We’re in the midst of a busy few days and nights:

Last night: a small Cinco de Mayo Happy Hour at XES, where I’d never been before. In its layout, it reminded me of Barracuda, except it has a patio in the back. The place seems to have a nice vibe.

Tonight: GB:NYC2 at Barrage, where there will be many gay bloggers, including me. (Matt might not make it.)

Tomorrow night: a friend’s birthday party in Park Slope. I’m a big fan of Park Slope.

Sunday: Mother’s Day.

Monday: a private reading of Dog Sees God in preparation for an Off-Broadway production this fall. (Matt and I got to meet the playwright, Bert Royal, and his boyfriend a few weeks ago after he discovered this blog.)

Yay for busy-ness.

OutNotes has launched. It’s a collection of actual coming-out letters, and you can contribute your own. It’s worth checking “out.”

The Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.

This is idiotic (just like the ban on gay blood donors). So I guess it would also be wrong for a so-called “ex-gay” man to get married and start a family, right?

Also, if genes play a part in homosexuality, this comes awfully close to eugenics, even if that’s not the stated purpose.