First time for everything
Right off the bat , Dougie goes , “ Listen , are you gay ?” I told him I wasn ’ t but he didn ’ t seem convinced : “ The only reason I ask is because we have a lot of guys that mess around with clients on the side , and I just want to know you ’ re being upfront with me .” He goes , “ A lot of guys claim they ’ re not gay but then a month later they ’ re making out with the clients , the staff , the delivery man , everyone . I just want to know where you stand . I don ’ t want the drama .” Then , he adds , “ If you ’ re not gay , I ’ ll make sure the other guys don ’ t get too handsy with you . But I don ’ t want to go through the trouble of announcing it only to catch you fucking around the next day .” t
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As it turned out , I was the only straight dancer there . They said there had been one guy before me who allegedly was too , but then like three months later he decided he was gay after all . My shift was on a Tuesday , so it was pretty dead . There was one guy who showed me the ropes . He was slim , white , collegiate . I was pretty bummed to find out I wouldn ’ t be working with him anymore because all the twinks performed on “ College Night .” He asked me , “ Are you a dancer or a wiggler , honey ?” “ Oh , I ’ m a dancer ,” I said , lying through my teeth .
The way it worked , he explained , is you dance for 15 to 30 minutes , then take a 15-minute break to give others a chance to make money . Because it was my first time , they told me to keep it short .
So , I changed into my Gay Boy briefs and made my way to the stage . Like I said , I was a little buffer than the other guys , and considerably hairier . Most of the guys wore sandals or flip-flops . Some were barefoot . I was wearing a pair of Timberland boots . Plus , these underwear , which were like blue and white sailor shorts .
Apparently , it was “ Disco Night .” The clientele was on the older side , real West Village types who weren ’ t afraid to get drunk or rowdy . The minute I heard the sound coming out of the speakers , I was like “ Alright ... ” I grew up on music from the sixties and seventies , like all the shit my mom listened to . So I was really digging the vibes .
Literally , the second I got onstage , someone stuffed a $ 50 bill into the waistband of my briefs . A couple of days earlier , I had done this gag video with some of my family members for my cousin ’ s birthday . It involved shaving the letter “ O ” into my chest hair . The customers went wild for that . I had guys coming up to me all night .
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