sometimes straight people just piss me off. And couples. And happy people. Goddess, I hope I'm pms:ing so I have an excuse for this mood.)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

'Watering down the queerness'. Hehehe. This post made me laugh!

Gee i guess i should appreciate the fact that i live near a place which has more than one gay bar (actually there are many). For someone who MUST go out on weekend nights, i've never been to one, the people i know have never been inclined to visit one. And no way am i suggesting it. The straight people where you live must like the music at that particular bar or something. Or maybe, one half of those 'couples' might be bicurious and is very secretive about it.

Friday night, time to go out! Toodles!

abbagirl said...

hilarious post!

why, o why have you not posted any new stories for 2009? i just found your blog through a link on someone else's blog. i'd love to see more of your writing!

Rogue said...

For my part and being a mostly-het guy, my partner and I enjoy the queer clubs because so many straight clubs seem to be full of inconsiderate morons. I'm personally mortified by the behaviour I see from my het make counterparts.

But don't you dare apologize for your "bitterness." You have a solid voice, and there's no reason why you shouldn't indulge in being a little pissed off. I get it.

Rogue said...

Make that "het male counterparts." New fingers.

Anonymous said...

nothing against the hets but you're totally right. as a gay taking on the more active role, seeing a bunch of straight fag hags in a gay club only makes finding the actual femmes a lot more difficult