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		<title>By: DC Washington</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15820</link>
		<dc:creator>DC Washington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know it&#039;s impossible to believe but there are black fags that fit into each of these categories. Although that might mean acknowledging that we&#039;re all the same. But we can&#039;t do that can we?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know it&#8217;s impossible to believe but there are black fags that fit into each of these categories. Although that might mean acknowledging that we&#8217;re all the same. But we can&#8217;t do that can we?</p>
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		<title>By: BHGuy</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15786</link>
		<dc:creator>BHGuy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You forgot the Ex-washingtonian fag.  That&#039;s the one who moves away and gets some perspective on Washington.  Having moved away in &#039;96 I wouldn&#039;t have fit in these new categories, but wistfully I&#039;d invent the category &#039;WHFS / 9:30 / BBQ Iguana fag&#039; to be the ancestor of today&#039;s hipster / indie fag, and I would&#039;ve been a mix of that plus jailbait plus nonprofit.  I don&#039;t miss exchanging CVs / resumes as part of flirting, nor the generally guarded / critical / conservative air of DC... Love Seattle for that!!  But I do miss mass transit, diverse restaurants, Trax and many other wonderful things about DC past.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You forgot the Ex-washingtonian fag.  That&#8217;s the one who moves away and gets some perspective on Washington.  Having moved away in &#8216;96 I wouldn&#8217;t have fit in these new categories, but wistfully I&#8217;d invent the category &#8216;WHFS / 9:30 / BBQ Iguana fag&#8217; to be the ancestor of today&#8217;s hipster / indie fag, and I would&#8217;ve been a mix of that plus jailbait plus nonprofit.  I don&#8217;t miss exchanging CVs / resumes as part of flirting, nor the generally guarded / critical / conservative air of DC&#8230; Love Seattle for that!!  But I do miss mass transit, diverse restaurants, Trax and many other wonderful things about DC past.</p>
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		<title>By: Julio</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15769</link>
		<dc:creator>Julio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, several friends read this to me and others at the bar where I work last night and we laughed uproariously because everything you said is true.  I think one fag that you forgot though is the sort of post professional pre-grad school - victim of the economy fag.  This person like myself completely burned out as a non-profit fag and decided to work in the service industry and then fell victim to a tanking economy.  Feeling somewhat non-stimulated making different iterations of vodka cranberry, I&#039;m now in a middle space of working in the service industry before I get into graduate school.  I spend my days reading about public policy and other social causes that I used to work in because I spend my nights listening to way too much conversation about Lady Gaga.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, several friends read this to me and others at the bar where I work last night and we laughed uproariously because everything you said is true.  I think one fag that you forgot though is the sort of post professional pre-grad school &#8211; victim of the economy fag.  This person like myself completely burned out as a non-profit fag and decided to work in the service industry and then fell victim to a tanking economy.  Feeling somewhat non-stimulated making different iterations of vodka cranberry, I&#8217;m now in a middle space of working in the service industry before I get into graduate school.  I spend my days reading about public policy and other social causes that I used to work in because I spend my nights listening to way too much conversation about Lady Gaga.</p>
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		<title>By: ExDCforGood</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15737</link>
		<dc:creator>ExDCforGood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only in DC would you have to label and categorize everyone. Pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only in DC would you have to label and categorize everyone. Pathetic.</p>
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		<title>By: 007.5</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15691</link>
		<dc:creator>007.5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a &quot;James Bond Fag&quot; I must make one clarification.  We never disclose our occupation.  Instead we give you our cover.  Many of us are &quot;personal trainers&quot; or &quot;real estate&quot; agents.  It&#039;s usually a field where the presence of &quot;goverment clients&quot; would seem natural.

Although we might mention those &quot;government clients&quot; we will speak neither about our (real) jobs nor our (real) employers so as not to compromise &quot;the assignment&quot;.  We also manage to conceal our weapons well.

Those who allude to their jobs but refuse to elaborate are low rank amateurs and novices who resort to the pretense of intrigue as an aphrodesiac.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a &#8220;James Bond Fag&#8221; I must make one clarification.  We never disclose our occupation.  Instead we give you our cover.  Many of us are &#8220;personal trainers&#8221; or &#8220;real estate&#8221; agents.  It&#8217;s usually a field where the presence of &#8220;goverment clients&#8221; would seem natural.</p>
<p>Although we might mention those &#8220;government clients&#8221; we will speak neither about our (real) jobs nor our (real) employers so as not to compromise &#8220;the assignment&#8221;.  We also manage to conceal our weapons well.</p>
<p>Those who allude to their jobs but refuse to elaborate are low rank amateurs and novices who resort to the pretense of intrigue as an aphrodesiac.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15678</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article.  10,000 of us are coming from Dallas.  I will make sure all the busloads have a copy to pass around.

