When I arrive at Redland Roadhouse, a country/western pub off of U.S. 281 North, about 80 gay men between ages 30 and 50 are already congregating around the bar. One might immediately ask what factors brought me to tag them as gay. Well, there's no definitive way to verify that. But I pass go with a better question: Would I say these men are straight?

Definitely not.

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