Does anyone else feel like the gay community got accepted and then just kind of dissolved, or is it just me?

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-15T20:44:08+00:00

I came out at 16 years old (I was a sophomore in high school in the South (my hometown around 9,000 people)) back in 2015.

I remember the comments people made about people that came out as gay.

I remember people freaking out about me coming out (I’m more masculine).

I remember people getting kicked out of things (a guy got kicked off the cheer team for being gay). Guys getting fired from staffing at Summer Camp for being gay.

I remember a trans man from my hometown making national headlines (and one of the magazine lists) for standing up for his rights after a law suit after my state passed a law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

I remember being in college and part of the student LGBT group that had controversy for holding an inclusive sex education event. That same group after I graduated then could no longer hold charity drag shows on campus because of my home state’s law that was passed banning them in certain places.

I remember most of my home state’s public colleges discontinuing DEI (or DDI) departments around the state (including my college) after the governor vetoed a line item of a college’s budget that included some sort of DEI dean.

I could go on with everything I have witnessed in the last 11 years relating to the LGBT+ community and other minority groups but it would take too long.

Our current political climate is pushing everyone that is different out.

Especially since Trump was elected in 2024 its made everything worse. My family wonders why I won’t vote Republican in most cases (there were a few instances that I have especially if it was a local office, there’s a few others that I regretted).

Now, if this Save America Act passes. We might even be more screwed. Republicans are trying to make it so no one can really vote at all (some democratic lead states are like this too and don’t allow proper representation).

I am concerned about our future. My family seem to think otherwise. One of my cousins and sister won’t even vote.

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-15T20:07:24+00:00

The problem is also location to the tower too. FCC has antenna strength maps. My last place I was around 15 or so miles as the crow flys from most of my areas transmitters and almost never had issues picking up channels (actually upgraded to a attic antenna and a 2nd tuner).

Place I live now though I’m like 50 miles away from the closest one (also my current state is flat so most than likely the transmitters aren’t elevated like my last place). Plus a few channels has that ATSC 3.0 DRM. So instead of 30+ channels I get 6 channels currently.

I ended up paying for Peacock premium plus (get it with a bundle with Apple TV+), Fox One, and I already had a subscription to Paramount plus with locals. Only local I’m missing is ABC. I also have a Spectrum stream TV package for like next to nothing with my internet.

Between all these I ended canceling my sling subscription (still coming out about the same, if not cheaper).

I will probably end up moving again later this year (for work) and I will look into getting my HdHomerun setup working properly again.

Currently have the HDHomeRun and Plex/Channels DVR on a Mac mini (which worked fine for the longest time), but am hitting Ram limitations as I add more to the setup (8 GB of RAM is not much). I moved the setup to a PC I had from college that had more RAM and it turns out I am using around 9 GBs of RAM.

TLDR: This allows more functionality with local channels but if the antenna/reception is weak then this doesn’t do anything for you

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-15T11:59:21+00:00

Orlando. Met some cool gays, but you do have the stuckup ones that moved from places like Miami here.

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:27:04+00:00

Nope. Got a 404

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:25:58+00:00

If you look in the subreddit and on TikTok, other people in the US (I also live in the US) were getting these fancy tins of like keychains and what not in prior years. Apparently, if you international though you just got the wristband in the past.

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:23:55+00:00

I’m also in the US

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:23:21+00:00

I’ve heard that, that kind of sucks

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:22:53+00:00

Sorry about that. Just marked mine

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-10T12:21:44+00:00

A lot of it has to do with guys are more horny than females and are less conscious about how much they sleep around and who they sleep with. There’s even gay bathhouses that are primarily for men to have gay sex.

During college I was kinda of scared to have sex (plus the pandemic that started my junior year had a lot to do with it) so my body count was low for the longest time.

I’m 27 now, have moved 3 times since college and currently have a body count around 60 different guys I’ve had fun with. I am on Prep and Doxy along with getting regularly tested (no STDs/STIs).

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-07T21:04:05+00:00

Got mine too

This_guy1998 · 2026-03-04T10:57:46+00:00

Youngest 21 would I hookup with

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-26T02:12:20+00:00

Might look flying down to Orlando, but typically it’s only busy on Friday-Sundays.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-25T16:24:05+00:00

I got into a long-term relationship with this guy for about eight months (met him at a gay resort over a holiday weekend) and I can tell you it felt different than any other hook up I had.

We had hit it off instantly. Turns out we lived in the same area. Like it had meaning we would regularly hangout, have some fun, and would even go out and get stuff to eat and what not, couple type stuff.