This is a historic weekend for all LGBT people. I predict the crowd will be 500,000.  Cleve was right - this event will lead to our full equality NOW.

Everyone attending should be congratulated.  Equality is in the air.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article.  10,000 of us are coming from Dallas.  I will make sure all the busloads have a copy to pass around.</p>
<p>This is a historic weekend for all LGBT people. I predict the crowd will be 500,000.  Cleve was right &#8211; this event will lead to our full equality NOW.</p>
<p>Everyone attending should be congratulated.  Equality is in the air.</p>
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		<title>By: Bryan</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15677</link>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;The Internet Troll Fag&lt;/b&gt;:  Not to be confused with those men of a certain age who are often derisively referred to as &quot;trolls&quot; as they frequent the shadowy back corners of Apex or a certain gym&#039;s sauna just south of Dupont Circle, the Internet Troll Fag is rarely ever spotted in the third dimension.  In fact, the only photographic evidence we have of the ITF is most likely a fake picture of someone else. 

Ever since Windows 3.1 hit the scene circa 1992, the Internet Troll Fag&#039;s entire identity has been paradoxically constructed and hollowed out by an ever-increasing addiction to the fleeting thrill of the anonymous, not-so-witty insult.  While the Internet may have initially offered a safe space to explore his sexual identity, it has now become an all-consuming virtual closet.  His libido severely stymied by entire years spent toggling between multiplayer RPGs and collecting pictures of young men on Craigslist, lack of physical activity and one-handed typing while he shoots icy comments at TNG Fags (and other Fags who incorporate the Internet into an otherwise healthy daily routine), the Internet Troll Fag has no desire to risk engaging in traditional acts of human interaction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>The Internet Troll Fag</b>:  Not to be confused with those men of a certain age who are often derisively referred to as &#8220;trolls&#8221; as they frequent the shadowy back corners of Apex or a certain gym&#8217;s sauna just south of Dupont Circle, the Internet Troll Fag is rarely ever spotted in the third dimension.  In fact, the only photographic evidence we have of the ITF is most likely a fake picture of someone else. </p>
<p>Ever since Windows 3.1 hit the scene circa 1992, the Internet Troll Fag&#8217;s entire identity has been paradoxically constructed and hollowed out by an ever-increasing addiction to the fleeting thrill of the anonymous, not-so-witty insult.  While the Internet may have initially offered a safe space to explore his sexual identity, it has now become an all-consuming virtual closet.  His libido severely stymied by entire years spent toggling between multiplayer RPGs and collecting pictures of young men on Craigslist, lack of physical activity and one-handed typing while he shoots icy comments at TNG Fags (and other Fags who incorporate the Internet into an otherwise healthy daily routine), the Internet Troll Fag has no desire to risk engaging in traditional acts of human interaction.</p>
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		<title>By: McCrankyPants</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15674</link>
		<dc:creator>McCrankyPants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;TheNewGay Fag:&lt;/strong&gt; Similar in appearance to the Hipster Fag or Urban Outfitters Fag. But what defines the TNG Fag is his need for social categorization. &lt;i&gt;&quot;But it&#039;s tongue-in-cheek! Duh!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

The TNG fag is an evangelist for cool, because the TNGer &lt;strong&gt;IS&lt;/strong&gt; cool. Or rather, he is the negation of everything &lt;i&gt;uncool&lt;/i&gt; about gay culture—everything stale and &lt;i&gt;old&lt;/i&gt; about gay culture. &lt;i&gt;“I’m like, lower-case gay. Ya know?”&lt;/i&gt;

The TNGer obsesses with social categorization because it&#039;s the only way he knows to define himself. He knows what he &lt;i&gt;isn&#039;t&lt;/i&gt;. What he &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; doesn&#039;t really matter as long as it&#039;s not stereotypically gay in the non-ironic kind of way. &lt;i&gt;&quot;Why would &lt;strong&gt;anyone&lt;/strong&gt; find this homophobic?&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

The TNGer strives to be anything but a stereotype. &quot;Escape the mainstream; Be yourself!&quot; is his battle cry, yet his actual identity is a hologram—a mirror image of a stereotype that exists only in his own head. 

