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OutBoisemag.com | Issue 13 | December 2015
Hanging out in Queens, I had a disorienting feeling.
I was suddenly reminded of my first gay bar when I
was coming out ten years ago – the one where I met
all the friends who made me feel normal when I had
been feeling like a complete freak. Believe it or not,
this Romanian bar on the other side of the planet
had much the same vibe as that one and seemed to
fill much the same role in people’s lives. In a place
like Romania where gay people are nearly invisible,
the company of those like you must be a huge relief,
as it was to me when I first came out.
Community, at its best, is reinforcing.