Times a change…
Whappen people? Yes, I posted nutten on the weekend, call me lazy, but I just hadn’t much to write about. Maybe if I had remembered the topic of today’s post, I could have…anyway, here goes.
Friday night I linked the usual crew….we decided to check out a spot called Medusa….basically a newish bar a bit below the Liguanea area. They have some Latino girls as the waitresses and after they serve your liquor, they will come and habla some espanol o ingles if they get an invi. Now, mi espanol no es muy mal but most of mi bredrins only know a few palabras (words) so, I tend to act as translator, though some of the girls speak a fair amount of English. There we are sipping our brew and trying to get into a TGIF vibe. The place is not very big and, not very crowded either, but wtf, music playing, the ambience is alright and ting. We cool.
About thirty minutes later a group of three yutes reach on. All of dem head shave, two o dem have on dem short sleeve ‘muscle’ shirt that usually fit tight round man biceps. They hold a table not far away from where we were. They order some drinks, seem to be just hangin as well. Later inna de night, I notice dat one o de yute have him hand a feel up the one next to him thigh! Jamdown Canadian sees it as well. We both look at each other….they did look sorta ‘happy’ when dem did reach on. Anyway…whatever.
Later into the night, the music that was playing was getting really oldies and we were thinking of leaving to check somewhere else. To our surprise, two o de yute dem get up and nuh start dance wid each odda! 
Me a talk hustle and spin round and dem ting. Yes, this country is known to be homophobic, but in my opinion, we getting very tolerant to these things as well. Still, I doubt that if they were in a more ‘local’ or say downtown situation, that they would do that. They might find rockstone, beer bokkle or some big lick hailed in their direction were they to do that in certain situations. Now, I not fighting dem, I just saying that it seems to me that we are becoming more tolerant here. I am sure that twenty years ago, they would not have been so open with their actions in a public place.
Sometime in August, my medical class had a little reunion…albeit not very well attended. The dinner was held at a pretty popular restaurant here in the Barbican area. Food was good. Owner/chef is a yute who is well known to be gay. Him not hiding dat rahtid. One of the girls from my medical class was chatting to me for a bit. Told me that the previous week, she saw said owner yute at the movies with a beau. OK. What she said really surprised her was the outfit he was wearing. You know them little handbags that women wear popularly nowadays….they small and fit snugly under ladies armpits? Not sure if they have a special name….well, yute was wearing one of those, bright red! It nuh done. She said he was sporting shoes to match…..bright red high heels to ra$$! 
On the female side of the fence, the lesbos are not to be left out either. There is a popular ‘gentleman’s club’ (AKA strip club) in New Kingston that apparently dedicates Thursdays as ‘Ladies Night’. A bredrin of mine who frequents it says Thursdays is his favourite night. Says man cyaan get nuh seat…is bare woman fill the place. He says he goes just to tek een the action while sipping a few beers. The women apparently get into all manner of tings with the lasses from the audience actively participating….I won’t bother to spell out what they have been said to do….but just use your imagination. Anyhow….there is a fair bit to do and see here. If you happen to pay us a visit, you might just end up having your eyes opened a wee bit. As dem seh, we all haffi live, nuh true?
Generally speaking, it wasn’t a bad weekend, nuff rain though. Still a bit overcast today, I would not be surprised if we get an afternoon shower. But anodda work week is on us, so give it you best shot. ‘Till next time….
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:46 am Certainly have changed Doc. A few years back and it would have been signing their own death sentence.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:45 am Hi Dr. D.-What a mouthful yu have fe us this mawnin. Man-tolerant fe true. Well, one night when me and some friends were out clubbing at Epihany-remember that place-you may be have been a little too young, a whole slew of chichimen decided to have court downstairs at one of the resturants. About 15 or so chichimen from some impressive background. One was a big, big wig over at Air Jamaica, another one was a well knows painter (aritist) and the rest I don’t know. War almost bruke out when de people from the club started gathered around the chichimen. It got rough as the crowds ridiculed them. The Army had to be called in. So that scene up at Medusa cerainly shows things have changed in Ja.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:58 am I’m very proud of you for not drawin fi yuh glock an expressin 2 lead ina di battiman dem general direction Dr. D…
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:21 pm Sunshine…I not too young to remember Epiphany….never frequented it too often tho….me did only jus start roam street in dem days!
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:27 pm yea agree wid ya doc. let dem do them ting once them aint trouble you i have some bredren here we used ta play domino cross a bar that sorta close to the gay side a town so occasionally one or two would come in and have a drink or two an look at the igrant west indian bwoy wid dem loud domino and music. well we nuh bother them and them aint truble we till one night a couple actually get bold an hit on me bredren. boy was serious ting, man get vex vex and cuss them real bad.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:53 pm Surprised that in JA they felt comfortable doing that.But as you say it depends on the area.Well,am tolerant so gays don’t freak me out or anything.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:59 pm I am pretty sure I know that restauranteur you speak of! He is cool, and he can play some MEAN kalooki. Me nuh love how him dress, and sometimes he starts to carry on way too effeminate for my liking, but hes basically a cool dude. He keeps snakes too. Is him that did bust the whole story of the “Fight Club” movie to Natty and I at intermission one time. Spoiled the whole show for us! Apparently he had seen the movie already. That pissed me off still, but apart from that, him cool…
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:06 pm High heels you say? Red purse you say? Matching you say? Rassclaat I say! Times get serious inna di rock iya!
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:34 pm Wow I didn’t know it had gotten to the point where a brotha can wear high heals and a pursue in Jamdown. Well I have nothing against homosexuals even though I’m not sure I could handle seeing such a public display of affection as you say this weekend.
October 4th, 2005 at 12:29 am A bright red clutch purse and shoes? How lovely, I don’t do myself up so feminine-like, why do the gay men sometimes out-do us ladies in the feminine ways??
October 4th, 2005 at 12:35 am Not sure Desiree…ever notice how transvestites tend to go overboard in trying to look feminine as well? I suppose they are really trying to make a statement??
October 5th, 2005 at 12:35 am Doc, all now me a tink ’bout it
October 5th, 2005 at 6:52 am JD Canadian, the vast majority of the people who go there know he is gay, they just don’t care. Him food taste too good. The deserts are just to sinfully wickedly delicious! Oh, wait! Is it the Medusa place that you’re talking about? Heres the thing! If the gays cause the straights to stop going there, then it will prolly become a gay place, and the gays can spend money, you know… They might be better off!
October 5th, 2005 at 8:47 am Correct MB…JCanadian is referring to Medusa.
October 5th, 2005 at 10:13 am Yow, u not licking wid wid a new post rude bwoy? Is what a gwaan?
October 5th, 2005 at 2:11 pm Hey Doc Times ah change in trute..but hey is dem dat haffa deal wid dem maker and not we. dem nuh bother me, and me nuh botha dem…to each shim own. I just passsing thru till ah get hook up at de crib.