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Contents:

• GAY AND NERD
• 'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI
• BIG GAY NERDS
• BIG GAY NERDS BIG GAY NERDS

GAY AND NERD

239members1groupFd out what's happeng Gay and Nerd Meetup groups around the world and start meetg up wh the on near Gay and Nerd groupsRelated topics:Gamer NerdsNerds need more & Nerdsgirl nerdsHot NerdsLargt Gay and Nerd groups1Ccy 3G: Geeks, Gam, and Good Deeds239 Geeks | Ccnati, USAMandy JarboeOrganized by Mandy JarboeMandy JarboeOrganized by Mandy JarboeShow allNewt Gay and Nerd groupsCcy 3G: Geeks, Gam, and Good Deeds239 GeeksStarted Aug 22 Ccnati, USA. Yet even after he fally started meetg gay iends five years after g out, he still didn't feel like they had anythg mon beyond beg attracted to men. “For me, was about wonrg ‘Are there other gays like me?

'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI

Gay people "that are really to vio gam, really to ic books, really to thgs like 'Star Trek'? ”The Seattle rint end up takg to Facebook to start a group he’d ll “Gay Geeks. ” He wanted to see if there might be a few other people out there who are gay and also GarciaCourty of Alex GarciaHe was astound when, wh s first year, Gay Geeks grew om a handful of lol guys to a worldwi muny of about 10, 000 said the fn of what mak a Gay Geek is pretty broad and clive, cludg, but not limed to, ic book nerds, Pokémon lovers and every type of gamer — be they tabletop, PC or, seven years later, the group has more than 50, 000 members — a membership tone passed jt this week.

K., Canada, Atralia and Brazil — ’s send, third, fourth, and fifth largt untri of membership, has acplished more than jt fdg a few other gays like him: He has built one of the premier plac onle for people like him to fd each Col O’ O'Neill, who was abandoned by his fay Seattle at 15 bee he was gay, found a new fay through Alex Garcia's Gay Geeks Facebook group. ” Like many gay people, his fay nsists maly of those he has chosen rather than those wh whom he shar a bloodle. Shortly after fdg and jog Gay Geeks, O'Neill me across Sam while scrollg a popular weekly thread lled “Selfie Saturday.

BIG GAY NERDS

Much of what is marketed to gay men be hyper-sexualized, and the group wanted to avoid havg s social media acunts bee feeds of shirtls guys. ”Col O'Neill (right) and Sam (left) met through the Gay Geeks Facebook group, and they have been married for one year. “Sam's fay accepted me pletely to their fay, and has been so amazg to have them my life, ” he said the group's membership is prised of mostly gay men, but do have a small, but active, number of lbians, too.

Startg Gay Geeks (and now a host of other groups foced on geeks, beg gay and general fandom) has also proved to be a fulfillg enavor for the group's founr. Go to askgaybros. Where to get to know gay troverts and nerds?

I wonr where I uld meet gay guys like that? We also don't really have much of a clubs culture, particular no gay clubs (well clubs as bars and dis, but 's eakg expensive and also serly not my thg) and even sports are ually somethg people squeeze over their lunchbreak. Basilly the bt thg I've heard so far are board game gathergs, for gays.

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If you've been lookg for a way to meet other OlrGay members near you, you n now schle a meetup to get everyone together. Beg gay is often a soberg experience, but are gay people really that sober? Natnal surveys have tackled this qutn as much as they n by parg straight and gay drkg rat and the verdict is more black-and-whe than rabow: LGBT people drk more.

LGBT people are also twice as likely to abe booze and what 's worth, gay men and lbians together dra most of the natn's vodka supply. Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave., 503-234-7837, Mnelli was good to the gays, and now 's time for you to return the favor by bleedg your bt performance at the Q Center's Cabaret wh a Q. Stag PDX, one of Portland's two gay strip clubs, offers s weekly TESTIFY drag bnch that tends to reel yuppie gays om Northwt.

Hawks and Steam are Portland's last two gay bathho, and Sunday nights are bisexual nights.

Related: I Spent a Night One of Portland's Last Gay BathhoComg Out.

Big Gay Nerds. I’ll never fet beg 15 years old and walkg to my first ever meetg for lbian, gay, bi, queer, and trans youth at BAGLY Boston. ”) The close queer iends we make bee a chosen fay, wh a shared culture and inty, formg the bonds that are sential to our wellns and as gay bars and bookstor are closg left and right, many of have turned to apps to fill that gap, meang we spend more time than ever alone our rooms.

LGBT2Q people exist all genrs, all cultur, and relyg on your gaydar is a good start, but expandg your queer and trans cultural referenc will boost your abili. Instagram and Twter make easier to fd other people wh the same terts, whether ’s hedgehogs or aerosol art, and there are so many homo-tastic hashtags. Try #QueerStyle, #BlackTransExcellence, #QueerFemme, #LbianMem, #BiLove, #GenrEuphoria, #Gaysian, #LGBTTikTok.

Or, add your inty to your state, school, or profsn to fd #GayMichigan or #QueerMorehoe or #TransUtah or #PansexualUK and more. That may be surprisg news if you’ve been raised a homophobic branch of your relig tradn, but I promise you—they’re out there, and they n’t wa to wele you (and you may fd really healg to brg your whole self to your fah tradn).