The TNGer often claims that what makes his gayness &quot;new&quot; is his focus on social awareness and community enrichment (because they are the first gay people to be aware of the world around them). This is, of course, why TNG has so many more fundraisers and recycling drives than they do dance parties. (They don&#039;t.) &lt;i&gt;&quot;But at least we don&#039;t spin Janet. That would be soooo predictable.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

No sir. &lt;i&gt;Hipsters&lt;/i&gt; are predictable. And there&#039;s nothing &quot;new&quot; about them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>TheNewGay Fag:</strong> Similar in appearance to the Hipster Fag or Urban Outfitters Fag. But what defines the TNG Fag is his need for social categorization. <i>&#8220;But it&#8217;s tongue-in-cheek! Duh!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The TNG fag is an evangelist for cool, because the TNGer <strong>IS</strong> cool. Or rather, he is the negation of everything <i>uncool</i> about gay culture—everything stale and <i>old</i> about gay culture. <i>“I’m like, lower-case gay. Ya know?”</i></p>
<p>The TNGer obsesses with social categorization because it&#8217;s the only way he knows to define himself. He knows what he <i>isn&#8217;t</i>. What he <i>is</i> doesn&#8217;t really matter as long as it&#8217;s not stereotypically gay in the non-ironic kind of way. <i>&#8220;Why would <strong>anyone</strong> find this homophobic?&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The TNGer strives to be anything but a stereotype. &#8220;Escape the mainstream; Be yourself!&#8221; is his battle cry, yet his actual identity is a hologram—a mirror image of a stereotype that exists only in his own head. </p>
<p>The TNGer often claims that what makes his gayness &#8220;new&#8221; is his focus on social awareness and community enrichment (because they are the first gay people to be aware of the world around them). This is, of course, why TNG has so many more fundraisers and recycling drives than they do dance parties. (They don&#8217;t.) <i>&#8220;But at least we don&#8217;t spin Janet. That would be soooo predictable.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>No sir. <i>Hipsters</i> are predictable. And there&#8217;s nothing &#8220;new&#8221; about them.</p>
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		<title>By: Kyle</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15663</link>
		<dc:creator>Kyle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would also offer that DC bears are just as judgemental as the twinks.  God forbid if, once you are considered a bear, you decide you want to try and attain a healthy weight.  They will ostracize you in a heartbeat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would also offer that DC bears are just as judgemental as the twinks.  God forbid if, once you are considered a bear, you decide you want to try and attain a healthy weight.  They will ostracize you in a heartbeat.</p>
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		<title>By: theblackdog</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15661</link>
		<dc:creator>theblackdog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The Bear, and his skinner-yet-equally-hirsute cousin The Otter, are one of the rarer DC Fag Breeds. They are often older and less focused on fitting into a vapid social group.&quot;


ROFLMFAO.  That&#039;s because they are their own vapid social group!  Don&#039;t believe me? Just read the Facebook of most DC bears or go to the EFN lounge on a Friday night.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The Bear, and his skinner-yet-equally-hirsute cousin The Otter, are one of the rarer DC Fag Breeds. They are often older and less focused on fitting into a vapid social group.&#8221;</p>
<p>ROFLMFAO.  That&#8217;s because they are their own vapid social group!  Don&#8217;t believe me? Just read the Facebook of most DC bears or go to the EFN lounge on a Friday night.</p>
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		<title>By: adam</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15660</link>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s funny, I thought for a second that Zack may have meant #9 for me!  Then I realized we&#039;ve never been to a dinner party together, I live much farther away than Arlington, I don&#039;t complain about my boyfriend, and the only time I may have been interpreted as &quot;trolling for a guest star&quot; was when I was making out with HIM.  Just a testament to the depths of my vanity that one of these MUST have been about me specifically. 

