Culture Shock 3.0 – On Being Gay in London

Whenever one moves to a new place, there’s a period that’s spent learning how the people do things and trying to integrate into the community. It’s very different from being a tourist in that place and London is no different. The learning curve was no joke. Knowing how important the things that are not said were just as important as understanding what was being said (in clipped, polite tones of course). I had to learn how to make friends all over again. A friend recently told me that she’s been in London for 15 years and she still doesn’t know how to make friends here (she’s from Paris). Aside from weathering the culture shock of a new environment, us gay people have to learn what’s acceptable in any gay society and how to fit in. It hasn’t been easy but it has definitely been fun and illuminating. Some of these may be slightly NSFW. Either that or I’m more prudish that I think:

 

On Being Versatile, Sex With Small Countries and Jiraiya-fever

One of my new favorite blogs Sht A Gay Kenyan Writes nominated yours truly for the Versatile Blogger award

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(thank you!)  which I initially met with mixed feelings. Awhile back, someone made a post about these awards being annoying and without value since eventually every single blogger on WordPress (and probably on other blogging systems) will get one. Unfortunately I can no longer remember where I read this post but I was taken aback by the condescending/strongly negative criticisms of something I thought was harmless and got turned off the entire awards matter.