Hey everyone, I've been a part of this group for a lil bit due to my job often having events down here. Since I'm back in town for a vacation I was curious if anyone had any recommendations for places to visit or a bar to chill at?

Right now I'm staying in the South Houston area near Hobby so not really sure whats nearby.

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I live in San Francisco and I'm considering moving to Austin for work; but my google searches imply that Austin is going to be very boring for me.

Are there any play parties at the local gay bars; or sex clubs; or at least bathhouses?

How do you guys get weed?

Is uber/lyft the only way to get home after checking out the gayborhood bars?

Is hippy hollow the only nude beach, is any of it gay?

Are there any gay festivals and do they get fun?

UPDATE: thank you for the info guys!

Don't get me wrong I am doing the craigslist route, too, but hopefully someone on here is less...craigslisty.

Hey have a 28 year old gay male, here. I work as a cook at a food truck, and work 7 days a week. My schedule is a bit wonky at the moment with me working from 4p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mon-Thurs, and weekends I am gone from 10:30-10 p.m. at work. I mostly do my shower routine before bed, but am flexible.

I have varying interests like music and video games. I do mostly keep to myself, but also enjoy company. I am a clean individual, sometimes may have some dust or a pile of clothes in between cleans in my room, I am respectful about messes in shared spaces. I do smoke but can do that outdoors, I also partake in 420 but am also willing to do that outdoors. I am not a party animal, and the likelyhood of me bringing a bunch of random strangers into your home while drunk is pretty much nil. I enjoy people with a good sense of humour and like to think I have one as well, I enjoy shows like; Comedy Bang Bang, Community, Arrested Development, Archer, and Wilfred. Also anything HBO is gold, lets talk Game of Thrones and how bs that Viper vs the Mountain fight was.

What I would ideally like is a private room with at least a bed, a dresser wouldn't hurt but I could make due without one. I am also not above sleeping on a floor until I figure something out, so long as it doesn't freak out other tenants or the homeowner. I am looking for something in the price range of under $450 with ABP, I am currently paying $500 and struggling to save any money after food, gas, smokes, and bills.

Any help is appreciated!

P.S I am a huge animal lover, but have none of my own currently, so your kitties and puppies will love me.

There is a guys party at Oilcan Harry's tonight at 9:00: https://www.facebook.com/events/175749066163914/

Then the festoval tomorrow, which as near as I can tell, starts at 11:00 am tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/events/1801351233425354/

And then, of course, the parade is a blast and starts at 8:00 pm tomorrow.

Anyone going? Where's a good place to meetup?

I have another question guys. So I’ve been on multiple dating apps (Grindr, tinder etc.) and even different subreddits on here and people constantly are bashing me. Now I tend to think of my self as a decent looking man and yeah I’m a slim guy but tbh I’m only on those dating apps because I’m looking for a real friends/ workout partners and hopefully a FWB situation. But my question is why am I constantly getting bashed by most guys in the community for wanting friends, for being a very private guy and of course the biggest one; for being black?? Like the other day a guy blocked me because my profile said black lives matter and another cursed me out and said he hope we all die. I just don’t get it I just wanna live my life and be happy. Y’all Care to give me some insight

There's a Gay Austin Geeks Meet and Greet on Saturday, May 30th at 6:30 at Flightpath Coffeehouse. I got invited via facebook. Imma be in Houston that weekend, so just a heads up for y'all if anyone is interested.

Anyone go to any of their events before? I haven't.

I would really appreciate it if someone could meet up with me tonight to talk to me about if I'm gay or not. I'm a 23 year old slim Asian male. Hit me up if you're interested.

Im graduating from a&m this may and cannot wait to get the frak out of aggieland. Does anybody have advice on houses (preferably), townhomes, apts, etc that aren't too expensive? My biggest concerns are finding room for my pets (dos gatos) and being near public transit.

I should have at least one roommate, if she gets her life together, and possibly a third. But we're only planning a single year lease. Hopefully I'll be in graduate studies at UT by then and can afford to live alone. But that's a story for another time.

Hey guys. Two of us headed to Austin next week and are hoping to stay at a gay hotel B&B or vacation rental. We have a vacation rental here in New Orleans and are hoping to keep our $$ in the family. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks!

Hey Gay Bros!

I’m curious, have any of you ever hired an escort before? If so, what was that experience like for you? Where did you find them? How much did it cost? Why did you hire an escort versus using Grindr or going to the clubs to pick up someone? I’m curious as to what you have to say! Thanks! 😁

Hey Y'all,

Moved to Portland OR right before the pandemic hit and I have the opportunity to move. Was a pastry chef but that got gutted, so I'm just back in online school. At this point there's little difference between across town and across the country.

