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Oct. 23rd, 2001 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nfotxnNew Gen-X Bears Toronto Group
Might be interesting to see how this turns out.Although I object to labeling myself as Generation-X* as I've actually read Douglas Coupland's book. The freaks could come out of the woodwork for this club. We shall see. It may also rock.
* shh, don't look at my user-info, I'm a big hypocrite, Although the label Gen-X has sorta become a term onto it's own, it was just sorta created inadvertently.
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Date: 2001-10-23 01:49 pm (UTC)My personal favorite of his is Microserfs.
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Date: 2001-10-23 01:55 pm (UTC)I've only read Generation-X, Microserfs and City of Glass, which really isn't so much a book as much as a guide to the left/west coast of Canada.
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Date: 2001-10-23 01:58 pm (UTC)Oh, and Polaroids From the Dead is fun too (especially if you have any interest in the Grateful Dead/Phish phenom), but it's more a collection of really short stories than a novel.
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Date: 2001-10-23 02:03 pm (UTC)Many forgetful years ago when I was trying to get GXB Canada going and Scott was involved with trying to get a Toronto chapter going, it ultimately ended up failing because most of the guys who were members were already going out to the Toolbox and doing things together.
At the same time, it was again a case of people wanted the events but didn't want to put any work into it. Which is typical for the Toronto scene.
Actually I just joined and saw that BrianK was taking the project on. Kudos to him! I know he's a good guy.
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Date: 2001-10-23 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-10-23 02:14 pm (UTC)And why should only one person do all the work as well?
I had a look through the listing to see who is involved and it looks like a good group. :o)
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Date: 2001-10-23 02:37 pm (UTC)They did one really cool day event with one of the other bear groups but they didn't meet at all during the summer (when it made sense to do stuff).
I'd love to get involved with either GXB-TO or BBT....we'll see which one has the better potential.
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Date: 2001-10-23 03:28 pm (UTC)That doesn't mean don't get to know the members. Scott and I know most of the guys anyway.
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Date: 2001-10-23 04:59 pm (UTC)my 30 bucks goes to two wonderful catered dinners and a pride float. even if i didn't pay it, i'd still know most of the guys, just like you do.
you know what though? if someone asked me to convince another to join the club, i couldn't. my only answer for being a paid member is... "just because" not anything more involved. *shrugs*
i will say this, i'm really glad that BBT is not a group who supports any charitable organization. i could see about 10 people each trying to push their political agendas all at the same time. oy. what a headache. infighting? hah. inKILLING is more like it! LOL
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Date: 2001-10-23 02:52 pm (UTC)I guess I don't see the point because when I was 20 I was already founding Sydney's major bear club and integrating into the "mainstream" bear community there just fine. No-one seemed to care that I was 20.
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Date: 2001-10-23 03:36 pm (UTC)However, there are tonnes of guys out there who don't necessarily want to fit in to the bear community that goes to the bars... the gay community as it is here in Toronto...
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Date: 2001-10-24 01:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-10-24 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-10-23 02:22 pm (UTC)Gen-X Bears
Date: 2001-10-23 03:28 pm (UTC)There was an Atlanta chapter, but that crumbled right after I arrived here; I went to one event, and then ... ka-blam... it was no more. A new chapter has yet to be reorganized, apparently due to a lack of interest.
So either I'm unlucky when it comes to local Gen-X chapters, or I'm an unknowing curse to their existence...
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Date: 2001-10-23 03:31 pm (UTC)speaking as a "former member" ahem...
Date: 2001-10-23 04:50 pm (UTC)i have to agree with iain. a good percentage of the guys involved with gxb-to were already hanging out together and saw no reason to do too much since we all got to see each other over the course of a couple months anyways.
spontaneous events and "hangin out" were par for the course. i remember emailing out to guys for info for the website, and when i olny got 12 emails back (10 with the requested info) out of 56 people on the list, i must admit, i felt quite apathetic.
i stopped working on the site, watched those who had been pushing events and such grow tired, and even when people stepped up (like bremo *hugz*), we found that no one really had the time or interest to go to any of the events. so, it died.
i still have that redesign of the gxb-to site somewhere, but i fear it'd be kinda useless now. a yahoo group such as our good man brian kearns has started is all that really is required. brian definitely is a man ya gotta give credit too, he started up the bearyouth.org site years ago, and has kept it running through all it's various incarnations.
i know now not to expect greats things to come of this. i'm a little older and wiser now. but hey, if people can connect through the online club and have some fun times, it's all worth it. even *if* we have to use yahoo's nasty looking pages and rather frustrating static options. *g*
i joined. let's have a bit of fun with it.
Re: speaking as a "former member" ahem...
Date: 2001-10-23 05:07 pm (UTC)But I am excited about hanging out in a non-toolbox sorta situation. I do enjoy the bar scene, but so far my whole out life has sorta revolved around that with the exception of pride (which was really just a bigger party).
Re: speaking as a "former member" ahem...
Date: 2001-10-24 06:37 am (UTC)So while I have said the initial attempt at a GXB chapter failed, Brian may not and I'm actually quite hopeful.
Things are changing in the gay community here in Toronto, and I suspect else where.