Brian Windhorst

Are there other gay bars, coffee shops, other places you might think the LGBTQ people would frequent in the area?

If so, then Kyle might be right.

There may be a certain group of gay men that have just adopted the bar because they feel comfortable in that area of town.

I know that I've done that with a few places in my neighborhood.

This is going to sound a bit like a stereotype here.

Well, as long as he's saying it, not us, right?

But the keys to cutting down to some of these interactions are sports and beer.

Most gay men are not going to partake in either of these things.

My evidence is this.

I pull the sports and beer move damn near anywhere I go.

At a straight sports bar, I'll be drinking my beer, watching whatever the game is on.

Someone starts a conversation.

Eventually, the topic of girlfriends or wives comes up, and I throw out, oh, no, I'm gay.

And it throws off a lot of people.

Yeah, probably.

I mean, I don't know.

Conversely, I've been at gay bars drinking my beer and wearing a T-shirt with the local team's logo on it.

Multiple people come up to ask me, do you know what this bar is?

When I answer yes, and then I came here on purpose, dudes don't know what to do with that either.

Oh, like, yeah, no, I am in the right place.