With Youth Pride 2012 just a few short weeks away I got to thinking, “What is it that the gay youth of today will inherit from us, their gay elders?” Are we responsible to teach them the ways of safety in cruising? Is the history of Dupont Circle that is slowly being lost important for those up and coming Gay-bies to know? What influence can/do we have in insuring the next set of young LGBT activists have the support and knowledge that they need in order to continue to create change when we are too busy changing diapers (whether they are our children’s or our own)? More importantly how can you as an individual leave an LGBT legacy for others to strive or admire? Whether it’s being the queen of the social scene or the poz life advocate and educator. Whether the knowledge you pass is to be safe with your heart as well as your body, how will you want to leave it and who do you want to give it to? How much knowledge and strength have we gained or lost due to the generation who lost their fight in the early epidemic of HIV/AIDS?

This Friday let’s sit and discuss how we want the next generation (Generation Fab!) to succeed and how we whether want to have a hand in helping them do it.

As per always we’ll be meeting at 8:30 p.m. at St. Margaret’s Episcopal, 1830 Connecticut Ave NW, via the Parish Office entrance/buzzer. After discussion we will head to dinner and afterwards see what trouble we can get ourselves into!

Back by popular demand and despite the best interests of your liver, we are excited to announce:

This Friday, those in attendance of Gay Districts weekly facilitated discussion will help us decide the topic  from the two options listed below!

Houseboys, Rent-boys, Gay for Pay and on call sex workers. We will discuss the facts and myths for all thing associated with Sex, inc.! What is “Sex Positive” and how does it pertain to the world of sex workers? Where are the lines of legality blurred and when/where are they broken? Would you ever offer yourself up given the opportunity, have you already? Everyone has a price; what is yours?

With the recent acts of violence against two gay men in two separate encounters over this past weekend how does one maintain their feeling of safety in the city they live in? More importantly how do we respond to these horrendous attacks? Can we comfort and reach out to those assaulted? Can we stand together in a singular voice or an outcry that we will NOT accept this? Where do we go from here and how does this news impact you and those in your circle of friends?

As usual our discussion will start at 8:30pm at St. Margaret’s Episcopalian Church, 1830 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Afterwards we will head out to dinner at a local establishment and perhaps a drink or two to get our livers ready for St. Patrick’s Day!