There really is nothing better than government sanctioned 4 day easter holiday with an extra day off to get your gay on! 4 day easter holiday when unemployed is no way different from 2 day weekend, but when you don't have to go to work but still get paid...priceless!
Me and my mom went to a big flee market in Salo on Saturday followed by one in Forssa. I saw my friend Marita there and we made plans to go out on Saturday night. After few drinks, card games and catching up I felt like going clubbing so I texted Arttu to see where they were going and joined his posse. I spent my night spotting the gays in the club. Came up with 2 confirmed bi's and few suspected gays. And few clearly confused, but it's not my place to judge. I spent my Sunday in bed getting over the hangover. I'm a light weight, I can't lie!
On Monday I went to Tampere to an international gay group meeting. They had decided to do some "crafts", which turned out to be crocheting (virkkaus). There was 6 gay boys and me...really, who knew that the terminology for it was so dirty? It was all about tight holes and pushing through and loosening up.
Then I took Tuesday off to be a human book in the human library at my old high school. (And I'm happy to have the official english word for it too.) It was once again great experience and I was so glad to realize that all of the 12 people who "borrowed" me, none thought that being gay was anything special. They told me there is at least 2 gay boys and 1 lesbian at the school and no one thinks it's something that should get you bullied for. All of them know and have gay people in their lives so it's part of the environment they are growing up in. I wish I had that when growing up. But it was very therapeutic to sort of come out in high school, even if it was 13 years after I matriculated from that place!
It's also great to speak with the other human books and squash some of my own prejudice. You learn so much from the others and listening to them I always appreciate how easy my coming out was and the relative easiness of my life in general. And I also learned that not all porn stars are beautiful women with big boobs. Sometimes they are in their 40's, have blond hair to their shoulders, look like life has treated them harshly, wearing big black hoodies and camo pants. And also look like the spitting image of Tony Halme!
Also, I was not the only lesbian in attendance!
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