And it&#039;s true about the bears. They are more fun, but, like real bears, are totally single minded in their pursuits.  Skinny boys need not bother.  Sigh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s funny, I thought for a second that Zack may have meant #9 for me!  Then I realized we&#8217;ve never been to a dinner party together, I live much farther away than Arlington, I don&#8217;t complain about my boyfriend, and the only time I may have been interpreted as &#8220;trolling for a guest star&#8221; was when I was making out with HIM.  Just a testament to the depths of my vanity that one of these MUST have been about me specifically. </p>
<p>And it&#8217;s true about the bears. They are more fun, but, like real bears, are totally single minded in their pursuits.  Skinny boys need not bother.  Sigh.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15659</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YOu totally forgot the Military Queen

Risking the anonymity of the hordes of people that converge upon DC for pride or National Equality Marches, the Military queen will make an appearance from behind the computer screen to actually venture out into the real gay world. Noting that it’s easier to blend in among a crowd, the military queen is still easily picked out due to their erect posture, baseball cap pulled down over their eyes and the darkest of dark sunglasses. The baseball cap and sunglasses magically disappear once the military queen enters a dark and crowded bar, but are only replaced by darting eyes and a generally nervous and twitching appearance. Initial approach of the military queen should be taken with caution as they will appear flighty; however, once you’ve fed him four or five gin and tonics or beam and cokes (no vodka it’s not manly enough), the military queen will turn magically into the super slut that she is on gay.com or craigslist and will put out quite easily, legs flying over her head. Just make sure to kick her out before sun rises or she’ll be a big mess in the morning wondering how to get back to base.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YOu totally forgot the Military Queen</p>
<p>Risking the anonymity of the hordes of people that converge upon DC for pride or National Equality Marches, the Military queen will make an appearance from behind the computer screen to actually venture out into the real gay world. Noting that it’s easier to blend in among a crowd, the military queen is still easily picked out due to their erect posture, baseball cap pulled down over their eyes and the darkest of dark sunglasses. The baseball cap and sunglasses magically disappear once the military queen enters a dark and crowded bar, but are only replaced by darting eyes and a generally nervous and twitching appearance. Initial approach of the military queen should be taken with caution as they will appear flighty; however, once you’ve fed him four or five gin and tonics or beam and cokes (no vodka it’s not manly enough), the military queen will turn magically into the super slut that she is on gay.com or craigslist and will put out quite easily, legs flying over her head. Just make sure to kick her out before sun rises or she’ll be a big mess in the morning wondering how to get back to base.</p>
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		<title>By: Gay Asian Hunks &#187; The New Gay » DC Fags: A Field Guide</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15652</link>
		<dc:creator>Gay Asian Hunks &#187; The New Gay » DC Fags: A Field Guide</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] post is from here. Visit the link to read more.At the Black Cat he is spotted in Levi&#8217;s and a black t-shirt. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] post is from here. Visit the link to read more.At the Black Cat he is spotted in Levi&#8217;s and a black t-shirt. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: B</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15649</link>
		<dc:creator>B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My apologies Zack, lol. I still love you and this post is hilarious! I guess I got stuck in a case of &quot;if the shoe fits&quot;, lol. My panties are now out of the bunch they were in. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My apologies Zack, lol. I still love you and this post is hilarious! I guess I got stuck in a case of &#8220;if the shoe fits&#8221;, lol. My panties are now out of the bunch they were in. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Corydon</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15638</link>
		<dc:creator>Corydon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Huh...not sure where I used to fit in back when I was at Fort Myer.  Too old to be jailbait, to poor to be a cocoon fag.  Surely there&#039;s something for all of the closeted military types...the Jeff Gannon maybe?

Fortunately, since getting out, I&#039;m far more into my current incarnation as an Animal Planet fag.  Sure sounds like the happiest, most fun loving group out there to me, by far!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Huh&#8230;not sure where I used to fit in back when I was at Fort Myer.  Too old to be jailbait, to poor to be a cocoon fag.  Surely there&#8217;s something for all of the closeted military types&#8230;the Jeff Gannon maybe?</p>
<p>Fortunately, since getting out, I&#8217;m far more into my current incarnation as an Animal Planet fag.  Sure sounds like the happiest, most fun loving group out there to me, by far!</p>
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		<title>By: carrie</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15637</link>
		<dc:creator>carrie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>love it. love it. love it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>love it. love it. love it.</p>
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		<title>By: chrisafer</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15636</link>
		<dc:creator>chrisafer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The Bear, and his skinner-yet-equally-hirsute cousin The Otter, are one of the rarer DC Fag Breeds.&quot;

Rarer?  Spoken like someone who spends too much time around his own kind.  This town is crawling with them.  Or waddling, as the case may be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The Bear, and his skinner-yet-equally-hirsute cousin The Otter, are one of the rarer DC Fag Breeds.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rarer?  Spoken like someone who spends too much time around his own kind.  This town is crawling with them.  Or waddling, as the case may be.</p>
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		<title>By: Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Stockton</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15634</link>
		<dc:creator>Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Stockton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Bakersfield</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15633</link>
		<dc:creator>Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Bakersfield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Fresno</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15632</link>
		<dc:creator>Fag Field Guide &#171; Queer Fresno</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] weekend for some sorta National Equality March? Then may I present for your reading pleasure this Field Guide to help you identify the various specimens you may encounter(some these I&#8217;m pretty sure could [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph T</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15629</link>
		<dc:creator>Joseph T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First, the picture for this post is great!

