Dallas Gay Bachelor Auction Set for March 15

The 6th annual Dallas Gay Bachelor Auction will be held at JR's Bar and Grill on Sunday, March 15, 2009 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Applications are currently being accepted for men and women who are interested in participating as a bachelor in the event. The 2009 auction will boast an all-new program, including new games and entertainment. Admission is free, and all proceeds from the auction will directly benefit Bryan's House, a local nonprofit organization that supports children and teens who are affected by HIV/AIDS.

"We are thrilled to bring the Gay Bachelor Auction back for a sixth year," said Claire Oliver, a co-coordinator for the event. "There are so many exciting new changes that will surely please the crowd."

Oliver is joined by Jason Vincik who also coordinates the auction.

"Last year the auction made over $12,000," Vincik said. "We decided to start spreading the donations among various local charities, rather than concentrating on just one."

Previous auctions directly benefited The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an organization that both Oliver and Vincik continue to support. Both organizers have lost loved ones to blood cancers, including a past bachelor who died in 2007 of non Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Chad Reed is a veteran bachelor who will be returning for a third year in 2009. Reed recently joined the planning committee to offer help in all phases of event coordination.

"I am so excited to be part of this event," explains Reed. "Allocating the proceeds to local charities like Bryan's House makes me feel really good about what we're doing."

For more information, please visit www.gayauction.org.

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1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath Split Level Loft for Immediate Lease - Oak Lawn/Uptown, Dallas

It looks like I'm moving to New York City on December 28 and I need to lease my loft!  It's a super fabulous place (and dirt cheap) right in the middle of the gayborhood, just down the street from all the bars.

For details, please check out the listing on Craig's List:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/apa/956658594.html

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'RENT' Production Protested by Rowlett High School Parents

Parents of students at Rowlett High School in Rowlett, Texas are up in arms over the proposed production of Broadway hit musical "RENT".  VIDEO BELOW

Parents say that the content of the play deals with "controversial issues" such as homosexuality, drugs and transexuals.  Others even FEAR that the production will teach kids an alternative lifestyle that is "unacceptable".  I could barf right now, considering "RENT" is one of the most profound and beautiful musicals ever written.

Clearly, what many people fail to see is that "RENT" doesn't teach anything other than how to love; how to find true friendship; how not to judge people around you and how to overcome adversity.  It also teaches us that drugs are dangerous and can not only lead to death, but drugs also hurt the people that care about us.

How many other high school plays truly teach all the profound valuable lessons that "RENT" attempts to convey?  What really pisses me off are all of the idiotic parents out there who are so oblivious to the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of school-age kids who already identify themselves as being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, and I'd bet my life on it that they've known they were gay since they were old enough to speak.  I knew I was gay even in kindergarten when I had a crush on my best friend. 

For Pete's sake...some of you stupid people out there who really think that being gay is a choice are sadly mistaken.  It's time to open your eyes and discover that numerous generations have been brainwashed with hatred and fear of something you can't understand.

Thankfully, I had parents who let me discover myself and loved me no matter who I am.  I couldn't imagine trying to shelter my child from all the things that they will someday be faced with in the real adult world.

But, I digress.  I know that bad habits, albeit hatred and ignorance, die hard.  Some people just don't even know how ignorant they are.  And, that's just really sad.

A decision by the School Board will be made on Friday, December 5 whether or not to let the show go on.

UPDATE:  As of 2:17 a.m. - not even an hour after I posted this same blog entry on www.NBC5i.com, the station DELETED my post!

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Proposition 8 - The Musical starring Jack Black and an All-star Cast

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

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What If? - Part I

What If...

• What if I'm just getting old and I don't want to argue anymore?
  
  
• What if i'm okay with being single and I've succumbed to sleeping with random guys whenever it suits me?
  
  
• What if reading online profiles from 20-something kids makes me frustrated because I know I used to say the same ignorant things when i was that age?
  
  
• What if I really just don't give a shit anymore?
  
  
• What if, despite how bitter I sound, life actually teaches us all to think this way over time?
  
  
• What if I just want to have sex and never know your name?
  
  
• What if one day, after we've slept together so many times, I kiss you on the neck and get goosebumps?
  
  
• What if none of this matters anyway?
  
  
• What if I'm actually a really great guy but I've learned not to fall too quickly?
  
  
• What if I feel no remorse for kicking you out after we're done having sex?
  
  
• What if my dog likes you, but I don't?
  
  
• What if you totally suck in bed, but for some reason I just can't wait to see you again?
  
  
• What if you're so full of self-hatred and shame that you're too damn afraid to come out?
  
  
• What if I have no patience for people who use the word "discrete" in their online profiles?
  
  
• What if one day I smiled and you saw the future in the blink of an eye?
  
  
• What if I have the ability to check all my baggage at the door, but you continue to punish me for your past experiences?
  
  
• What if you make a promise that you just can't keep?
  
  
• What if I'm dating your friend, but can't keep my eyes off of you?
  
  
• What if I'm dating you, but I just can't shake the feeling I get whenever I'm around your best friend?
  
  
• What if after we break up all my friends remind me that you're the one I let get away?
  
  
• What if sometimes I'm so eccentric that certain little things you do drive me absolutely crazy?
  
  
• What if my persistence and obsession with perfectionism is too much for you to handle?
  
  
• What if I make all the compromises but you just can't seem to budge on any one vice?
  
  
• What if you swear you're versatile in bed, but you never seem to flip?
  
  
• What if you're too nice too quickly and I loose interest?
  
  
• What if I find myself falling for you even when I know it's supposed to be "just fun"?
  
  
• What if one day I need you more than any other time in my entire life and you're not there to comfort me?
  
  
• What if I open my heart and let you in only to find out later that you cheated on me?
  
  
• What if I just don't have patience anymore and waiting for you to decide if you're going to call two or three days after our first date pisses me off?
  
  
• What if I hear the words "I'm not into the gay scene" one more fucking time makes me go postal on some complete idiot who clearly doesn't respect his homosexuality?
  
  
• What if I'm so god damned angry that I make signs and protest everything anti-gay?
  
  
• What if I'm so tired of religous fanatics cramming their brainwashed ideology down my throat that one day I burn down a fucking church?
  
  
• What if I used to love kids, but now they get on my last nerve?
  
  
• What if sometimes I get so depressed that i wish with all my might I could be a parent?
  
  
• What if one day I wake up and the family that I've struggled to build for so long is suddenly gone?
  
  
• What if I die one day and no one remembers me?
  
  
• What if I grow very old and I find myself lonely without a partner?
  
  
• What if one day every gay person in the world stands up and refuses to go back to work until we have equal rights?
  
  
• What if one day the consumers control the brand and not the other way around?
  
  
• What if one day the people of the world realize we actually have enormous power in numbers?
  
  
• What if I'm so full of ambition but I lack follow-through?
  
  
• What if my actions touch one person in this world and it makes all the difference?
  
  
• What if there really is no such thing as God?
  
  
• What if even though I say I've dealt with my father's death that, secretly, I dream about him almost every night?
  
  
• What if one day I look back on my life and I regret had never doing something when I was younger?
  
  
• What if when I die I'm not actually reunited with family?
  
  
• What if one person reads this, gets inspired and decides to make an impact in the world?
  
  
• What if I woke up one day and decided that 'if' just doesn't matter anymore?
  
  
• What if....

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