I will not presume through this page to ass-u-me I know everything there is to know about all of you. The mission of this site and it’s members are: ‘LGBT plus all the blurry lines in-between‘. What is gay or queer or lesbian or trans or whatever is less important than the ties that bind us is that we are just who we are.
Radical Self-expression is something a lot of queers have known for years. Besides being a gay male, a burner, and a self described artist I am often identified as: “off” or “quirky” or “artsy”. I got to Walmart in my kilt and boots that have metal plates on them up to my knees. And I am very comfortable doing so… in fact going anywhere.
We, the queers and off-beat, are radical self-expression and more for years long before the 10 principles.
When I see the things some Burner Queers are doing I have to sit back cheer them on! Of course most people are familiar with Comfort & Joy as well as the Camp Beaverton camps what really put on quite a production every year. in fact a lot of our queer camps do some amazing stuff and it is very worthy to watch the Queer Camp List.
The Queer Camp List will be updated in July when BMorg releases the official list of theme camps and villages. Involve yourself with these camps if you can and help support their infrastructure. Participate in the making of something very special.
In a blog I wrote in 2009 I was really blown away by what I witnessed in my first year at Burning Man. It was the only year I went and just stepped back and observed, tried learning about the people of the Burner culture, and came away with some really interesting observations.
I felt, while watching a lot of people given permission to be outside the box (possible the first time in their lives), sorta spiral into a short circuit frenzy. There is an insurmountable amount of men inspired to dress as women or wearing women’s clothing and a lot of expression of sexuality.
There is nothing wrong with any of it, with any healthy expression, hopefully making the journey back into the default world a new journey, too.
It took me back to the 70’s and 80’s (yes, I am that old) where gay and lesbians were finally stepping out the shadows in droves and were demanding more and more recognition which has been growing consistently.
We are all not “gay” or “lesbian” on this thing called ‘gay burners’. We are the blurry lines and make no apologies for it. We support your right to explore your own identity/orientation/none-of-the-above. Feel free to share your stories below.
I think what inspired this article was a story told to me by a straight burner who came to my house last night and asked me about another guy in the community.
He asked about the male fiance of a girl we were speaking of.
One night we were at a party and Tyler and his fiance showed up with this really pretty guy named mark. Meow, I thought, and was flirty. I was informed that Mark was straight.
Later I saw them all in the pillow room k-noodling and hanging out. In fact, Mark’s finger was inserted in the twat of the girl sitting next to him. (A fact I was informed of earlier).
So, at the end of the evening I hear how Tyler and mark were engaged in a long tongue kiss to the enjoyment of some girls sitting around.
Blurry lines? Oh yeah… but how titillating is that???? If you;re into that I s’pose.