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So, before you head to the club, think about the space you’ll be occupying.
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So, forgive me for wanting to reclaim queer spaces from those who are ignorant about our community.įurthermore, cis straight people have an established history of taking things that don’t belong to them (see: vogueing, Drag Race, mesh tank tops). In July, for example, a woman in the Philippines asked a bar owner whether she and her bachelorette party would be “safe” from HIV. This may seem harsh, but hear me out: On any given weekend, queer clubs worldwide are overrun with disrespectful straight folks. Just as you don’t want to be pawed at while feeling your oats to Tiësto, queer folks don’t want to be ogled at or grabbed either. But your crew of woo-girls tend to treat queer spaces like a zoo. It isn’t that there’s a no-straights allowed policy. Straight women deserve a place to dance and celebrate freely-but gay bars aren’t that space. In my misspent youth, I partied in straight spaces and experienced how brutal dance floors can be for women: The groping, unwanted attention and non-consensual grinding is gross and violating and completely uncool.
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You literally could not pay me to party there (unless you happen to have a cool million burning a hole in your pocket, in which case, please DM me immediately). Straight clubs are demonic-dark, alcohol-soaked and overrun with dude-bros who wouldn’t even be able to hear your response over the blaring music in the highly unlikely event they even asked your consent to dance. I have a simple request for you: “Can you please leave?” Put down your vodka crans, take off those penis hats and listen up. Dear straight girls throwing their bachelorette parties in gay bars,