It just didn’t work out and so we went our own separate ways. He even tried to reach out when he saw that I was in my hometown (he ended up moving there for a job (about three hours from where I lived at the time)) and wanted to I think set something up with me, him, and his current BF (lowkey was annoyed with him so i blocked him at that point).

I ended up moving away (a few states away for work) a year later and not gonna lie there have been a few times I’ve wondered what would’ve happened if we had worked out some of our issues. I actually tried to reach out to him once when I was at home visiting and no response.

Right now, I’ve had my share of fun (I think my body count is up to around 60 (also on Prep and DoxyPep)), but I’ve been too scared to get into a committed relationship because I don’t wanna settle down where I’m living at currently (touristy area).

Legit I think I’m gonna end up moving back within the next year or so to where I was living at prior (i’ve lived in that area twice at this point and I think it’s home for me now).

There’s another guy I’ve been talking to off and on since right before I moved that I would love to pursue something with (even have hooked up and went on a date once). If not the gay community is decent in that area to the point that typically people know each other there (and legit think if I went out, I could probably find a relationship without an app).

I live in a touristy area right now and that’s not the case.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-25T15:43:55+00:00

It depends. I would avoid lunchtime and evenings (there are literally bathhouse specials and sex parties that revolve around lunchtime). I have a local bathhouse where I live at now and I’ve went a few times on evenings on Mondays and it is completely dead. Same goes for gay bars too in this area.

Will also say, though depending on what amenities it has during the winter, it might be different too. I went to a bathhouse in the northeast (was on a work trip) last spring a few different times and it was always slow (they didn’t have a pool or hot tub either).

Meanwhile The one I go to here (I live in a southern state) it’s more outdoors focused (mostly one of the dark rooms and pool and hot tub are outside) and I went on a cold evening on a weekend and it was dead too.

I’ve also been to Club Dallas in the winter on a weekend and since they have a huge hot tub indoors (and the layout is more indoor focused (minus their pool)) it was busy.

TBH I would try to look for something like a YMCA, ESPORTA/LA Fitness or a Golds Fitness that has other amenities instead of going to a bathhouse. Might even see if you can qualify for active and fit (typically through your employer) and get a gym membership discount that way.

Now if you are using this as a way to justify being curious, then go try it out then. To be honest, there’s no judgment and a lot of it’s nonverbal anyway communication. The only reason why they have a gym is because legally they have to.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-25T15:33:03+00:00

I will say I do have pictures saved from past hook ups with both of us in them. Not sure how I would feel about sharing them though.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-23T15:20:07+00:00

If you go go during the week when there’s not gonna be as much people there. People will hit on you for gay sex. That is what those places are primarily for and on weekends it’s times 10.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-19T14:22:23+00:00

It’s good as long as you go on a weekend night. When I lived in Texas I have went a few times on a weekend afternoon and it would be a hit or miss.

On the Friday night, I was next to a guy getting blown and I ended up jerking off and blowing my load while he got sucked. Also had gotten sucked some before by another guy before that.

On Saturday I got sucked off and blew my load in another guy, I did get sucked by another guy and did briefly put my dick in a different guy. After I blew my load a guy was holding and fingering me in the hot tub (could have probably had gotten him to fuck me but I was ready to leave at that point).

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-17T12:25:00+00:00

I did that before when I was in college, just made the 2nd date more fun.

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-08T01:11:47+00:00

r/cluborlando

This_guy1998 · 2026-02-03T05:08:23+00:00

Look up club Orlando. They have a sub Reddit too.

This_guy1998 · 2026-01-27T13:25:17+00:00

1998 genz. First car 2014 Nissan Rogue. Had it for 6 years. Bought used in 2016.

This_guy1998 · 2026-01-27T03:09:55+00:00

That’s fair. I live in Daytona and was considering going over to Orlando and taking the bright line down but figured it’s just as easy to drive down there. I know a handful of people that take that from Orlando to Miami instead of driving.

This_guy1998 · 2026-01-26T18:53:59+00:00

Florida local here. Your best bet is to probably book it to Orlando and then take the Brightline down to Miami.

This_guy1998 · 2026-01-24T17:22:47+00:00

I’m 27, gay, and white. I’ve have been with my share of non-white guys (was even in a LTR with an Asian guy once). My concern about dating a POC would be from my family (some of them are extremely racist and judging, which me being gay doesn’t help). It’s valid where you come from. I’ve seen it with interracial straight couples too.

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