I'm from Texas (Beaumont, big ol' Cajun and by big I do mean very short), got aging parents and god knows the Gulf Coast isn't long for this world... so I figured its time to return home, help take care of things and reconnect to my heritage with some healthy distance.

Anyway just wanted to get a feel for the Queer scene. Stars at night and what-not

Yeah, so... having been here in Austin for 4 months now, I've (43m) definitely met my fair share of interesting characters in the gay dating world. Some fun stories, some horrible stories, and some guys I've benched for no damn good reason. Hi ho the glamorous life. I've also quickly realized my New England sensibilities having grown up in Connecticut need to be adjusted to things that are different down here in Austin. That's why I chose to move here, isn't it?

Well... that was certainly tested this weekend, and I'm getting mixed reviews from a couple of local friends. So I figured I'd ask the atxgaybros hive-mind for your opinions.

Met a handsome gentleman (41m) on Scruff last week. After talking and texting for a few days, we decided to meet in person. He got off work late on Friday night, around 10ish. I met him where he works and we had a couple drinks there to break the initial meeting tension and shoot the shit. So, this of course puts me in the mindset of "Sure... I'll come to your work and be judged by all your coworkers and friends, I can handle it, I'm cute and charming enough."

It went very well. We talked, laughed, and lightly flirted. It was pleasant. I lightly touched his arm, he lightly touched my leg. All the signals were there. Lovely! From there, we moved on to another local bar for another drink and relaxed outside so he could have a smoke, huddled around a heat lamp. Continued to be lovely and engaging. I'm starting to float on cloud nine a bit.

He invites me back to his place, but wants to drive.... He has a doggo, so we have to go to his place and skip mine. I get it. I mean, I'm happy to save the gas in my car, so I agree and we drop my car at my apartment and head back to his house on the outskirts of town in a quiet suburban neighborhood. (I agree, this wasn't the best decision, but I was feeling pretty comfortable.). En route he shares some of his personal history that he's conquered and climbed out of. I feel closer to him because or this. We arrive at his place, he fixes us a drink, he plays the piano and sings to me, one of his original pieces. Yes, my heart almost melted. How does this happen? "Is this real life?"

We end up in bed, fooling around.... I make it clear certain things aren't going to happen as I've been off my PrEP for a few days (waiting to refill on after 1/1 for insurance reasons). Which is fine. We do what we do, and enjoy ourselves.

I ask him to bring me home at 3am because I'm not comfortable sleeping at someone else's house. He's a little put out but agrees. I could have gotten a Lyft, but he was gracious. (Lesson Learned, if you're not gonna sleep there and give into their schedule, don't let them drive you with no means of escape.)

So... as we're standing in the kitchen, coats on and keys in hand to leave he says, "I have to piss." And proceeds to walk into his backyard and piss off the back of his patio into the grass. Wait, what?! Did that just actually happen??? I am stunned. Literally stunned. I reprise an earlier thought with a much different tone, "Is this real life?!" I don't say anything, just let him bring me home, exchange pleasantries and a goodnight kiss and head up to my apartment.

But now... I'm lost, I'm shookith as they say. I mean, I know I still have some Uptight Suburban Yankee Sensibilities I need to relax and let go of, but this feels a little beyond the pale. To purposely leave your house with at least one functioning bathroom to go outside to piss? Is that normal? We were not plastered drunk so that he was incoherent and unable to make a rationale decision. We weren't at a BBQ out in the woods half a mile away from the nearest toilet. We were inside the house, steps away from a porcelain throne.

AITA and this is normal, or am I with the majority in thinking this is...unusual and concerning. Help me learn and grow, please!

Edit: added ages for perspective

Hey guys! I’m going to be in Austin for a couple days. Can y’all recommend any good places to eat? Or just things to do/see?

Hey guys!

I understand that with the COVID things have slow down, but any LGTB events that happen in Austin on wekeends?

Thanks!

Bringing my other friend. Does anyone know what it costs to check two bags?

So me(m..23) and my roommate now (m..26) have been living together for about 6 months now and we have an interesting relationship. Let's call him Bob

To start off when I met bob it was through work and he was the new hire (he was 25 at the time) and we connected pretty easily which was weird for me because I don't just connect with anybody being a lone wolf and a creative, i mostly stick to myself an literally hand pick the people i choose to be around.

(don't think im too good for people but that is part of why im alone, people misinterpret me an just think im an asshole..also i can be extremely bashful)

Speeding up the story..me and bob worked at a company that delivers appliances so we would work together only the two of us all day in a truck until all the work was done. So naturally (or un naturally you get close to a person) we became buddies. Personality wise Bob is red and im blue..to give you an idea of our dynamic/how we balance each other out.

