I mentioned this in a previous thread, and people seemed interested. So here it is as a stand-along post. There will be gays. There will be video games, pinball, and air hockey. There will be a bar.
A friend and I decided to ride the D for the grand opening Friday.
It was crowded. The train was full going in at 2pm-ish. Rides were free, so people were stopping at each station, wandering around to look at the art, going outside to check food options, and then getting back on to the next station.
Who shows up to a train opening? Dorks, of course. As we took the train out from Vermont, the usual daytime transit riders vanished and dorks boarded the train. The best way to describe the crowd would be "museum gift shop". Which is to say, they were not wealthy, but they were an educated, sorta quirky crowd. There were twenty-something dudes and older white-haired ladies. All colors, but slightly whiter than the random LA Metro train. The commonality was that they all looked like people who would actually go to a museum and have a coffee in the museum shop.
Which leads me to this observation: There were gays. In twos and threes, generally younger. They were not club gays. They were not bar gays. These were gays I had never really seen in one place before. I suppose they might have been gaming gays. There's a gay video game arcade night I've visited, and I suppose the crowds might overlap.
But when people ask, "where do I meet gays aside from the bars"-- the second-most asked question here next to "which sex club is best for me to get dick"-- I have to think of this crowd.
These are Lock Ness gays. What do I mean by that? They stay out of view. You can go into every gay event and never see them. And there a a whole lot of them.
I'm talking the D-Line extension phase one (Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega).
https://thesource.metro.net/how-to-ride-the-d-line-extensions-section-1-opening-this-friday-may-8/
You might think this big D is so in-demand, it would cost money. But no. Apparently Metro is giving free rides all weekend. Friday there are special events at each of the new stations. So a certain type of dork will stop and look around each place.