Today in the office my friend was talking about the hot gay admissions dean at her law school. Another intern started musing, "how come gay guys tend to be so attractive, but gay women are so unattractive?" Then everyone squirmed, then he continued, "I've just never met an attractive lesbian."

Ahem!

This kind of thing has actually happened a lot in my office, which is weird. Maybe it happens a lot everywhere, but anywhere else I go I'm too drunk to notice.

Someone joked that I was a real wet blanket on the conversation. There's some truth to it-- as the only out gay person out of 30 interns (!) it's hard to make a niche between PC police and outright sell-out. Plus as an apparently clandestine out gay person, I feel all sneaky whenever I hear a remark meant for straight ears only.

What to do? Another intern suggested I wear a sign. This makes perfect sense-- it would alert people as to my enemy status, while also proving that I have irony and therefore do not qualify as "police." However, signs are not in style right now, and despite being a lesbian, I do worry about fashion a little. So I don't know what to do.

I welcome your suggestions on how to be an accomodating lesbian. Also, I have some tips for you about how to be an accomodating non-lesbian, if you are a non-lesbian. First, don't ask your lesbian acquaintances why lesbians are so ugly. Second, don't ask your lesbian acquaintances why lesbians are so angry. That question is self-answering.