The inevitable introductory post: Welcome to WyoGIST!

Welcome to WyoGIST and thanks for reading! Allow me to outline a bit my purpose for creating this blog and wear you, faithful reader, fit into it.


If you're a resident of Wyoming, then you know how very rare it is to find any sort of outlet for gay political thought and debate, so let this blog stand as a point of stimulation for those of you who, like me, miss the comfort of an active, 24 hour gay community. Whether you're a willing Wyoming immigrant or a captive of sudden unavoidable circumstance, WyoGIST is your spot for stimulating discussion that will thrust you back to your glory days. For myself, this is a spot to hearken back to my glory days in NYC, in Providence and Boston and Provincetown, in Florida and countless other places, where being out and gay was not simply an acceptable, but a thrivant and diverse way of life. Here in Wyoming, there is a grievous lack of gay-oriented intellectual stimulation; either you're a hard-core activist or a hard-core partier, and narry the twain shall meet. For us immigrants, WyoGIST is meant to be the middle ground, for those who may or may not party, may or may not politick, but still find gay thought and discussion stimulating.

If you're a lifelong Wyoming resident, you may not be familiar with the little gay coffee shop on the corner. You may not know what its like to sit beneath a pride flag at a bistro table, reading this week's issue of the Blade and chatting up the issues with other local GLBT community members. You may sometimes miss the little gay ghetto you've never visited. You may not know what gay life is like in a state with a pink neck instead of a red one. In other places, civil liberties and the discussions that ensure them deliver live straming sanity to the gay community. We may not have coffee, we may not have a pride flag, but we can stream sane thought for anyone who needs it.

SO for immigrants and lifers alike, I invite you, pull up a resin chair, order a latte off the chalkboard, and begin the dime-store political analysis that, in other places, gave birth to the gay rights movement. Start thinking, start talking, and start being a part of the Wyoming Gay Institute for Sane Thought!