Hi everyone!
This is my first post after lurking for a while and enjoying reading you all.
I have just returned from a trip to Montreal and wanted to recount my experiences.
I was expecting to spend most of my time at Stock since first going there in March and being wowed by the magnetic Gatuso, but I arrived early so went over to Campus first - not knowing what to expect.
I am glad I did. After a slowish start things got going quickly after 10pm with so many dancers! I ended up staying the whole night (and then passing large portions of Friday and Saturday nights there too).
My bank balance won’t thank me but I must have had private dances with a good dozen of their dancers by the end of the weekend. A special mention to Brandon, Mike, Dave and Charles for being extra special (to my taste anyway), but there really is someone for every taste.
I was a solo visitor and once it was seen that I was partaking in private dances I did attract a fair bit of (overwhelmingly welcome) attention from the dancers, but there is one thing I found a bit difficult at times, and that was making it clear I wasn’t interested.
Sometimes I made no effort to attract a guy’s attention and they would engage me in conversation. I then found it difficult to communicate that I wasn’t really interested. When the inevitable question came about whether I wanted a dance, I would say something about “maybe later” hoping they would get the hint (I’m English, we are polite!) but it was often interpreted literally! One dancer was quite put out when “later” never arrived and made a great show of ignoring me completely the next day!
Anyway, on my last night I did venture over to Stock and whilst it is undoubtedly quieter, I really didn’t mind since I was only there for Jasper and Jasper alone. Sharing one or their more private booths with him was heaven and well worth the trip alone.
A word about booths - whilst there isn’t really a curtain at Campus the booths are still quite well tucked away and I didn’t really feel on display at all.
All in all, I would agree that Campus is on a roll. But I also agree with an earlier contributor who said that Campus is also good for getting “numbers for later”. It is a system which benefits both parties and is a lot more fun than a certain website!
Anyway, thanks for the great site and I hope to return to Montreal once my bank balance has healed! 😉
As promised I said I would give an update as I was supposed to dance at Lucky's this evening. Well this isn't the update I wanted to give. I drove out to Pittsburgh from Baltimore today and was arriving in the area around 7pm. This past week I had confirmed with the manager and he said to be there by 9:30pm this evening. Around 6:45pm I get a text from him saying that the water main outside broke and that the basement of Lucky's was flooded and as a precaution the fire department shut off the power. He said unfortunately Lucky's would be closed this evening and on facebook there is a posting that Lucky's is closed this evening as confirmed and tomorrow. I don't know the extent of the damage, the manager said Lucky's could be closed for a few weeks. What I do know is Lucky's is on shakey ground. The current owner of Lucky's is apparently is in poor health with cancer. As I was told she has a daughter who would inherit Lucky's but would most likely sell. Hopefully that doesn't happen anytime soon as Lucky's as far as I know is the last bar of it's kind on the east coast, with the closing of Secrets during the pandemic that leaves us with Lucky's as the only operating gay strip club that doesn't run as an event.
With all of that said I'm keeping positive and hoping that Lucky's can be reopened within a few weeks. I asked the manager to pencil me in for October 19th and assuming all goes well my hope is to travel out there once every other month to dance. Until that time I am going to start working on seeing if we can bring nude dancers back here to Baltimore. I know management at the Gentlemans Gold Club here in Baltimore. Yes I know the history hasn't been the greatest starting with the Back Door Lounge back in 2011 but that was just one event that failed and was primarily run by management at the Gold Club. My hope within the next few weeks is to bring an event there on the smaller side of the club which would be an "Atlantis Reunion". Honestly now we probably aren't getting any of the past Atlantis dancers for this event but the idea is we are going to try to provide something (at least for a few hours) what hasn't been available in the Baltimore/DC area since before the pandemic. If the event is successful hopefully it will continue but only time will tell. While a date is still to be set and details worked out there will be no cover for this event. Yes drink prices aren't the cheapest but the hope is we can get 100+ people out to enjoy nude male dancers in Baltimore. When I have more details I will post, I will say I am working with one of the past owners of Secrets who recently moved to Baltimore to hopefully make this a reality. Also let me say this, while there might be muscular dancers and twinks we will have all body types to appeal to everyone who comes, that means there will also be bear dancers and your boy next door type. No one that comes will feel uncomfortable which is the goal.
I guess with everything else I'll take the time to mention that no, I'm not the perfect body type that you'd think of when you see a dancer but I am proud of who I am and what I've accomplished. I've held the titles World Cub 2023 and Mr. Mayhem Leather Bear 2022. I have advocated for those with disabilities seen and unseen designing a pocket flag with the help of Wolfstryker Leather. I setup Disability Accessible to allow event organizers to survey their attendees on accessibility needs. I have held roundtable discussions on disabilities in the kink community virtually, at OKC Kink Weekend and at World Bear Weekend. I have competed at Maryland Leather in 2019, I have competed at MAL in 2020 and I competed at IML in 2023 beyond the two titles I won at BBM and WBW. I am now taking Disability Accessible to the next level setting up a 501 (c) 3 which will have funds available to event organizers to help with accessibility needs such as wheel chair ramps, interpreters and more. The 501 (c) 3 will also provide education on how to make events accessible to those with disabilities. I am also going to be producing the Mid Atlantic Bear, Cub and Pet competition to be held second weekend of September 2025; open to anyone from NJ, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, DC and Virginia. In my community last year I was presented with the Leatherperson of the Year award and a service award from another local group. That is just the beginning.
So why am I on here as a provider and why do I want to dance. It's for me, I've always wanted the opportunity to dance, I auditioned back in 2004 at Atlantis, then I was too shy (go figure). I auditioned at Secrets when they first opened and was told I didn't fit their look. I auditioned at Secrets a second time for their bear night, this time I was told I wasn't bearish enough. I guess what I am trying to say is there is a body type for everyone, when and if (hopefully) the event happens which hopefully will eventually lead to a new gay strip club in the Baltimore/DC area dancers will be of all body types to appeal to all.
I'll keep everyone updated on the event and when Lucky's reopens I will post here when I will be dancing there. Hopefully everyone will come out and support both. Right now any money I can raise from being a provider or from dancing (sexwork in general) will be going to support both World Bear Weekend which is $67k in debt and the 501 (c) 3 I am starting. If you want to donate to either one I have placed links below.
World Bear Weekend Fundraiser
Disability Accessible Fundraiser
Thank you for taking the time to read.
Keenan
