skeltrd

NYC Hate Crime

I was out of town last weekend, so I missed most of this, but there was a pretty horrible beating of a gay man (who ended up in a coma).  The suspect is in custody, but his friend is now speaking to the news claiming that it was not a hate crime, and they didn’t target the man because he’s gay.  Sorry bud, it’s kinda hard to take you seriously when you have a GIANT Leviticus tattoo on your arm.

DADT

Great article from a soldier affected by DADT

Roommate Sex?

This story went around the news cycle a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t have a blog then, so I’m going to comment now.  The story is about how Tufts University instituted a “no sex while your roommate is there” policy.  One would assume that no official policy would be necessary, and that the old “sock-on-the-doorknob” would work.  Apparently, though, there were enough complaints that residential life actually had to make it official.

Now, I bring this up because I went to Tufts, so I can speak to how inept and crazy ResLife is.  It also provides me with an opportunity to share my sex-while-your-roommate-is-present story, which apparently would get me into trouble under the new regime.

When I was a freshman, I had THE weirdest roommate.  Seriously.  Very socially awkward.  The only good thing was that he had a girlfriend who went to another Boston school, so he would occasionally leave for the night.  One night freshman year, I brought a boy home.  This was very early in my life as a gay man, he was one of the first guys I’d had a crush on, I was pretty experienced, etc…

The boy ends up spending the night (since my roommate was gone).  The next morning we both wake up, and are in that “just woke up, kinda groggy, haven’t said much yet, but get on top of me and let’s make-out stage.”  Just then my awkward roommate opens the door and discovers I’m gay.  And proceeds to walk into the room, drop his things off, hang around, and then finally leave.  All the while the boy and I are frozen in embarrassment.

So now I can only assume that he went to ResLife and complained, and that it took them five years to implement the new rule.

Future First Husband?

CNN has posted a video diary of Jared Polis’ (Congressperson from Colorado) partner.  cute.

Check it out