Yesterday evening SHG and I went to the BRB for happy hour. My big thing, since college, has been to go to happy hour on Thursday evenings. We usually go to JR's then Mining Company here in Houston. Tonight for a change of scene, we made plans to meet friends somewhere different and then at 8 PM partake in dance lessons. Mind you, SHG knows what he is doing in this department, and I am really bad since I learned how to ballroom dance in college and the TX two-step is really a four step in three beats and out of sync with the music. Anyway, it turns out last night was line dancing (oh, what a train wreck that was to watch) and West Coast Swing. Next month is two-step. So, we just watched the fun and drank beer instead. But that is not the point of this blog entry.
Whilst watching the line dancing there was this guy there who looked SO familiar, in an irritating I-don't-like-him sense. I racked my brain over who it was, and finally figured it out. It was a friend of a friend who I met two years ago, while still with the ex. Well, he took a shine to me and was essentially relentless and inconsiderate. He's a good looking guy and about 28. I would see him online, he'd be bragging about all of his sashes from being some Mr. Leather Boy or another. And he'd be whining about not having a boyfriend, where are all the nice guys, Fine fine fine, go away, you don't listen very well.
Then I broke up with the ex. He hears about this, and starts all over again. Again, go away. This produces whining but at last the tactic of ignoring him works. Anyway, last night he came up to SHG and I and asked "Do you remember me?", which produced a sarcastic "Oh yeah, I remember you, Brad." That made him skitter away, and you'll see why.
Fast forward a bit from breaking up with the ex and ignoring this guy. I hear from two independent sources that he's one of these guys into the latest "trend" amongst gay men: barebacking (anal sex without a condom, implied to be with people you don't really know, read why it's a trend here). Disturbing as that is on its own, it turns out he's HIV+. Oh, it gets better: He does not tell the other person about it before hand, and he's on the, errr, "giving" side of the procedure. Literally. And here's where it takes a turn for the really twisted: he tells them afterwards. Well isn't he just so considerate?
SO. He wonders why he does not have a boyfriend? He wonders where all the nice guys are? Well, if you're wandering around Houston giving "the gift" unrequested perhaps that's part of the reason? (by the way, if you see a guy with the biohazard symbol tattoed on him, run away.) What kind of bizarre, sick power trip are you on? Yes Yes Yes, the other person takes a known risk by barebacking in casual sex. That however, does not give you the right to be doing this. This is totally unacceptable behavior. Period.
How dare he put the lives of others at risk? There is no excuse for such behavior. This fucker should be run right the fuck out of town.
