Monday, I went to Gay Day, at Six Flags Darien Lake, with my friends Doug and Lenn. It was somewhat unplanned so we arrived at the park not knowing what to do or where to go. But, we figured how hard could it be to spot a bunch of fags in an amusement park on a weekday?

At one point Lenn asked, “Well how will we find the pavilion?” I jokingly replied, “Just listen for the dance music.” We made our way down through the picnic area and sure enough, we could hear the familiar thump, thump, thump of a club beat.

Soon beads, queens and beer surrounded us on all sides. A smiling elderly straight couple who just couldn’t fathom why all the boys were choosing the light beer rather than the regular manned the beer tent. I have to admit it was bizarre to see grandma and grandpa festooned with pride necklaces and beads.

With the whole day and a huge amusement park ahead of us, it was time to figure out the plan for the day. Have you ever tried to get a bunch of queens to make a decision? Oye!

Lenn and his friends wanted to do the water park. Doug and I wanted to ride the rides. Jason and Mark wanted to do their own thing. They didn’t say that but you could just tell (ah, young love). We decided to split up and meet back at Club Darien around dinnertime.

Doug and I had a blast running from coaster to coaster. Okay, so maybe I pulled him along a little bit but hey, that’s what friends are for. Besides, he was a good sport about it, even when we sat in the front car of the Viper. I believe his exact words were, “Well, if we’re gonna die we might as well go first.” What a trooper!

At one point, we ended up riding some rides with Jason, Mark and his friends Mike & Steve. I thought Mike was cute and actually, we had a nice (but short) conversation with him on one of the rides. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the chance to get Mark alone and find out if Steve was his friend or his ‘friend’.

Instead, I end up getting approached by this shirtless guy wanting to know where we got the beer. I nicely explained that it was from a private party. Next thing I knew Doug and Lenn were way ahead of me.

I started trying to catch up to the boys but shirtless guy tagged along asking where the water park was. I stopped, and looked at him for a minute, as I pointed. We were standing in front of it.

He just winked and gave me a sheepish grin. I silently groaned to myself and thought ‘only me’. Don’t get me wrong he was attractive, tanned, muscular, hairy AND married w/ two kids, who were about ten feet away with mom!

By the time, I caught up with Doug and Lenn they’d almost recovered from their fits of hysterical laughter at my interaction with shirtless guy. We played in the water park some more, played some midway games then sat on a bench and dished the half-in-the-bag, ride-disheveled homos (which was more entertaining than the midway games).

Overall, it was a great day. I just wish we’d had Gay Day t-shirts! How cool would that have been? Maybe something Day-Glo yellow so you could spot the homos at a glance.