This is my first ever entry.  What can I tell you about myself?

Well I’m gay so let’s get that out there to begin with.  I will mention it from time to time because it’s a big part of who I am but it won’t be all I talk about.

I am totally non-scene (hence the name of the blog) and pretty non-stereotypical too.

I don’t like cabaret or musicals, I need to say that because the big assumption by a LOT of people is that gay men love show tunes.  I DON’T!

I detest most of what passes for pop music and aside from Janis Joplin, Shaun Murphy, Stevie Nicks and Sam Brown I don’t really like female vocals and that includes Kylie and Madonna!!!!!

I don’t lisp effeminately or make sexual innuendos out of everything!  I don’t cross-dress.  There are so many goddamn assumptions floating around out there about what constitutes being a gay man and I have to say a lot of this shite comes from within the gay community.

I am sexually and emotionally attracted to other men, that is what makes me gay not what I listen to, what fashion labels I wear, where I go on holiday, what car I drive, what films I watch, whether I prefer Britney Spears to Christine Aguilera.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

In saying that, I care passionately about the rights of the LGBT community because we still have a long way to go before we are afforded the same rights as others in terms of how we choose to live and love.

Yes, that’s right … LOVE.

Not a word you hear often when people talk of gay people and gay rights.  We are sexual but we have the same motivations as everyone else in terms of what we want from life and maybe that’s what scares the bigots of this world.

Right, rant over.  It’s good to be here … lol