Second, I laughed so hard reading this and so needed that today. I so saw some of these DC fags also represented in Chicago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, the picture for this post is great!</p>
<p>Second, I laughed so hard reading this and so needed that today. I so saw some of these DC fags also represented in Chicago.</p>
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		<title>By: Rocky</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15628</link>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ andrew - what we have here is a failure to communicate. this is not &quot;sarcastic disdain&quot; or &quot;mocking.&quot; it&#039;s pretty standard issue satire. i mean do you think zack&#039;s actually being serious here? really? b/c i can promise you he&#039;s joking around. the goal here wasn&#039;t to offend, but to make you chuckle the next time you pull that sweater vest out of the drawer. but clearly you hate tng for reasons other than zack&#039;s quick tongue-in-cheek potshot at your Hollister t-shirt. rest assured, however, that i speak for the many more than two people around the country that make tng happen on a daily basis when I say that we don&#039;t hate you, and you&#039;re welcome here anytime.

but i just have to say there&#039;s one thing about your comment that really pissed me off: &quot;posts on this blog have become increasingly &lt;i&gt;homophobic&lt;/i&gt; (emphasis added).&quot; wow. i realize that you&#039;re talking about more than this particular post (b/c you seriously &lt;i&gt;have to be&lt;/i&gt;), but that&#039;s a pretty ugly, outrageous and scurrilous charge. frankly, it&#039;s akin to Rumsfeld calling war protestors unpatriotic or Glenn Beck calling the president a racist. it&#039;s exceedingly nasty and flies in the face of two years worth of evidence to the contrary from writers across a wide swath of the LGBT spectrum. And on behalf of my entire staff, i&#039;d like to express my deep offense. 

perhaps i missed the memo that stated that support for the LGBT community means never questioning mainstream positions or taking a step back and poking a little fun at ourselves. apparently, that now means we hate queer folks. well, i apologize if that&#039;s the impression we&#039;ve been giving off. although, from an objective point of view, i&#039;d like to think even a cursory glance at our front page on any given day would make it abundantly clear that that&#039;s not the case. much like all of you, we&#039;re fighting tirelessly for a world where LGBT folks of all shapes, sizes, races and religions can live freely and equally under the law. we just don&#039;t abide assholes, and if that makes us assholes every now and again, then so be it.

it&#039;s comments like this that make me think of queer folks in dangerous situations around the U.S. and the world dealing with &lt;i&gt;actual homophobia&lt;/i&gt;, who are persecuted and killed on a daily basis simply for loving someone of the same sex or asserting their right to live as whichever gender they choose. it would behoove you to do the same the next time you decide to start throwing the homophobe card around.

(btw, i&#039;d love to discuss this further, and have a constructive conversation about your concerns, if you&#039;re willing, but we don&#039;t need to have this argument here. feel free to email. thx.)

