NY Gay Bar Scene Is Pretty Sad
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5 July 2009 | 5 Comments
Last couple of nights my bf and I have spent with someone I met through the porn business – he works for the company that runs a bunch of porn sites including Broke Straight Boys, College Boy Physicals and their new site Broke College Boys. There aren’t that many of us in New York who work on porn sites so even though he’s not into barebacking (a bad shitty fuck a long time ago sorta put him off raw sex), we hang out from time to time and talk business, etc. Anyway, last night we went to see fireworks at his place. He’s in one of those new condos along the Hudson – had an incredible panoramic view of all 6 of the fireworks barges in the Hudson.
Long story short there was a tourist from London who was hanging out with his boyfriend’s set of friends, we got to talking and it was his last night in New York. I could sorta tell the large gaggle of Asian guys at the party was a little fem for his tastes (sexually), so even though I was sloshed drunk from all the beer, jello shots, and vodka melon shots, my boyfriend suggested we go out for a drink at the Eagle. Given what he said was his type that was the only bar we could think of that might have guys he was interested in. So the three of us headed over to the Eagle (the guy he came with was in bed kissing another porn guy from Toronto when we left).
We get there and he was totally not into it. He’s into skinhead punks (good thing he lives in London). There were a couple guys there who were sorta his type, but not much selection. We used to have some of that in New York, but like the leather scene you don’t see much of any of it anymore. When the East Village boys moved to Williamsburg the skinhead punk types sorta died out. There might still be a little of it in the East Village, but very little…
So there was a bunch of guys in one of the corners and it looked like something might be going on. I mentioned that’s as close as we get to a back room so he plunged in, but not much of anything was happening – there was even a monitor with a flashlight making sure nothing was happening. When we got out of that corner we did see one guy giving a blowjob (briefly).
It’s like gay life in New York has completely lost it’s edge. There’s no leather scene any more, the skinheads and punks are gone, there are no good backrooms to speak of. It’s sorta sad. What’s happened to us?
I made out a little with the guy before we left the bar. Curiously he said he wasn’t into bears – his limit was cubs. I asked him what he thought I was and he said a cub – definitely not a bear. (Guess the definitions are different in London). It was nice being a little frisky with him, but ultimately I think we were both stretching our “type”.
AWWWWW, DUDE…..you’re KILLIN’ even my fantasies about Manhattan!!!
You really mean to say that the leather scene, THERE, in of ALL places, is THAT watered-down, and weak?! Ohhhh, MAN…..I mean, I understand with a republican in the Governors’ office, I’m sure he and all his henchemen repulican retard staff are gonna’ see to it that there’s no backrooms in gay bars anymore, but has the leather scene REALLY faded THAT much, generally? If so, FUCK!!!!!!!….talk about depressing. And shit, it’s not like you can call the National Geographic Society or create some kinda “Save The Leather Men in NYC” charity to try to raise awareness of their declining numbers!! Seriously bummin’ me out there….how often do you go out? PLEASE tell me that it’s not that often so I can at least tell myself that you’re opinion is faulty ’cause you don’t go out enough to really know so I can continue my jizz-soaked, BAREBACK rape leather fantasies about all the leather STUDs there in the the Big Apple! Thanks 🙂
You need to come to Detroit, the R&R here is the dirtiest leather bar you’ll ever see, the kind of bar where you go to piss in the urinal and someone is down there slurping, the bottom floor is a sex dungeon, trust me, you’d be in heaven
Responding to Doug from Detroit……..Yeah, the R&R’s hot if you like toothless whores & drunks comin’ in from shithole Michigan Ave., and some of the sorriest lookin’ gay guys you’ve ever seen, in even-more-shithole Metro-Detroilet. Sorry Doug, but I’ve been stuck here in shithole southeast Michigan all my life, and GREW UP at what USED TO BE the Eagle, and have been to the R & R enough to know that it’s an absolute toilet, so I can trash it ’cause I know what I’m talkin’ about. I’m no Greek God for sure, just an average, slightly-overweight, middle-aged Queer, but HOLEE SHIT the guys there are not just ugly, they’re FUGLY. And that can be said about the vast majority of Gay Guys and Dykes here in this town moreso today than in the past 30 years. Most of the good lookin’ people (gay, straight, whatever) have been smart enough to get the fuck outta’ here, and as far as too many gay guys are concerened have died, too. I’m honestly not tryin’ to be viciously insulting here, just tellin’ it like it is……DEPRESSING as ALL Hell.
I was actually at the Eagle that night. If you remember, I was the one trying to slash my wrists in the corner to make the pain stop.
Came in from out of town early for a wedding the following weekend. It’s been years since I’ve been out in NYC and I couldn’t believe how horrible all the clubs have become. The Eagle was a major disappointment.