Squirt, I agree with you, but I think that for some of the younger gay crowd, the club scene IS the gay community, as far as they know. A lot of the conversations I have with our models (pretty much all guys 18-22) revolve around looking for "good healthy" guys to go out with, and I try to explain that, with few exceptions, the club scene generally isn't the best place to find healthy people interested in relationships.

A lot of the guys have a hard time with that, because they equate clubs with "the gay community"...when I suggest other places to meet gay guys, it's like a radical new concept to them.

It's all about education, and I do think the drug problem has gotten worse in the clubs in the past few years, and that, in turn, has led to the problem going out of the clubs and into many of the other social scenes (parties, get-togethers, etc) where young gay guys hang out.