I walked to the Trader Joe’s down the block earlier today to grab some dinner at Cactus. As I walked back I stopped at the corner of Hollywood & Vine to wait to cross street. If you know much about the area, this intersection is one of the more popular areas.

A guy stopped me and in the sassiest of tones mumbled, “I didn’t know Hollywood was the gay neighborhood too. Did you?” I had my AirPods in, I didn’t hear what he said clearly, and I asked to make sure. He repeated it with a mischievous glare in his eyes.

My first thought was, “Nigga what?” At this point I was only focused on my bean and cheese burrito and drinking a Cactus Cooler. My second as I laughed and went about my way was “Boy, if you don’t gone, get a mask, and sit down somewhere.”

I looked at him and said, “What the hell are you talking about?” He walked off.

I don’t get why folks go out of the way to annoy the gays. Like, my dude, listen: I have taken a dick in my ass and lived to tell the story, I have fallen in love with a dude from Grindr and been rejected after I gave him the glurp glurp razzle dazzle 3000 action, I survived college as a gay in rural Georgia and in Tennessee. You will have to do way better than a sly comment to get to me.

Gays be great. Curse these folks out in the daylight, sleep well at night.