but forgive me everybody, i didn&#039;t mean to bring the room down. just needed to get that off my chest. commence joking!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ andrew &#8211; what we have here is a failure to communicate. this is not &#8220;sarcastic disdain&#8221; or &#8220;mocking.&#8221; it&#8217;s pretty standard issue satire. i mean do you think zack&#8217;s actually being serious here? really? b/c i can promise you he&#8217;s joking around. the goal here wasn&#8217;t to offend, but to make you chuckle the next time you pull that sweater vest out of the drawer. but clearly you hate tng for reasons other than zack&#8217;s quick tongue-in-cheek potshot at your Hollister t-shirt. rest assured, however, that i speak for the many more than two people around the country that make tng happen on a daily basis when I say that we don&#8217;t hate you, and you&#8217;re welcome here anytime.</p>
<p>but i just have to say there&#8217;s one thing about your comment that really pissed me off: &#8220;posts on this blog have become increasingly <i>homophobic</i> (emphasis added).&#8221; wow. i realize that you&#8217;re talking about more than this particular post (b/c you seriously <i>have to be</i>), but that&#8217;s a pretty ugly, outrageous and scurrilous charge. frankly, it&#8217;s akin to Rumsfeld calling war protestors unpatriotic or Glenn Beck calling the president a racist. it&#8217;s exceedingly nasty and flies in the face of two years worth of evidence to the contrary from writers across a wide swath of the LGBT spectrum. And on behalf of my entire staff, i&#8217;d like to express my deep offense. </p>
<p>perhaps i missed the memo that stated that support for the LGBT community means never questioning mainstream positions or taking a step back and poking a little fun at ourselves. apparently, that now means we hate queer folks. well, i apologize if that&#8217;s the impression we&#8217;ve been giving off. although, from an objective point of view, i&#8217;d like to think even a cursory glance at our front page on any given day would make it abundantly clear that that&#8217;s not the case. much like all of you, we&#8217;re fighting tirelessly for a world where LGBT folks of all shapes, sizes, races and religions can live freely and equally under the law. we just don&#8217;t abide assholes, and if that makes us assholes every now and again, then so be it.</p>
<p>it&#8217;s comments like this that make me think of queer folks in dangerous situations around the U.S. and the world dealing with <i>actual homophobia</i>, who are persecuted and killed on a daily basis simply for loving someone of the same sex or asserting their right to live as whichever gender they choose. it would behoove you to do the same the next time you decide to start throwing the homophobe card around.</p>
<p>(btw, i&#8217;d love to discuss this further, and have a constructive conversation about your concerns, if you&#8217;re willing, but we don&#8217;t need to have this argument here. feel free to email. thx.)</p>
<p>but forgive me everybody, i didn&#8217;t mean to bring the room down. just needed to get that off my chest. commence joking!</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15625</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May I suggest the Ubiquiboy?  Or Ubiquifag?  

This is every fag who is in &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; bar, restuaruant or club &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; time you go out.  Whether it&#039;s once a month or once a year &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; time you go out you will see this fag surrounded by his fellow Ubiquiboys in a tight clique laughing hysterically, contorting his face into some GayFace mask during what are sure to be terribly important conversations, and then looking away complacently to scan the room and pretend to be masculine if he sees a guy he likes.

Ubiquiboys are on &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; social networking website and on &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; hook-up site even if they are in &quot;committed relationships&quot;.  They are on &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; Gay vacation, at &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; party and event.  &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; time you go to Pentagon City or Tysons or the Mazza Gallerie he&#039;s there and somehow you see him.  Hell, I even pass them while driving through town.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May I suggest the Ubiquiboy?  Or Ubiquifag?  </p>
<p>This is every fag who is in <i>every</i> bar, restuaruant or club <i>every</i> time you go out.  Whether it&#8217;s once a month or once a year <i>every</i> time you go out you will see this fag surrounded by his fellow Ubiquiboys in a tight clique laughing hysterically, contorting his face into some GayFace mask during what are sure to be terribly important conversations, and then looking away complacently to scan the room and pretend to be masculine if he sees a guy he likes.</p>
<p>Ubiquiboys are on <i>every</i> social networking website and on <i>every</i> hook-up site even if they are in &#8220;committed relationships&#8221;.  They are on <i>every</i> Gay vacation, at <i>every</i> party and event.  <i>every</i> time you go to Pentagon City or Tysons or the Mazza Gallerie he&#8217;s there and somehow you see him.  Hell, I even pass them while driving through town.</p>
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		<title>By: Nathan</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15623</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This made me laugh and laugh and laugh. My stint in DC made me so used by the gays there. There was one thing they all seemed to have in common: the tucked in shirt! Ask ME about my rage at this all those years ago.

Hope y&#039;all are well.

And ps Williamsburg sucks shit and ain&#039;t worth even mentioning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This made me laugh and laugh and laugh. My stint in DC made me so used by the gays there. There was one thing they all seemed to have in common: the tucked in shirt! Ask ME about my rage at this all those years ago.</p>
<p>Hope y&#8217;all are well.</p>
<p>And ps Williamsburg sucks shit and ain&#8217;t worth even mentioning.</p>
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		<title>By: zack</title>
		<link>http://thenewgay.net/2009/10/dc-fags-a-field-guide.html#comment-15622</link>
		<dc:creator>zack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, just to clarify: Every item in this post is a composite of many, many people. Nothing here refers to any specific persons or couples.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, just to clarify: Every item in this post is a composite of many, many people. Nothing here refers to any specific persons or couples.</p>
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