Dead Man Dancing
1. The Mega-Gay Dance Parties
2. Gay Dance Parties Signalling Their Virtue
3. Gay Media Message On HIV/AIDS Ambiguous
4. The Hook Of The Gay Dance Parties
5. "Manageability"
1. The Mega-Gay Dance Parties
1. There’s no shortage of gay media coverage of the mega-gay dance parties and raves held around the rainbow universe. Ski Week, Fleet Week, White Party, Black And Blue Party, Pride Week etc. Not only do they serve as circuit pilgrimages – the Fag Haj where the recently converted meet the faithful, the faithful meet the true believers and the true believers meet the High Queens and DJ Gods – but they also attract fag celebs, porn stars, porn talent scouts and the assorted ass trash that passes as a wannabe’s entourage.
2. It’s easy to get swept up in the whole thing – the non-stop partying, the crush of sweaty guys, the dizzying array of bulging muscle, the slick dance moves, that relentless beat, the strobes, losing all sense of time, the blowjobs on the dancefoor – and the chemical and amphetamine canapés so generously offered as communion.
2. Gay Dance Parties Signalling Their Virtue
1. Many gay mega-dance parties loudly tout that a portion of their proceeds will go for AIDS care. Sounds hunky dory right..? Until it gets put into context.
3. Gay Media Message On HIV/AIDS Ambiguous
1. The gay media message about HIV/AIDS is ambiguous and ambivalent. It has 3 concurrent streams:
2. First, there was no sign of a vaccine. Now we're told one's either available, or very shortly will be.
3. Second, AIDS is “manageable” via a smorgasbord of medication. The term “manageable” infuriates FuelMix. It’s a politically correct synonym for coping at less than optimum levels with something chronic. It ignores the wretched physical anguish that accompanies AIDS. Insidiously, it perpetuates the acceptability of human suffering via polite nomenclature. FuelMix has more to say about “manageable” further on in this post.
4. Third, fags are getting infected at much earlier ages.
4. The Hook Of The Gay Dance Parties
1. Gay mega-dance parties are tons of fun. But the warm and fuzzy feeling that fags get by being told that a portion of the proceeds go for AIDS and HIV, are offset by the entrenched culture of drug-taking at those parties. Those drugs are consumed for the sole purpose of evaporating inhibitions and making the fag more sexual. The impaired judgment leads to unsafe practices and the fag gets infected.
2. So the gay rave is not only a rite of passage, but also a viral roulette game to bet on whether the fag makes it from Twink to Thirty.
3. But consider this. FuelMix hasn’t seen very much being done about fags and their drug addictions. Why? Because fags have convinced themselves that they are “recreational drug users”. Ergo, there’s no problem.
4. So, the commonly seen drug-fucked sexual judgment at gay raves is the product that keeps the raves in business, attracts thousands of fags, and provides the perfect opportunity for organizers and sponsors to market their altruistic side by doling out a bit for HIV and AIDS while ignoring the drug issue.
5. Therefore, the link between addiction and infection becomes extremely profitable and politically correct.
5. "Manageability"
1. Back to the issue of “manageability”. Note the similarity between taking a drug cocktail for HIV/AIDS and taking a drug cocktail at raves. Both are for manageability. One is for managing survival. The other is for managing escapism.
Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. FuelMix has nothing against mega-gay raves and after-parties (other than cringing at the idea of being seen downtown in club wear and glow sticks at 8 am by his alarmed office buddies in suits and briefcases).
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Originally published 9 January 2009
Amended and Republished 2 July 2013 | 6 August 2018
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I was just going to say this is a good post. Actually great post.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up.
until now i didn't appreciate the profit potential between addiction and infection. i thought u were being cynical but i see where you're coming from.
ReplyDeleteI agree that "manageable" is a euphemism. It puts aside that the medicine cost the health system a lot of money, money that could be spend trying to find a cure to other diseases that are not as easy to prevent as by simply using a condom.
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