Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

by R. Eric Thomas

The Queer Student Alliance held a dance on the first Friday of every month that they went to great pains to advertise as “for everybody.” I wasn’t fooled, obviously. That’s how they get you: Come to this “for everybody” dance, speak with other humans, suddenly be a gay. Not on my watch!

And yeah, my idea of getting along with someone was trying to have a serious discussion about which Sally Bowles from Cabaret was the best, and that tended to be difficult to do over a party-volume stereo, but there was always hope. Maybe this time!