Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Sex & Drugs in the Gay Community
It's the topic everyone wants to know about, but the one no one will ask or openly talk about. I've restlessly debated with myself for over a year now if I was ever going to bring up this issue in my writings. I've even gone as far as toying with the idea of creating a completely separate, anonymous blog to discuss some of what's been on my mind, but came to the conclusion that another blog would just be a drain of time and ultimately take away from all the work I've already put into this site.
For those of you who have been waiting in eager anticipation to find out what I've been hinting about over the last few posts you don't have to wait too much longer. My blog is about to get much more racy then it's ever been. I've decided that very soon I'm going to start talking more openly about sex in the gay community, my relationship, my sex life and some of my more explicit experiences as a gay male and someone now heavily involved in the circuit party scene.
I know this course of writing is probably going to steer some of my current readers away, and entice others to read more frequently, but I really have been weighing the pro's and con's of self-censorship as of late and it's time for me to really take my own advice and starting living my life out loud. My biggest fear in the past has been a negative impact on my corporate career and thus why I kept things pretty tame by only touching on certain topics from a very high level and barely hinting about others. Since I'm no longer a slave to the man or corporate America, and I'm no longer repressed by fear of what people will think, I'm ready to start talking. I've discussed this with Justin, and my friends and while I will never compromise the privacy of anyone, I can still give you some interesting stories on both my personal experiences and observations.
I apologize in advance if this is something you would rather not read about, but again it's my blog and I can and will write about pretty much whatever I want. I promise that my titles will be intuitive in the event you see something you may not care to read you can feel free to pass.
Lastly I know I put it in the subject, but this is the only thing I'm going to say about the drug culture as it pertains to the gay community. If you haven't figured it out yet, drugs and sex go pretty much hand in hand in this subset of the gay community especially among the party goers, the underground club scene and historically throughout the circuit. While I am going to write openly about sex, the drug culture will probably be the one area in which I will continue to self-censor my writing, and most likely the last time I mention it here. I just wanted to mention it because people have asked me about it, and I've hinted about it, but really when it comes to any knowledge I may have regarding the drug culture in the gay community I'm going to first and foremost invoke the 5Th amendment, as it would just be completely irresponsible and inappropriate of me to openly talk about. Like it or not, in the interest of many, a few stories really are better left to remain in the shadows.
So with all that said, this post was merely a teaser of what's to come very soon. Before I can start giving you something to sink your teeth into I have to resolve with myself just how much detail I want to provide. After I figure that out over the next few days, I'll start spilling the stories I've been wanting to share and start down a virtual path of no return in my writings. Stay tuned and have a great weekend. Cheers!
