I went to my first genderBLUR on Saturday night at Patrick’s Cabaret.

There was some singing, some dancing, drag queens and kings, announcements and shout outs, and stand up comedy by curator/host Rob Yaeger (who was fantastic and I want him to be my new best friend). Patrick’s is a somewhat cozy space and it looked to be pretty full. (And the pumpkin bars at the concession stand were to die for. *licks fingers*)

By the way, I have to say that I love driving in that area and seeing the huge rainbow flag flying on top of Patrick’s. It’s almost like being in San Francisco for a second.

I only had a vague idea of what to expect. I mean, I get the idea of a cabaret. I knew and knew of a few of the performers. But I don’t hang out much in the trans community. Those of us with our alternative sexual identities usually mix a little preaching politics with our pleasure, so I was curious to see what kind of things would come up. It was mostly a few legislation alerts and get out the vote pleas. So not really anything much different from what I’ve seen at more gay/lesbian-focused events.

So everyone should go to genderBLUR once. I brought some straight friends along, whom I’m pretty sure wouldn’t go otherwise, and they enjoyed themselves. Plus, events like this always spark discussion, and discussion is good. That’s how we learn things (and also learn who the total jackasses are).

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