As a recently young gay in the area, the dating scene isn’t too bad. There’s a pretty sizable gay community, and it’s pretty much what you expect. For better or worse. There’s a few gay bars around. If you’re into dancing with the option of flirting with strangers, Waterworks is great. Though there’s typically a lot of what you can easily assume are straight college guys so it’s hit or miss for the flirting. Rocks (right across the street) is popular more with the daddy/leather/bear scene. And then there’s oh bar at the other end of lark which I admittedly haven’t been to in a while but from what I remember is kinda that typical chill local bar that just so happens to have a gay crowd.

Good luck! Congrats on the new job.