tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post2412784296928561807..comments2023-06-05T09:55:27.129-04:00Comments on JUSTIN DUNES: JUNE - STONEWALL - GAY PRIDEJustinO'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-10057020673831800742011-06-14T11:26:11.735-04:002011-06-14T11:26:11.735-04:00You make eminent sense. .. ;-)You make eminent sense. .. ;-)JustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-65327866960374801882011-06-14T11:13:05.977-04:002011-06-14T11:13:05.977-04:00Geez Coop, you ARE old! Older than O'Shea, but...Geez Coop, you ARE old! Older than O'Shea, but then, isn't everyone? (Me, ducking and weaving)<br /><br />As for memory, I have no idea when I became aware of being different. <br />When I was somewhere younger than 12 I was having encounters with the kid across the road. We fiddled and fumbled and both had a good time. Somehow we knew to keep it quiet, just between us. I've no idea how. I was the older one, between 1 and 2 years.<br />Can't say I was the instigator andcan't say he was...no memory of that. But it was fun.<br />Small country town. Didn't hook up with anyone else until I'd moved to the big smoke...by then I was about 13-14....and by then, being in high school, I'd learnt that it was something that was not mainstream and not something you broadcast.<br />I have no memory of any "out" gays....or otherwise, when I was in school. Anyone who was certainly hid it well.<br />Even thinking back on those years, I certainly do not, even with hindsight, recall anyone even suspiciously gay.<br />It wasn't until I was out in the big world (not "out", just out...not in school anymore...haha)..it was not until then I encountered anyone who was gay again.<br />No idea why I didn't ... it certainly wasn't that I was in denial, or not looking. Maybe I was still innocently blind?<br />Maybe there was no-one around in my circle, in my time, that was game to be recognised as gay. I don't think we were a particularly homophobic society back then. I just think that I was unlucky...that there were few others like me and if there were, they certainly did not want to be recognised as such.<br /><br />It would be very interesting to grow up ...ie be young and growing up, now, in this day and age. I reckon I'd possibly be more comfortable with society's view of gay people these days, gays are not invisible any more, not like they were when I was young. (I'm SURE I would have noticed them, woudn't I?) ....lol.<br />Sorry for my rambling thoughts, I hope it makes some sense...what, I'm not sure....heehee.GreginAdelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700327727868020300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-70195191582899102562011-06-14T10:32:33.775-04:002011-06-14T10:32:33.775-04:00Lack of age? I assume you have lived beyond the ...Lack of age? I assume you have lived beyond the birth experience. . .hehe. . .so you DO have a "memory lane". . . in fact a rather colorful one. . . with a number of detours and back tracks. . . ;-))JustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-2593370001874708102011-06-14T10:12:19.672-04:002011-06-14T10:12:19.672-04:00Oh? Really? Explain it to O'Shea?
Why? What&...Oh? Really? Explain it to O'Shea?<br />Why? What's to explain? Simple. You met him at that 'mumble' class reunion, you re-connected and then hastened to make up for lost time. . and came away greatly pleased with yourself. . .and with HIM, especially. . . <br /><br />OR. .second scenario. . you were re-introduced and, to your amazement, you found that time had not been kind and that with his rapidly balding head and very evident beer paunch there was just nothing left of that old pizzzazzzzz<br />or whatever one may call it. . . .<br />fascination and desire? hahahaaa<br /><br />And with a sigh of relief you continued on your merry way. . . still a free man. . . <br /><br />Of course one could create a number of novella with this thread. lol<br /><br />justinJustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-56308090271396476092011-06-14T09:30:01.071-04:002011-06-14T09:30:01.071-04:00Precocious kid!!!Precocious kid!!!JustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-60469295112988092532011-06-14T02:53:42.563-04:002011-06-14T02:53:42.563-04:00I dunno about being gay, but I do remember as a ki...I dunno about being gay, but I do remember as a kid a place called Carrs Park which was the nearest beach to our house in Sydney's southwestern burbs. My dad would drive us there after a hot day. One time I climbed a tree that overlooked the roofless girl's dressing shed, and I saw boobs and pubes. And I remember thinking, "is that all there is?"Gary Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947146717481835071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-74439051131199842932011-06-14T01:58:02.605-04:002011-06-14T01:58:02.605-04:00It's always a good idea to look back at histor...It's always a good idea to look back at history and see where we are coming from. In a day when we get what we want, when we want it, we should remember that we have come a long way. As with everything, it takes time. <br /><br />I'm happy to do my part in the time that I'm given to make things better for the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964941329127641280noreply@blogger.com