Brotherhood call! Topic idea: How to thrive in a culture of body perfection! Who’s joking, comment below or give me a thumbs up! ☺️

I'm hoping I can get some opinions on meeting other people in the wild. I struggle with making new friends and I need to be better about being out there, which is part of the reason why I joined this group. My biggest fear is (cliché) getting hurt again. I've been honest about myself in the past and it has lost me a lot of really close friends, so I learned a lot of people pleasing skills growing up (like many of us do). Now, Indiana is not queer friendly at all. The closest place i have to go to is a small club in Bloomington (~1hr away) or make the 2ish hour drive to Indianapolis. I don't do well in clubs or packed rooms. I've tried joining classes and going to parks. I'm at a loss and feel like it's something I'm doing or not doing. Any ideas or suggestions? (Also thought it might be nice in case other people need some ideas too 🙂)

Queerly wrote an article about one of my Threads ☺️ https://www.queerty.com/long-term-gay-couples-reveal-the-unsexy-things-that-make-their-relationships-work-20260707/

- The Velvet Rage (Overcoming the pain of growing in a straight man's world) - Attached (New science of adult attachment and how it can help you find and keep love) - The ethical slut (A practical guide to polyamory, open relationships and other freedoms in sex and love) - Out of the shadows (Reimagining gay men's lives) If you have more book recommendations, please add them in the comments below. Also Dylan mentioned in our today's call that a bookclub would be awesome, what do you guys think, interested?

We’ll see what kind of traction that gets!