Rubber (Rubber? I hardly know 'er!)

I've been surfing blogs on and off, looking for people running similar blogs about their gay life. I've seen people who are much younger than I am and are already completely okay with their homosexuality, and people of varying ages who are still trying to figure it out and accept it.

Some of them, for one reason or another, are in the closet. Sometimes there's a damn good reason not to tell your parents or friends, and I support that, but some of these people just aren't ready to, and that's something I never went through. (Yes, I'm so gay that while I was straight I said, "If I realized I'm gay, I'd come out of the closet immediately.") I'm not saying I disagree with their decision or that I don't support it... I'm just wishing them the best and hoping that they get things sorted out so they can stop living a double-life.

Some people are happily waiting to find the right person. Since half of these people are in high school this is a fine attitude to take. Other people are getting it on with anyone who's available. Some of those are also in high school, which kind of weirds me out because I couldn't have imagined being in high school and being gay (otherwise I might have figured it out sooner), so the idea of being a promiscuous gay high school student is a little foreign to me. I'm also kind of envious, because it's not something I can go back and experience.

Mostly, though, I'm shocked at a few of the stories I read. Some of them are incredibly hot... but they seem implausible. I'm not going to say that anyone's lying or exaggerating, but even when I was a horny teenager, four orgasms in 24 hours would have been difficult, let alone in one evening. If these stories are true I'm convinced there must be drugs involved.

And that's okay, as long as you're safe and careful about it—me and alcohol are real good buddies—but that's the other thing. If the people in these stories are using condoms, it isn't mentioned, but I suspect they aren't. And that's just dangerous. Yes, HIV is no longer the death sentence it used to be, and other STDs are treatable or curable, but that's no reason to be cavalier about it. Condoms are cheap (free at many health centers), easy to use, and anyone who refuses to do you with a condom is a sleazebag who you should avoid.

There's no shame in using a condom. Heck, you should try using them when you're jerking off... you get to practice putting them on (not that it's difficult), and it makes cleaning up a lot simpler.