“What are you up to tonight?”
“I go to Tekyon club, is gay bar, want to come?”
“I’m not gay, and I’m probably just going to walk around and take pictures, but thank you.”
“Oh, I thought you were gay because of your sweater.”
“I’m just an artist and I like to be colorful. I’m from San Francisco and we like to be stylish.”
“Are there many gays in San Francisco?”
“Oh yeah, the Castro is a very famous gay district, it’s a really cool area.”
“Is very hard to be gay here, all people want is sex, everyday with different person. I am virgin, I was trying to wait but tonight…no more. I do something.”
“How old are you?”
“17.”
“I didn’t lose my virginity till I was 18. I know what it’s like to want to have sex for the first time, but really, there’s no rush, wait till you find someone you really like and that respects you. Sex isn’t just physical, you combine energies with the person too so you’ll carry an energetic imprint of that person afterwards. Make sure it’s someone you actually want to combine energies with.”

“My parents just left town. They left angry because I told them I am gay. I tell them ‘I be not gay if you be not angry’. It’s been a hard week, the other day a trans asks me if I want sex and I say ‘no’ and she says ‘Come, come, I give for free’ and I says ‘No, I am gay’, and then she shock me with taser on my neck and then I wake up on the ground missing my iphone and 200 euros.”
“That’s intense man.”
“Yes, is hard here. There is also much HIV. You must be careful because some people will put their blood on the tip of a pin and try prick you with it.”
“Oh my god, that’s horrible. Why would they do that?”
“Because they have and want you have too.”