This blog entry is dedicated to
all the lesbian and bisexual girls out there who still haven’t gotten attuned
to their ‘gaydars’ yet!
This article is a long time
coming. One could even say it had become necessary for one to write this. After
all, identifying another lesbian or bisexual woman in the crowd is all what
sometimes one desperately needs to get their lives stories unfold. It is
crucial to know that one’s not alone. Hence, lesbian spotting and an unspoken
understood exchange, paramount for survival.
The idea struck me one day while
I was talking to my best ‘gay’ friend. I suffer from a very less-known
condition called The Will&Grace Syndrome. A whole generation of the show’s
viewers who could cope with its end only by getting a ‘gay best friend’! This
‘gay best friend’ is the one who gossips with you, the one who bullies you into
mani-pedis, the one who understands boys inside out. This friend of mine – lets
call him AD – was carrying out the usual routine by telling me about his
earlier, trying-to-figure-himself days; about coming across a complete
stranger, at the most unexpected places and stealing a kiss without the
exchange of a word. He revealed to me the many, finely crafted, silhouetted sentences
and markers gay men have devised over the years in an effort to lead a normal
life, all the while having to put up a facade of an abnormal one.
So a lot of gay men have their
right ear pierced to indicate that they’re gay. It’s a code for another gay man
in the crowd to spot him and maybe create a love story together. This is not to
say that all men who have their right earlobe pierced are gay. They might just
not be aware of the rule. Or may be they’re confident enough in their gender
and sexuality to not feel threatened just by a stupid ear piercing.
So GIRLS, my idea is this – it is
what one could say walking around with your sexuality on your sleeve! Popularly
known as FCUK bands, these black bangles/bands can be worn to let that cute
girl in your college/office know that if she is interested, you would love to
take her out for a coffee sometime.
I’m not trying to suggest an
ablsolutely binding tenet; its entirely a personal choice. But imagine if the
trend does pick up…you wouldn’t be sitting there wondering ‘what if only that
girl I had a crush on in high school were wearing this band?’ maybe, you’d have
made out with her in the music room where nobody ever came. *smile
So without further ado, I present
to you the steps to make ‘THE BANGHERBAND’. The ‘h’ is silent.
Do write to me with your stories if this works.