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May 11, 2005
Michael Lucas Uncensored: The David Barton Gym Scandal
Hey Guys,
Not sure if you saw the NY Post on May 9th. I was really disgusted by this story about a person who was SO offended by the locker room activity going on at my gym (David Barton Gym) that he filed a lawsuit against it.
I was wondering, is this a self-hating homosexual who isn't getting any? Or is this a homophobic "straight" man who can't find any other gym to go to or simply doesn't have a shower at home?
I've lived in this city for eight years and I've always worked out at a gym near my apartment (whether it's David Barton or any other). On the rare occasion that I do visit a "low self-eSteam room" I always run into guys who are somewhat "excited" about being in a semi-visible room with other naked men. And that never bothers me. It's a sign of healthy living. It's the day I walk into a steam room and no one gets excited that is the day I should start worrying...
Apparently the man in question (and mean that literally) is suing the club for $25,000, citing "emotional distress" after another guy was giving him a look in the locker room.
I don't know about you, but that's just absurd. If anything he should be happy that someone was trying to help him out. A hand job or a blow job, for that matter, is the sincerest form of flattery!
But on a more serious note, what's really upsetting to me is a new trend in the gay community. It seems these days gays are not only buying babies on e-bay, but in a desperate attempt to copy a boring, straight life-style, they are also behaving like the worst of straight men—the Christian conservatives—complaining about a look they got or a blow job they witnessed.
How girly can you be? Running and complaining like a little school girl about a hard-on in the shower? Give me a break!
I think this prissy schmuck needs to get a life, and in the process, even get laid. No?
Love,
Michael Lucas
Posted by Will at May 11, 2005 12:32 PM
Comments
I am a straight female who loves gay porn, and I have no problem admitting it. In addition, I've been quite active in the gay community(mainly through activism)...So I'm not speaking from a heterophobic point of view when I say this...
There should be no sex in the gym period. I have no comment about the fact that he's suing, but he's got the right to speak out about it. Anybody with enough respect for themselves would not be fucking in a gym. The reason why I say this is because there's a problem with having sex in a locker-room, but because there are other people there who paid their cash to work out. And the only way you can have respect for others is if you have respect for yourself...So the two are definately intertwined.
I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to agree with him on this one. I don't think he's a 'self-hating homosexual'. He goes there to work out, not watch other men blow each other. If that's what he went there for, then fine...But it isn't.
You are so fucking sexy btw. I love your lips!
Posted by: N.R at May 11, 2005 08:40 PM
SINCE THE POST,,,THE GYM GOT SO BUSY. UNREAL.
THANK U STRAIGHT MAN
Posted by: BEN at May 17, 2005 05:29 PM
Yeah,
I am a guy who has put up with gay shit in the locker room for years, AND I AM GAY! It's distracting, the activity certainly doesn't belong in a gym, it's immature ("low self-eSteam room").
"I think this prissy schmuck needs to get a life, and in the process, even get laid. No?" NO! YOU need to get your head examined...since so much of the gay community thinks like you, can't identify another human being in the room unless they have a "gym bod" or resemble their "Mom", and are invested in their dick and someone elses ass, I think you should stop drumming up business by filling the emply egos of Chelsea gays.
Can you leave the West Side Club, East Side Club and every other club in the city do their business??? You are in the business of memberships.
Posted by: In the steam at May 17, 2005 11:34 PM