I had an eventful MLK Birthday weekend! I went down to the Baltimore/DC area to visit a close friend and hang out.
It seems like everyone was either in DC or ATL this weekend. When I got in Saturday evening my friend Bilal (whom I was visiting) took me to his friends birthday dinner at this sushi place.. Actually it was a friend of a friend. Anyhow this was my first exposure to the black gay community.
At home in New York I have an extremely culturally and ethnically diverse group of friends. And I only have a handful of black friends to began with (sad but true) and my amount of black queer friends is even smaller. And we are a different from the blacks in mainstream culture only because of the diversity of our greater circle of friends.
Anywhooo… It was interesting to see how “the girls” in DC operate even though I got a very small look sometimes that’s all you need. And from what I’ve seen there’s this unspoken parallel between black homosexual culture and black hetrosexual culture. What I mean is an Imitation of values… There is a sharp destiniction of femme and masculine character traits as in there isn’t a lot of in between unlike what I’ve seen in NYC.
I really wish I could speak on more but I really don’t know enough too. All I can say is it was an eye opener for me. And I guess this is preparing me for my trip to Atlanta next month which I am very excited about for many reasons. But I think I’m gonna be doing a lot of social experimenting in the coming months.
And Ra Sushi and Baltimore is the best please check it out if your in town they have great happy hour food and drink specials