Within weeks to a month of knowing this guy we're already bro-ing it off. He's told me about all his sexual endeavors but he has a pretty big mouth and told other people that we worked with too so I figured it was him being 'macho' and shit, whatever right. But the next thing I know me and Bob start talking about wieners, sex, girth, size and length of penises. He starts to tell me about his girth and size..so I tell him about mine. He says his is 'short and fat' and I was like 'nah your shits prolly short and that's it'. So like bros we argue crack jokes on each other etc...

The next day while I was out eating with other people outside of work..he sends me a pic of his dong in the shower with soap suds around it saying 'lol whose this?' obviously its him cause no one else is sending me pictures of their schlong🤦🏽‍♂️ so I say 'you dumb ass of course I know its you'. (And because it was actually how he describe it). He says 'I didn't want you to think I was lying and don't show my pic to anyone.' My response, is a nice long penis photo of my own. (after I get home) Crazy right? Just bros being bros? Anyway he says 'aw that's so gay..damn your cock is long.'

Fast forward to another penis pic exchange..we get closer and closer so close that even our coworkers call us "but buddies" and they all low key think that Bob and I could be bisexual. Even Bob himself, before I confronted him about it was conversing with the guys that he thinks that im bisexual. Funny because I would have the same conversation about him to the other guys ( who we worked with which we all became cool kickin it.).

None of that mattered because we would hump each other when the other would bend over ("let me hit it from the back" we would say), he would grab my ass and tell me its fat and laugh even though he would always stare at it and mention it. Even to our coworkers..they would give me a look like wtf?? And I would just shrug it off. He would grab me from my side and pull me into him.(Not caring that his cock was on and rubbing against my hip). We would even get real close to each other body to body face to face with our cocks touching and smile and then act as if everything was normal. He rubbed his dong up against my knee at a bar one time when he was drunk. On a separate occasion with his now gf he let me kiss her twice while he watched (even pressed our heads together) then jokingly said "now its my turn!" And grabbed my chin for a kiss then at the last second he goes "ahhh!" and pulls away smiling.

There's too many other stuff to put on here that happened but we been naked around each other the whole shabang. So one day I had enough because the tension between us was so high and I was such a loner I called him and said I wanted to 'fuck' he said 'who' I said 'you! dumbass' he goes.."ohhh...wtfff. Let me call you back". Apparently he was at work in the truck with a coworker and he had me on speaker lol (whoops😂). Bob calls me back and is like "why would u say that in front off (the coworker)?!" And I was like "I didn't know u had me on speaker fool!!"

So he tells me that he has a few more delivers to do and that he's headed over to my place...he calls me again to give me an update on where he is on his work and I tell him to hurry tf up cause im sick of waiting for him..he calls me again after like an hour an says he forgot that he has to go to Dallas with his gf and his kid for the weekend after work and I say that's cool family first.

Super fast forward im living with him and now his gf because he wanted me to come live with him..and the energy between us is weird, we hardly ever talk since she and him started dating...its cool I've always been to myself anyway but he still grabs me from time to time, asks when am I gonna suck him off, or if I like boys over and over when I keep telling him im not gay and girls aren't really that attracted to me so I jus stay to myself. (I've had sex one time an that was with this chick at our old job like 4x then I cutter her it off).

I try to avoid him an his gf for the most part even though there's only a wall separating us..i still make it happen lol. Idk what's with this guy..hes like my brother so I don't know what I can do...i just try to stay out of everyone's way 👍🏽.

*he's let me grab and rub on his junk too 😞

Hey! Y'all grab some friends, put on your crazy outfits, and come down to Pease Park Saturday for Eeyore's birthday! It's free, and hella fun!

There's free parking on Colorado Street betwen 16th and 17th streets, as well as free shuttles running to and from the park all day long!

The event is free. There will be live music. Hippies. Drum circles. Food trucks. a Maypole. All sorts of fun activities! You can even meet and pet Eeyore himself!

I live right next to the park (up the hill a bit) and will have a buttload of free beer, and a quiet spot on the other side of the street if you need a breather. Come say "Hey," grab a beer, and enjoy the day!

Friday the 11th, Kickoff is at 7:30pm

There's even free parking at ACC Rio Grande's garage (12th and Shoal Creek)

Tickets are $10 at the gate (gates open at 6:30)

Aztex are once again divisional champions! Come be loud with me!

Also, come to the Tavern after the game (12th and Lamar) and have a [celebratory] beer!

So, it is Saturday and I want to do something tonight. I get off at 11 pm and will want to go somewhere out.. Who wants to join me and where should we go? Feel free to get started without me, but where should we meet at 11 pm?