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I saw them coming from a few yards away and my heart flew up into my throat. I gave some meaningful eye contact for a long moment, averted my eyes, looked back once more to make sure they got the message. After all, I wasn’t alone. I have family visiting.

It’s something I’ve been scared of since I joined this community. I don’t use my real name. I had one close call out on a date, when I ran into a friend from my graduate cohort. Thankfully, she was cool enough to understand when I came out as poly to her and explained the situation.

But, here I was, with family, scared someone would blurt out the wrong name. Instead, the two looked away and walked by me in silence. 

Later on, I texted the one whose number I had, thanking him for understanding the situation. As I did, I realized something about my fear: I was scared most about being part of this community and ashamed of possibly being outed. But, I had neglected to recognize that word: community. It’s not just about the munches and the play parties, it’s about having each other’s backs. 

Oppose the Data Retention Bill

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Oppose the Data Retention Bill

Because I don’t think Congress has any business knowing what a pervert I am.

(And I’d like to protect our civil liberties, too…)

dacrylagnia:

Okay, I know I never ever ever do this. I try to keep non-political, because hey, this is a blog about sex. But I think this is probably very important to all of us living in the US, so please take a minute to check it out: 

“The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R. 1981, a bill that would order all of our online service providers to keep new logs about our online activities, logs to help the government identify the web sites we visit and the content we post online.”